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10 July 2025
The chapter provides an overview of the blockchain market in Singapore and the latest information on the evolution of the blockchain and digital assets law and regulation. It covers a wide range of topics including decentralised finance (DeFi), token...
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09 July 2025
The chapter provides insights into local regulatory framework, foreign ownership restrictions and licensing requirements. The chapter also summarises the key emerging trends and hot topics in communications and media regulations in Singapore, among o...
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09 July 2025
A Standard-Essential Patent is a patent that claims an invention that must be used to implement a specific technical standard.
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09 July 2025
For parallel imports, it is permissible for authentic branded goods initially sold in one country at a lower price to be imported into another country and subsequently sold again. This is due to the concept of exhaustion of rights. As implied by the ...
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09 July 2025
Double patenting arises when a single invention is protected by more than one patent filed by the same applicant. This practice is generally prohibited under patent law to prevent the unjustified extension of a patent’s term and to avoid overprotecti...
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09 July 2025
Effective with the 20 May 2025 launch of the SG Patents Fast programme, qualifying patent applications need only meet two conditions: (i) contain 20 or fewer claims; and (ii) not be a divisional application. It is no longer required that qualifying p...
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09 July 2025
The chapter provides a reference guide enabling side-by-side side-by-side comparison of local insights on foreign entry into the local market; licensing procedures; competition and bribery considerations; contract and insurance matters (including PPP...
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04 July 2025
Head of Drew’s Financial Services Regulation practice Director Grace Chong and Senior Associate Theodore Tay have co-authored a report on fund tokenization in collaboration with Equitize and Solana Foundation. ‘Fund Tokenization – Acceleration Toward...
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01 July 2025
The chapter provides an overview of data protection & cybersecurity laws and regulations applicable in Singapore, and highlights relevant provisions and guidelines in respect of pertinent and emergent issues internationally (e.g. monitoring and profi...
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27 June 2025
When employees commit criminal offences, when is the company held criminally liable? The High Court in PP v China Railway Tunnel Group Co Ltd (Singapore Branch) [2025] SGHC 101 considered this important question in the context of corruption offences....
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