New Publication – Law of Intellectual Property of Singapore by Associate Professor Ng-Loy Wee Loon 

Associate Prof Ng-Loy Wee Loon has published Law of Intellectual Property of Singapore. It is the first new local title for 2008 from Sweet & Maxwell Asia. 

The aim of this book is to help law students navigate through the complex IP landscape in Singapore. It will provide the reader with the fundamentals of the major IP rights in Singapore [Copyright and related rights (registered designs, performers’ rights); Trade Marks (passing off and the Trade Marks Act); Patents; Trade Secrets and other Confidential Information], including the following: 

·         the international and regional dimensions relevant to Singapore (e.g. The WTO/TRIPS Agreement; the ASEAN IP Action Plan; the 2003 US-Singapore Free Trade Agreement) 

·         the IP story of Singapore: how its immature IP infrastructure grew from the early days of nationhood in 1965 to reach its current ‘TRIPS-plus’ status 

·         the substantive law relating to the right (e,g. The criteria for its subsistence; ownership; infringement; defences; enforcement; commercial exploitation)