Drawing on his experience and expertise as Professor of IP Law at Kings College, London, and External Director and Deputy Chairman of the IP Academy, Singapore, David Llewelyn explores how Asian businesses can encourage innovation and creativity, and at the same time protect this “Invisible Gold” of the new Knowledge Economy. Title: Invisible gold in [...]

The Global Forum on Intellectual Property (GFIP) is into its third year since its inauguration in 2006. With the theme of “Turbulent Times: Onwards and Upwards for Intellectual Property?“, this year’s event, organised by the IP Academy (Singapore), brings together noted figures and leaders in the field of IP to explore and discuss new trends [...]

This book looks at copyright issues and the virtual world, with particular focus on intellectual property in Second Life. Do the laws of copyright in the real world apply to the virtual one? What implications are there in the real world for infrigements in the virtual world? Title: Law and order in virtual worlds : [...]

Using humour and intriguing stories , the authors managed to make the complexities of business law easy to understand for business students. The study guide at the end of each chapter, including summaries and review questions, are helpful for students preparing for the exams.

A High Court in London has granted an order allowing service of an injunction* via popular microblogging site Twitter. In what has been dubbed “Blaney’s Blarney Order”, an anonymous Tweeter posting under the same name as blogger and solicitor Donal Blaney (donalblaney.com) is accused of impersonating Mr Blaney and infringing on his copyright and intellectual [...]

Last week users of the popular online Singapore street directory, streedirectory.com realised that the service was no longer available. This could be the outcome from the loss of the hight court appeal by the company that owns streetdirectory.com, Virtual Map. On 25th March 2008, the High Court dismissed Virtual Map’s appeal with costs. ( Can [...]