PROTECTING YOUR BUSINESS
At Pinn & Co, we can assist in protecting your business by drafting, negotiating and amending your contracts.
(From S$500 - depending on the complexity of your requirements.)
Why spend money drafting contracts for your business?
The answer is very simple, a well-drafted contract can do the following:-
Furthermore, if a dispute arises and it becomes necessary to litigate the matter, a contract that clearly sets out your rights also means that it is more likely for you to have the matter settled in your favour.
It is therefore imperative that you must have all your legal documentation set in place.
PROTECTING YOUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
At Pinn & Co, we can assist in the protection of your various forms of intellectual property.
(From S$350 - depending on the type of Intellectual Property Protection that you require as there may be official fees involved.)
Why spend money registering or otherwise protecting intellectual property such as brandnames, inventions etc.?
Trademarks
Intellectual property is a vital asset of any business. A premium brand will command a higher selling price and greater popularity. It is therefore prudent to protect your brand via trademarks before it becomes copied and devalued by “brand pirates”.
Having a registered trademark means you are prima facie the true owner of the mark. When an infringement occurs, you will not have to undergo the burden of proving that your mark has goodwill and that the goodwill has been damaged (required under the common law of “Passing Off”). Once a third party uses your registered trademark without your consent, you can take action against him under the statutes relating to trademarks.
Trademarks are registered on a first-come-first-serve basis. Any delay in registering is therefore a risk to your brand. If a third party registers a similar mark before you, you may become unable to register your mark.
It is therefore important to register your mark(s) as soon as possible.
Patents
If you have invented something new and useful, your invention could possibly translate into millions in sales every year. Make sure therefore that you protect your invention with patent registration. Without a patent protection in place, the value of our invention could be completely whittled away by third parties who reproduce your invention.
Having a patent means that you can collect licensing fees and royalties and therefore perhaps even waive the need to actually mass produce or engage retail marketing for your invention. All these expensive and time-consuming activities will be undertaken by your licensees.
It is therefore important that you should take steps to protect your invention immediately.
Registered Designs
Have you created a new and beautiful design? Be it a bag or a fabric print, protect your creation with a design registration. Industrial application of your design could render your copyright unenforceable, leaving you without any type of protection for your design.
It is therefore important that you should seek advice on the protection of your design prior to production.
Copyright
Copyright protection in Singapore does not require registration. However, do you know whether your product is protected by copyright? Furthermore, to take action against a “copycat”, you would need to prove that you created the matter first and copying took place.
It is therefore important that you should know under what intellectual property rights your product can be protected, and how to retain evidence on when copyright arose.
Please email us at [email protected] for a detailed no-obligation fee quote for any matter which you are considering seeking legal assistance in.
At Pinn & Co, we can assist in protecting your business by drafting, negotiating and amending your contracts.
(From S$500 - depending on the complexity of your requirements.)
Why spend money drafting contracts for your business?
The answer is very simple, a well-drafted contract can do the following:-
- protect your branding
- protect the quality of your product (whether it is your licensee manufacturing your product, or you are engaging an OEM manufacturer)
- sets out the terms and conditions under which you are dealing with the counter-party
- protect your rights
- set out the obligations of your counter-party
- limit your liability
- …and the list goes on
Furthermore, if a dispute arises and it becomes necessary to litigate the matter, a contract that clearly sets out your rights also means that it is more likely for you to have the matter settled in your favour.
It is therefore imperative that you must have all your legal documentation set in place.
PROTECTING YOUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
At Pinn & Co, we can assist in the protection of your various forms of intellectual property.
(From S$350 - depending on the type of Intellectual Property Protection that you require as there may be official fees involved.)
Why spend money registering or otherwise protecting intellectual property such as brandnames, inventions etc.?
Trademarks
Intellectual property is a vital asset of any business. A premium brand will command a higher selling price and greater popularity. It is therefore prudent to protect your brand via trademarks before it becomes copied and devalued by “brand pirates”.
Having a registered trademark means you are prima facie the true owner of the mark. When an infringement occurs, you will not have to undergo the burden of proving that your mark has goodwill and that the goodwill has been damaged (required under the common law of “Passing Off”). Once a third party uses your registered trademark without your consent, you can take action against him under the statutes relating to trademarks.
Trademarks are registered on a first-come-first-serve basis. Any delay in registering is therefore a risk to your brand. If a third party registers a similar mark before you, you may become unable to register your mark.
It is therefore important to register your mark(s) as soon as possible.
Patents
If you have invented something new and useful, your invention could possibly translate into millions in sales every year. Make sure therefore that you protect your invention with patent registration. Without a patent protection in place, the value of our invention could be completely whittled away by third parties who reproduce your invention.
Having a patent means that you can collect licensing fees and royalties and therefore perhaps even waive the need to actually mass produce or engage retail marketing for your invention. All these expensive and time-consuming activities will be undertaken by your licensees.
It is therefore important that you should take steps to protect your invention immediately.
Registered Designs
Have you created a new and beautiful design? Be it a bag or a fabric print, protect your creation with a design registration. Industrial application of your design could render your copyright unenforceable, leaving you without any type of protection for your design.
It is therefore important that you should seek advice on the protection of your design prior to production.
Copyright
Copyright protection in Singapore does not require registration. However, do you know whether your product is protected by copyright? Furthermore, to take action against a “copycat”, you would need to prove that you created the matter first and copying took place.
It is therefore important that you should know under what intellectual property rights your product can be protected, and how to retain evidence on when copyright arose.
Please email us at [email protected] for a detailed no-obligation fee quote for any matter which you are considering seeking legal assistance in.
