Case Note: Rights of Assignees of Pending Trade Mark Applications: Saga Foodstuffs Manufacturing (Pte) Ltd V Best Food Pte Ltd [[1994] 2 SLR [Singapore Law Reports] 802]
Posted: 13 Oct 2004
Abstract
. . . In the case of copyrights and patents, the relevant legislations expressly provide that "future copyright" and applications for patents can be assigned. The Trade Marks Act has no equivalent provision for the assignment of pending trade mark applications. While there may be some doubts as to whether there are any assignable rights in a trade mark application, such dealings have been undertaken in practice by an assignment of the benefit of the trade mark application. . . . The effect of an assignment of the benefit of a trade mark application was called into question in the case of Saga Foodstuffs Manufacturing (Pte) Ltd v Best Food Pte Ltd. . . .
Keywords: Intellectual property, trade marks and trade names, pending applications, assignment, Singapore
JEL Classification: K11, K12, K13, K19
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