SINGAPORE Law and Practice Contributed by: Yvonne Tang, Lim Siau Wen and Ruby Tham, Drew & Napier LLC
Online Marketplaces Major online marketplaces operating in Singa - pore have established takedown/notice policies to address trade mark and copyright infringe - ment complaints. In practice, demonstrating proof of ownership of the relevant Singapore trade mark registration is an effective way to support complaints against trade mark coun - terfeits.
reasonably to have known that the device or ser - vice: • was capable of facilitating access to works communicated to the public without the authority of their copyright owners; and • has only a limited commercially significant purpose or use other than that capacity. Such commercial dealing also amounts to a criminal offence under the Copyright Act. In 2024, the first criminal prosecution in Singapore involving the sale of illegal streaming devices resulted in a jail term for the convicted offender.
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