The Law Society’s Personal Data Protection Seminar
17 July 2013: Organised by the Law Society of Singapore, over 100 stakeholders gathered for a half-day session to learn about the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) and its effect on conducting business. The session opened with an overview of the PDPA by Personal Data Protection Commission’s General Counsel, David Alfred. Of note were the
Read moreJudging the Price Media Moot Competition 2013
April 2013 – Held at the University of Oxford, UK, the sixth instalment of International Rounds for the Price Media Moot Competition saw almost 200 law students from around the world pit their skills across four days (9-12 April) of intense courtroom debates. George Hwang is honoured to have participated as a Senior Judge, judging
Read moreCorporate Social Responsibility – Fine Art and Design Talk at LaSalle
22 March 2013: George Hwang returned to the LaSalle College of the Arts today and delivered a talk on Intellectual Property (IP) and its implications for Fine Art & Design. This second talk was attended by art and design students. George made the distinction between Fine Art, which must comprise either just one creation or
Read moreCorporate Social Responsibility – Copyright Talks at LaSalle
15 March 2013: The Director of George Hwang LL.C, Mr George Hwang, delivered an hour-long talk on Intellectual Property (IP) and the Music & Entertainment Industry at the Lasalle College of the Arts. The talk was attended by music students and focused on industry practices regarding IP. Explaining that enforcing IP essentially entails the exercise
Read moreTrademark infringement. Undergrads told to stop using ‘Just Lunch’ name
ASEAN’s influence on Singapore’s Media Law.
New Year is always a time to look at things with a broad perspective. Given Singapore’s open economy, we would like to start the year by looking at regional legal developments in 2012, their influence on Singapore in 2013 and beyond. Due to the constraints of space, we can only comment on the most important
Read moreA Review of WIPO’s Guide for SME – “In Good Company: Managing Intellectual Property Issues in Franchising”
As General Counsel of a dot.gone in the halcyon days of dot.com, I soon became aware that the company’s business model based on franchising was a dot.bomb. A business which was not even launched could either not meet the franchising laws of targeted countries or their franchising associations’ membership requirements. Since then, I have counseled
Read more8th Singapore AIDS Conference: Human Rights and Intellectual Property
The 8th Singapore AIDS Conference was held on 17 November 2012 at the Mandarin Orchard Hotel. The event, jointly organised by Action for AIDS (Singapore), Tan Tock Seng Hospital and the Health Promotion Board, was attended by over 350 delegates from stake-holding organisations within Singapore and across Asia. George Hwang was invited to be part
Read moreCommentary, Channel News Asia, Secondhand dealings of the new iPhone 5
Annual Ministry of Law Dinner 2012
The 2012 annual Ministry of Law appreciation dinner was held on 18th Oct at the Singapore Marriott Hotel in conjunction with the Attorney-General’s Chambers National Day Awards Investiture. The event recognised Community Mediators who volunteer with the Ministry’s Community Mediation Unit , Assigned Solicitors who work with the Legal Aid Bureau to provide pro bono
Read moreData Protection Law Passed In Singapore
On 15 Oct 2012, Singapore’s Parliament passed the Personal Data Protection Bill, a law enacted to protect the personal data of individuals. With it comes the creation of a new government entity, the Personal Data Protection Commission and a National Do-Not-Call Registry (DNC). The Personal Data Protection Commission will oversee and enforce matters relating to
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