Certainty and uncertainty of cross-border copyright infringement litigation in Singapore

• Main Author: YEO, Tiong Min
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2019
• Subjects: Intellectual property; Property; Jurisdiction; Singapore; Conflict of laws; Private international law; Dispute Resolution and Arbitration; Litigation
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/2940; https://search.library.smu.edu.sg/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma99328912602601&context=L&vid=65SMU_INST:SMU_NUI&lang=en&search_scope=Everything&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=Everything&query=any,contains,Annotated%20leading%20copyright%20cases%20in%20major%20Asian%20jurisdictions&offset=0
• Institution: Singapore Management University

There is little cross-border copyright litigation in Singapore. This is most likely due to the territorial nature of copyright law and the relative diminutiveness of the Singapore market. Infringements in Singapore typically involve only Singapore copyright law, and foreign infringements raise poten...