Summary: "This title provides the reader with the fundamentals of the major IP rights in Singapore - Copyright and related rights (registered designs, performers' rights); Trade Marks (passing off and the Trade Marks Act); Patents; Trade Secrets and other Confidential Information - including: 1. The international and regional dimensions relevant to Singapore (e.g. the WTO/TRIPS Agreement; the ASEAN IP Action Plan; the 2003 US-Singapore Free trade Agreement); 2. The IP story of Singapore: how its immature IP infrastructure grew from the early days of nationhood in 1965 to reach its current 'TRIPS-plus' status; 3. The substantive law relating to the right (e.g. the criteria for its subsistence; ownership; infringement; defences; enforcement; commercial exploitation)."--Publisher description.