MONSTER ENERGY COMPANY v 1. ) ONG CHIN CHYE 2. ) ANG GUAN HOE

wa-24ip-11-06-2024 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 12 December 2024 • WA-24IP-11-06/2024 • 20 min read

9 cases cited (0 SG, 9 foreign)

Catchwords

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: Trademark – Plaintiff’s opposition against trademark registration – Opposition dismissed by Registrar – Whether non-filing of statutory declaration fatal to defendant’s case – Whether trademarks are similar – Whether plaintiff’s goods and defendant’s goods are goods of same description – Whether defendant’s mark distinctive – Trade Marks Act 1976, ss. 10, 14, 28, 74

Judges (1)

Adlin binti Abdul Majid Delivered

Counsel (6)

CK Lim Law Chambers Firm PC Kok & Co. Firm Chong Tze Lin Counsel Defendant Gan Yu Ju Counsel Defendant Ng Pau Chze Counsel Plaintiff PC Kok Counsel Plaintiff

Parties (3)

MONSTER ENERGY COMPANY Applicant Ang Guan Hoe Respondent Ong Chin Chye Respondent

Statutes Cited

Rules of Court 2012

Cases Cited (9)

MY (9)

[1964] 1 MLJ 392 [1989] 2 CLJ 500 [1992] 2 MLJ 63 [1998] 4 MLJ 105 [2006] 6 MLJ 445 [2009] 3 MLJ 774 [2012] 9 MLJ 84 [2017] MLJU 1011 [2022] 2 MLJ 67

Judgment

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