Asia IP
A June 2022 decision by the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) provided a first instance ruling for a trademark dispute pertaining to the name of a famous noodle shop in Singapore. The IPOS adjudicator ruled that the late noodle shop operator’s children had a right to register trademarks pertaining to the name of their father’s noodle shop, despite opposition from the late operator’s former business partners.
The trademark dispute concerned a noodle shop operated by the late Ng Ba Eng. Ng took over his father’s noodle business in 1962. In the 1980s, Ng opened a stall bearing the signboard “ENG’S CHAR SIEW WANTAN MEE” at the Dunman Food Centre. Ng operated the stall until 2009, and Ng’s son Desmond assisted Ng in operating the stall from 2009 to 2012.
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