TIGER PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT LTD v ENCORE FILMS PTE LTD
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| Court | High Court (General Division) |
|---|---|
| Decided | |
| Judge | Dedar Singh Gill |
| Charges / claim | Intellectual Property |
| Counsel | Allen & Gledhill LLP, Lee & Lee, Lee Junting Basil, Tan Tee Jim, Toh Jia Yi |
Source: [2023] SGHC 255, High Court (General Division), decided — eLitigation. Updated .
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Case Significance
Tiger Pictures Entertainment Ltd v Encore Films Pte Ltd [2023] SGHC 255 is a Grounds of Decision of the General Division of the High Court, delivered by Dedar Singh Gill J on 11 September 2023 in Originating Claim No 466 of 2022 (Summons No 2172 of 2023). The claimant, Tiger Pictures Entertainment Ltd, a company incorporated in the People's Republic of China, brought a copyright infringement claim against the defendant, Encore Films Pte Ltd, a Singapore-incorporated film distributor, over rights to the top-grossing Chinese film "Moon Man", whose copyright owner is a Chinese company known as Kaixin Mahua. The application before the court was to strike out the copyright claim on the ground that the claimant had no standing to sue for infringement, which Dedar Singh Gill J dismissed.
[2023] SGHC 255 explained
TIGER PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT LTD v ENCORE FILMS PTE LTD ([2023] SGHC 255) is a Singapore judgment decided by the High Court (General Division) on 11 September 2023. It is categorised under Intellectual Property. Within this corpus it has since been cited by 3 other reported Singapore judgments, a measure of how often later decisions have referred to it. This page summarises what the reported decision covers and links the primary sources — the full judgment, the statutes it cites, and the other cases it engages with — so the decision can be read in context. It is reference information, not legal advice, and it does not state the outcome or any holding beyond what the official judgment records.
What is [2023] SGHC 255 about?
TIGER PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT LTD v ENCORE FILMS PTE LTD ([2023] SGHC 255) is a High Court (General Division) decision from 2023. Its published catchwords are “Intellectual Property — Copyright — Licences” and “Intellectual Property — Copyright — Infringement”, which indicate the subject matter the judgment addresses. The full reasoning and orders are in the judgment itself, linked below.
Which legislation does [2023] SGHC 255 consider?
The judgment refers to Copyright Act (Cap 63), Patents Act (Cap 221), and UK Patents Act (Cap 221). The statutes cited are listed in full on this page, each linking to its primary text.
What earlier Singapore cases does [2023] SGHC 255 cite?
Among the in-corpus authorities it refers to are [2023] SGHC 138. The complete list of cases cited, and of later cases that cite this decision, is shown on this page.
How influential is [2023] SGHC 255?
Within this corpus, [2023] SGHC 255 has been cited by 3 later reported Singapore judgments. That count reflects references from other decisions held in this corpus only and is a conservative lower bound on how often the case has actually been cited.
Summary
Tiger Pictures Entertainment Ltd, exclusive licensee of distribution rights to the Chinese film "Moon Man", sued Encore Films Pte Ltd for copyright infringement, and Encore applied to strike out the claim arguing the claimant had no standing to sue. The dispute turned on whether the claimant remained the statutory exclusive licensee under s 103(1) of the Copyright Act 2021 despite a sub-licence to a third party. The High Court held the claimant retained standing and dismissed the striking out application.
What was Tiger Pictures Entertainment Ltd v Encore Films Pte Ltd [2023] SGHC 255 about?
It was a decision of Dedar Singh Gill J on 11 September 2023 on an application to strike out a copyright infringement claim brought by Tiger Pictures Entertainment Ltd against Encore Films Pte Ltd over the Chinese film "Moon Man"; the strike-out application was dismissed.
Why was the strike-out sought in [2023] SGHC 255?
The defendant sought to strike out the copyright claim on the ground that the claimant, Tiger Pictures Entertainment Ltd, had no standing to sue for infringement of the film "Moon Man", whose copyright owner was the Chinese company Kaixin Mahua; the court dismissed the application.
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