Salutica Allied Solutions Sdn Bhd v Apple South Asia Pte. Ltd.

[2026] SGHCR 22 High Court Registrar 30 June 2026 HC/OC 773/2024 ( HC/SUM 3464/2025 ) 44 min read

7 cases cited (0 SG, 7 foreign)

Outcome

Application granted

I granted the Application to the extent that the confidentiality club be formed on agreed terms: (a) With the proposed two-tier confidentiality regime, ie, access to RCD should be limited to EEO only and access to GCD should be limited to EEO and either Salutica’s Mr Joel Lim or Mr Joshua Lim; and(b) Without the proposed prosecution bar.

Source: [2026] SGHCR 22, High Court Registrar, decided 30 June 2026. Read directly from the judgment.

Key facts

Court	High Court Registrar
Decided	30 June 2026
Judge	Kenneth Choo
Charges / claim	Intellectual Property
Outcome	Application granted
Counsel	Drew & Napier LLC, Premier Law LLC, Ching Pu Fang, Javier Yeo, Kwek Shu En, Annabel, Lauw Yu An, Loo Fang Hui, Nicholas Lynwood, Tony Yeo Soo Mong

Source: [2026] SGHCR 22, High Court Registrar, decided 30 June 2026 — eLitigation. Updated 10 July 2026.

Catchwords

Intellectual Property — Patents and inventions — Infringement — Formation of confidentiality club — Whether access to documents be restricted to solicitors and experts Intellectual Property — Patents and inventions — Infringement — Formation of confidentiality club — Whether a restrictive covenant be imposed on solicitors and experts

Practice Areas

Intellectual Property

Judges (1)

Kenneth Choo Delivered

Counsel (9)

Drew & Napier LLC Firm Premier Law LLC Firm Ching Pu Fang Counsel Claimant Javier Yeo Counsel Defendant Kwek Shu En, Annabel Counsel Claimant Lauw Yu An Counsel Claimant Loo Fang Hui Counsel Defendant Nicholas Lynwood Counsel Claimant Tony Yeo Soo Mong Counsel Defendant

Parties (2)

Apple South Asia Pte. Ltd. Defendant Salutica Allied Solutions Sdn Bhd Claimant

Case Significance

Salutica Allied Solutions Sdn Bhd v Apple South Asia Pte. Ltd. [2026] SGHCR 22, decided by Assistant Registrar Kenneth Choo on 30 June 2026 in Originating Claim No 773 of 2024 (Summons No 3464 of 2025), concerned an application by Apple South Asia Pte Ltd, the defendant in a patent infringement action, to form a confidentiality club protecting its allegedly infringing secret process. Salutica Allied Solutions Sdn Bhd, the claimant, did not oppose forming a confidentiality club in principle but contested two terms: a proposal to confine disclosure of the most sensitive documents to solicitors and experts alone, excluding the claimant's own officers or employees, and a proposed restrictive covenant on those solicitors and experts. The application, heard on 9 January and 30 March 2026, drew on seven cited authorities, all from foreign jurisdictions.

[2026] SGHCR 22 explained

Salutica Allied Solutions Sdn Bhd v Apple South Asia Pte. Ltd. ([2026] SGHCR 22) is a Singapore judgment decided by the High Court Registrar on 30 June 2026. It is categorised under Intellectual Property. It is a recent decision; within this corpus no later judgment has cited it yet. 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 [2026] SGHCR 22 about?

Salutica Allied Solutions Sdn Bhd v Apple South Asia Pte. Ltd. ([2026] SGHCR 22) is a High Court Registrar decision from 2026. Its published catchwords are “Intellectual Property — Patents and inventions — Infringement — Formation of confidentiality club — Whether access to documents be restricted to solicitors and experts” and “Intellectual Property — Patents and inventions — Infringement — Formation of confidentiality club — Whether a restrictive covenant be imposed on solicitors and experts”, which indicate the subject matter the judgment addresses. The full reasoning and orders are in the judgment itself, linked below.

What two confidentiality club terms did Salutica Allied Solutions dispute in [2026] SGHCR 22?

Salutica Allied Solutions Sdn Bhd objected to Apple South Asia Pte Ltd's proposals to restrict disclosure of the most confidential documents to solicitors and experts only, excluding the claimant's own officers or employees, and to impose a restrictive covenant on those solicitors and experts.