Microsoft Corporation and Others v SM Summit Holdings Ltd and Another (No 2)

JurisdictionSingapore
Judgment Date27 November 1999
Date27 November 1999
Docket NumberCriminal Motions Nos 6 and 7 of 1999
CourtHigh Court (Singapore)

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10 cases
  • Cigar Affair v Pacific Cigar Company
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 1 July 2005
    ...I dismissed No 23 as well as No 24. On the question of costs, Yong CJ said in Microsoft Corporation v SM Summit Holdings Ltd [2000] 1 SLR 343, at [53] and 53 Finally, as for costs, in the criminal motions, the orders prayed for were a variation of the order of court made by the High Court i......
  • VisionHealthOne Corporation Pte Ltd v HD Holdings Pte Ltd
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 12 March 2010
    ...se has no bearing on the issue of locus standi. In the case of Microsoft Corporation and others v SM Summit Holdings Ltd and another [1999] 3 SLR(R) 1017, Yong Pung How CJ held that the applicants who were prohibited by way of implied undertaking from using all documents and copies obtained......
  • Microsoft Corporation and Others v SM Summit Holdings Ltd and Another (No 2)
    • Singapore
    • Court of Appeal (Singapore)
    • 9 March 2000
  • Business Software Alliance and Others v SM Summit Holdings Ltd and another and other appeals
    • Singapore
    • Court of Appeal (Singapore)
    • 24 April 2000
    ...not prohibit the defendants from using information obtained during the enforcement action. The learned Chief Justice in CM 6 and 7/99 [[2000] 1 SLR 343] also accepted this position: see [para ] 43 and 44 of his grounds of judgment.It is important to appreciate that the primary purpose of th......
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2 books & journal articles
  • PRE-COMMENCEMENT DISCOVERY AND THE ODEX LITIGATION: COPYRIGHT VERSUS CONFIDENTIALITY OR IS IT PRIVACY?
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2008, December 2008
    • 1 December 2008
    ...These applications (by criminal motion) came before Yong Pung How CJ and were dismissed. See Microsoft Corp v SM Summit Holdings Ltd[2000] 1 SLR 343. Chief Justice Yong, in denying the applications, noted that the burden lay on the applicants to provide cogent and persuasive reasons and tha......
  • Civil Procedure
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2004, December 2004
    • 1 December 2004
    ...to release or modify the implied undertaking only in very exceptional cases, following Microsoft Corp v SM Summit Holdings Ltd (No 2)[2000] 1 SLR 343. 6.70 In Banque Cantonale Vaudoise v RBG Resources plc (supra para 6.46), the High Court dismissed an appeal against a decision by an assista......