SYDNEY-BASED StayWell Hospitality Group has been denied permission to register its Park Regis hotel trademark in Singapore by a court ruling last Friday, which legal experts have said could lead to a name change for the hotel.
According to local broadsheet The Straits Times, StayWell’s attempt to register its Park Regis hotel trademark was opposed by US-based Starwood Hotels Resorts and subsidiary Sheraton International, which owns the similarly named St Regis in Singapore.
Singapore’s Court of Appeal last week ruled that the Park Regis name resembled Starwood’s St Regis, and the naming could suggest that the two hotels are affiliated.
The Straits Times quoted Richard Doyle, executive director and corporate counsel for StayWell Hospitality Group, as saying that the company is “seeking legal advice relating to the court decision”.
He noted that earlier cases the group had faced over the same issue had been shot down in Indonesia and Britain.
Park Regis Singapore had opened here in 2010, while St Regis Singapore was registered in Singapore in 1995 ahead of the opening of hotel in 2008.
Park Regis" trademark registration blocked in Singapore
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