走在大街上，随处可见琳琅满目各种各样的商标。从一线品牌到新兴企业，商标已经成为一种潮流。各大商家想尽不惜花重金设计出属于自己并吸引顾客的logo。如今，商标的形式已经不仅仅局限于平面图形或文字，颜色，声音，甚至气味，都已成为当今社会中商标中的重要元素，使消费者从视觉，听觉，嗅觉全方位的感受商家的存在。

3 observations of Japan Legal system during my business trip there in Spring.

Tragic to learn that MH370 had crashed with all passengers on board. My heart goes out to them and their family. What if they were never found, in that case the passengers are not considered dead under the dear and therefor would not be able to obtain a death certificate.

上周，新加坡最高法院裁决承认中国江苏苏州地方法院作出的一份判决，这是有史以来新加坡法院第一次承认并有可能执行中国大陆地区的法院判决。最高法院法官Andrew Ang在公开听取了双方的相关诉请之后，作出了一份口头判决，支持了中国江苏法院的判决，责令新加坡Aksa远东私人有限公司向中国Giant Light金属技术有限公司支付US$190,000 (S$239,000)。Andrew Ang法官很有可能会在未来适当的时候发表书面意见，阐述这份法院判决对新中公司在中国进行诉讼的影响。

Last week I was in Beijing Renmin University to judge the Chinese National Round of Jessup International Moot Court Competition. A record number of teams took part including my team from Guangxi University of Nationalities. The bar has been raised yet again; the teams are getting better and better in terms of their command of English, their advocacy skills are as well as their poise and style. It never fails to impress me.