CNA938 Rewind - Buying renovation items? How to tell genuine designs from look-alikes

A Singapore inventor, Mr Ng Say Keong, has won a High Court ruling against two local firms for passing off imitation doors as his patented design. Mr Ng, who owns S & K Solid Wood Doors and invented the space-saving “SK Door” slide-and-swing system, said he has sold around 350,000 of these doors to homes and developers in Singapore. Following this court case, Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman look at how homeowners can check if their renovation items or fittings are genuine, with Ng Hwee Li, Honorary Secretary, Society of Interior Designers Singapore & Founder, LIID.