Intellectual Property Office of Singapore

The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS), a statutory board under the Ministry of Law since April 2001, is the lead government agency that advises on and administers intellectual property (IP) laws, promotes IP awareness and provides the infrastructure to facilitate the development of IP in Singapore.

As IP regulator and policy advisor, IPOS is committed to maintaining a robust and pro-business IP regime for the protection and commercial exploitation of IP.
On the policy front, IPOS works with economic agencies and the IP business community to formulate and review IP policies and practices. An area of IPOS' work that has become increasingly important is in leading negotiations on IP issues in Singapore's growing network of Free Trade Agreements with other countries.

As promoter for IP, IPOS has put in place contact programmes and platforms to reach out to a wide array of audiences ranging from the general public to the education, R & D, professional and business sectors. These programmes seek to raise awareness, capabilities and business opportunities for IP among the various target audiences.

Within the organisation, IPOS strives to continually improve service standards and build an innovative and customer-focused corporate culture.

Service Offerings:

• Public Service Officers (all levels)

IPOS has vast experience in providing IP related training for Government Officers in Singapore.

IPOS is able to provide training on the following topics:

• Fundamentals of  Intellectual Property Regimes (covering Patents, Trade marks, Designs, Plant Varieties, Copyright, Geographical Indications, Layout-Designs of Integrated Circuits)
• Intellectual Property and the Public Sector
• Managing Government IP
• IP Policy for Government Agency
• Implementing IP Management for Government Agency

• Public Services of Foreign Countries

IPOS is also able to provide training on the various administration processes that a national IP administration office would find useful.

These processes includes:

1. Trade Mark Examination Practices
2. Trade Mark Registration Procedures and Processes
3. International Classification for Goods and Services under the Nice Agreement
4. International Registration of Marks under the Madrid Protocol
5. Administration of Patent Applications
6. International Applications under the Patent Co-operation Treaty (PCT)
7. Administration of Designs Applications
8. Classification of industrial designs based on the Locarno Classification for Industrial Designs
9. International Registration of Designs under the Hague System
10. Handling of Trade Marks Hearings at the IP Office