Category: News & Updates
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Singapore’s “FinTech Fast Track” initiative is doing swimmingly well, thank you
By Constance Leong 26 April 2019, Singapore. *Kat friend Constance Leong has kindly provided an update on the state of Singapore’s FinTech Fast Track initiative. The first year of Singapore’s fast track patent scheme, known as the FinTech Fast Track (“FTFT”), has progressed so well it would seem, that the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (“IPOS”)…
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How Singapore Is Fast-Tracking FinTech Patent Applications (and making more “Crazy Rich Asians”?)
By Constance Leong 19 September 2018, updated 6 March 2019, Singapore. A leading banker in this *Kat’s national backyard observed last week that conventional banks that ignore FinTech do so at their long-term peril. Ahead of the curve is Singapore, a world center for banking. *Kat friend Constance Leong describes how Singapore is implementing fast track protection…
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Singapore Woos Non-Resident Foreign Businesses To File International IP Applications From Singapore Via WIPO
By Constance Leong 27 October 2017, Singapore. Without much fanfare, the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (“IPOS”) has published new September 2017 Guidelines (“the new 2017 Guidelines”) to supplement and clarify the current definition of “real and effective industrial or commercial establishment”. IPOS’s current definition published in its Online Form MM2(E) Filing Guide 2016 (for trademark) (“the 2016…
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Upcoming Changes in Singapore’s Patents Law & What They Mean For Businesses & Patent Applicants
By Constance Leong 1 February 2017, Singapore. Significant developments in Singapore’s patents laws are expected to kick in soon in the near future. The key highlights are as follows: Expanding the scope of the 12-month Grace Period[i] for exempting novelty-destroying disclosures (implementation date: 30 October 2017); New statutory declaration (“SD”) requirement for the Grace Period, pre-grant and…
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DIY Patent Analytics for Innovation
By Constance Leong 14 September 2016, Singapore. A decision whether to file a patent is not one made in a vacuum amongst inventors / R&D scientists. It is a business decision that requires business wisdom. Patent Analytics [also known as Intellectual Property (“IP”) Market Intelligence] empowers that business decision and even policy decision. What is…