Tag: patent cooperation treaty
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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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Singapore High Court Disallows Post-grant Patent Amendments for the First Time
By Constance Leong 12 August 2015, Singapore. Singapore has the world’s busiest transhipment hub. It therefore comes as no surprise that coupling pieces for ship cargo securing, called twistlocks, are highly valued in Singapore. This was the invention that lay at the center of the dispute in a High Court case of Ship’s Equipment Centre…