I have the privilege of being the Chairman for the 3rd Annual Corporate Counsel Forum Singapore. The conference is organized by Legal Week and will be held at the Westin Singapore. General counsel, heads of legal, and legal operations managers from across Asia will be attending the conference. The full agenda and additional information on […]
The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) held a feedback session on the “positive grant” system for patents, which came into effect on February 14, 2014, as a result of changes to the Singapore Patent Law. Prior to this change, Singapore patents could be granted by complying only with formality requirements, even when the examination report found that the invention […]
I will be speaking as part of a panel discussion on “IP in the world of disruptive technologies and big data” at the ALB Singapore IP Conference. The conference is presented by Thomson Reuters and Asian Legal Business and will include sessions on brand protection and anti-counterfeiting, IP valuation and monetization, and IP litigation. Keynote […]
The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) has announced in Special Circular – 8 October 2014 that the re-launch of IP2SG (Phase 2) will be delayed until further notice. October 20, 2014, is the launch date that had been previously announced. The delay is needed “in order to perform further fine tuning.” Similarly, amendments to various IP […]
In order to continue implementing its IP2SG electronic IP portal, the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) has largely shut down all of its electronic filing systems, including ePayment, eTrademarks, and eDesigns, from October 9 through 19, 2014. The IP2SG portal will reopen on October 20, 2014. To allow for this extended downtime, IPOS has declared the 9th through the 21st […]
The National University of Singapore’s Centre for Law & Business has organized a conference that will “analyse how the IP framework is perceived through various lenses, namely, incentive, trade, development, culture and human rights.” This conference is open to the public with prior registration. Date: 14 – 15 August 2014 Location: Orchard Hotel, Singapore Additional information […]
The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) has announced a public consultation on its “registered design regime” as implemented under the Singapore Registered Designs Act (RDA), the Registered Designs Rules, and the Copyright Act. The deadline for submitting feed back is June 6, 2014. Feedback may be sent to IPOS by mail or email at: Intellectual […]
