The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) is a statutory board under the Ministry of Law of the

Government of Singapore The Government of Singapore is defined by the Constitution of Singapore to mean the executive branch of the state, which is made up of the president and the Cabinet. Although the president acts in their personal discretion in the exercise ...

. IPOS advises on and administers

intellectual property Intellectual property (IP) is a category of property that includes intangible creations of the human intellect. There are many types of intellectual property, and some countries recognize more than others. The best-known types are patents, cop ...

(IP) laws, promotes IP awareness, and provides the infrastructure to facilitate the development of IP in Singapore. IPOS has been appointed an

International Searching Authority The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) is an international patent law treaty, concluded in 1970. It provides a unified procedure for filing patent applications to protect inventions in each of its contracting states. A patent application filed und ...

(ISA) and

International Preliminary Examining Authority The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) is an international patent law treaty, concluded in 1970. It provides a unified procedure for filing patent applications to protect inventions in each of its contracting states. A patent application filed und ...

(IPEA) for patent applications filed in accordance with the

Patent Co-operation Treaty The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) is an international patent law treaty, concluded in 1970. It provides a unified procedure for filing patent applications to protect inventions in each of its contracting states. A patent application filed und ...

since 9 October 2015.

Conventions

Singapore is a member of the following international conventions:IPOS web site
''About Us''
Consulted on 23 December 2009. * Paris Convention *

Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, usually known as the Berne Convention, was an international assembly held in 1886 in the Swiss city of Bern by ten European countries with the goal to agree on a set of l ...

* Madrid Protocol * Nice Agreement * Patent Cooperation Treaty *

Budapest Treaty The Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure, or Budapest Treaty, is an international treaty signed in Budapest, Hungary, on April 28, 1977. It entered into force on A ...

* WIPO Copyright Treaty * WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty * International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants otherwise known as the "UPOV Convention" * The Geneva Act (1999) of the Hague Agreement concerning the International Registration of Industrial Design *

Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Intellectual Property Office Of Singapore 2001 establishments in Singapore Government agencies established in 2001 International Searching and Preliminary Examining Authorities Intellectual property organizations Patent offices Statutory boards of the Singapore Government Regulation in Singapore

Conventions

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