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Intellectual Property Office of Singapore

Agency overview
Formed	1 April 2001; 23 years ago (2001-04-01)
Jurisdiction	Government of Singapore
Headquarters	1 Paya Lebar Link, #11-03, PLQ 1, Paya Lebar Quarter, Singapore 408533
Agency executives	Dr Stanley Lai, Chairman Tan Kong Hwee, Chief Executive
Parent agency	Ministry of Law
Website	www.ipos.gov.sg
Agency ID	T08GB0023J

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

IPOS has been an International Searching Authority (ISA) and International Preliminary Examining Authority (IPEA) under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) since 9 October 2015.

In 2024, then-Chief Executive, Rena Lee, was included in the Time magazine 2024 list of the 100 most influential people.

Conventions

Singapore is a member of the following international conventions related to IP:

• Paris Convention
• Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
• Madrid Protocol
• Nice Agreement
• Patent Cooperation Treaty
• Budapest Treaty
• 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

Management

See also

• List of patent offices
• You Wouldn't Steal a Car – anti-piracy public service announcement partly credited to IPOS, used from 2004 to 2008

References

1. "Intellectual Property Office of Singapore". Archived from the original on 12 September 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
2. "New IPOS appointments clear path for access to international patent systems". Archived from the original on 13 October 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
3. "Rena Lee: The 100 Most Influential People of 2024". TIME. 17 April 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
4. IPOS web site, About Us. Consulted on 23 December 2009. Archived 25 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine
5. "Appointment of new Chief Executive, Intellectual Property Office of Singapore". www.mlaw.gov.sg. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
6. "Appointment of new Chief Executive, Intellectual Property Office of Singapore". Intellectual Property Office of Singapore. Archived from the original on 3 November 2020.
7. "Appointment of new Chief Executive, Intellectual Property Office of Singapore". www.mlaw.gov.sg. 10 January 2025. Retrieved 11 January 2025.

External links

• Official website

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