Singapore Intellectual Property Blog

The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore has announced a major revision to the official fees for patent and trade mark filings, which are effective 1 April 2017.

Updated 7 November 2016 with revised programme and content of talk.

The programme for the CIPA Life Sciences Conference 2016 (The Grand, Brighton, 14 and 15 November 2016) has been announced:

The CIPA Life Sciences Conference is described as “the UK’s premier annual educational and networking event for patent and IP professionals active in the pharma, medical technology and biotechnology sectors”. The conference is organised by the Life Sciences Committee of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys, UK.

I am pleased and honoured to have been invited to speak at the CIPA Life Sciences Conference in November this year. My talk will focus on updates on recent developments in patent law and practice in South East Asia as they relate to the biotech, life sciences and pharma fields.

We are pleased to announce that the Association of Singapore Patent Attorneys (ASPA) will hold an IP seminar on 5 October 2016 with the United Kingdom Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA).

The ASPA CIPA IP seminar will be held from 12 noon to 5 pm on Wednesday, 5 October 2016 at the Pacific 1 Ballroom of the Pan Pacific Hotel, Singapore.

We are pleased to have been actively helping to organise this seminar in the past few months, and look forward to seeing you at the seminar.

We are pleased to announce that the Tweetup at the 2016 INTA Annual Meeting in Orlando will be held at at the Baskin Robbins ice cream store on International Drive on Monday, 23 May 2016 from 3 pm onwards.

The Baskin Robbins outlet (which also contains a Dunkin’ Donuts) is located at 7440 International Drive, just a few minutes walk from the Orange County Convention Center.

Read on for more information on the Tweetup, including directions and a backup venue in case of bad weather.