Singapore Intellectual Property News

Dr Khoo Chong Yee will be giving a short seminar on 29th May 2008 on the topic of “Patentability 101: Novelty and Inventive Step”.

On 2 May 2008, Thailand (country code: TH), deposited its instrument of accession to the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, thus bringing the total number of States party to that Convention to 173.

The London Agreement is now in force, providing for the potential to reduce the translation costs for validating a European patent.

WIPO has finally approved its budget for the 2008/2009 financial year. One of the consequences appears to be a big reduction in the International Filing Fee after July 2008 for applicants/inventors who are Singapore residents or nationals.

Dr Khoo Chong Yee will be attending the PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty) Asia 2008 Conference, held on 21st-22nd April 2008 at Biopolis.