Singapore Patent News

IPOS will resume accepting new requests under the SG Patents Fast and SG Trade Marks Fast programmes on 1 September 2026.

IPOS has announced changes to PPH procedures for Singapore patent applications, including a 6-month first office action target and an upfront 30% fee reduction for certain search and examination requests.

IPOS has suspended acceptance of new acceleration requests under the SG Patents Fast and SG Trade Marks Fast programmes until further notice, pending a review of both schemes.

IPOS has announced major revisions to official fees for patents, trade marks, registered designs and plant varieties, generally effective from 1 September 2025.

An ASPA submission authored by Dr Chong-Yee Khoo addressed the effect of IPOS excluded days on Convention priority claims.

IPOS announced revised dates for closing IP2SG, increasing official fees and launching IPOS Digital Hub.

IP2SG closed on 25 May 2022 and IPOS Digital Hub became the default online filing system on 2 June 2022.

IPOS announced substantial changes to patent, trade mark, design and other official fees, ultimately effective from 26 May 2022.

Cantab IP examines the scope of the Vuestar patent and whether image hyperlinking by Singapore websites necessarily infringed it.

Eligible Singapore individual applicants became entitled to a substantial reduction in the PCT international filing fee from 1 July 2008.