Organization:Intellectual Property Office of Singapore

Intellectual Property Office of Singapore

Agency overview
Formed	1 April 2001 (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 Rena Lee, Chief Executive
Parent agency	Ministry of Law
Website	www.ipos.gov.sg

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 appointed an International Searching Authority (ISA) and International Preliminary Examining Authority (IPEA) for patent applications filed in accordance with the Patent Co-operation Treaty since 9 October 2015.

Conventions

Singapore is a member of the following international conventions:

• 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

See also

• List of patent offices