Trademark

Role of Trade Marks For many entrepreneurs, intellectual property may be an unfamiliar legal concept, and you may ask yourself why any small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) should pay attention to intellectual property issues? Or what benefits your SME can gain using the intellectual property system? Next, we will introduce Singapore’s intellectual property law. Together with human creativity and originality, intellectual property rights have always been around us. Every product or service we use in our daily lives is the result of a long list of innovations, large or small, such as changes in design, or improvements in product appearance […]

Trade Mark Requirement Benefits of trade mark registration: 1. Helps consumers in identifying brands. 2. The holder of a trade mark has the exclusive right to use the trade mark and is protected by law. 3. Through trade mark registration, you can create a brand and capture the market ahead of others. 4. A trade mark is an intangible asset and its value can be assessed 5. A trade mark may be converted to value by assignment, license, or pledge. Registering a trade mark in Singapore A trade mark is a mark used to distinguish the brand or service of […]

Trade Mark Application Process The Trade Mark Law of Singapore was established in 1998 and came into force in January 1999. Singapore is a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO). It acceded to WIPO in 1990, the Paris convention in 1995 and the Madrid Protocol in 2000. The validity of Singapore trade mark The effective period of the registered trade mark is 10 years from the date of application. If the registered trade mark needs to be used after the expiry date, the right holder should apply for trade mark renewal 6 months before the expiry date. Each renewal […]

Classification of Goods and Services The International Classification of Goods and Services for Trade Mark Registration, also known as the International (Nice) Classification of Goods and Services, is provided by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and divides goods and services into 45 categories to distinguish the scope of trade mark application. This classification is updated every 5 years. The international classification of goods and services for trade mark registration was established in accordance with the Nice Agreement signed in Nice, France in 1957. Among the 45 categories, 1-34 is the classification of goods and 35-45 is the classification of […]

International Application International Application Documents for Trademark Registration and Contracting States: The applicant submits an international application to the parties to the Madrid Protocol. Record and publish: The trade mark will be recorded in the International Register and published in the WIPO Gazette (World Intellectual Property Organization Gazette). Notification by designated Contracting States: The Ministry of International Affairs will notify each designated country. The international trade mark application will be processed in the designated country using a procedure similar to the trade mark application process in that country. To submit an international application in Singapore: Since Singapore is a party to the Madrid Protocol, applicants […]