One-minute read In the opposition of ZERODENSITY YAZILIM ANONIM SIRKETI v Novel Brands USA LLC [2023] SGIPOS 11, the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) presided over a trade mark opposition case involving Novel Brands USA LLC, the appli...

IPOS’ existing e-services platform, IP2SG, was decommissioned on 25 May 2022 and was replaced by IPOS Digital Hub from 2 June 2022.

As part of the Singapore Government’s efforts to bring you greater convenience and security, IPOS will be adopting SingPass and CorpPass as the only means to login to IP2SG. Consequently, all email-based accounts can no longer be used on 1 September ...

The Trade Mark Registry has issued a circular to notify the entry into force of the Nice Classification, Eleventh (11th) Edition, Version 2019 on 1 January 2019. The current Eleventh Edition, Version 2018 of the Nice Classification shall continue to ...

Launch of Trade Marks Similar Mark search facility in IP2SG IPOS has launched a new Trade Marks Similar Mark search facility in IP2SG (www.ip2.sg) on 6 July 2015. The facility will allow users to conduct a search of the online Trade Marks Register to...

The case of the Bodypack… in the matter of a trade mark registration by PT EIGERINDO MULTI PRODUK INDUSTRY and application for declaration of invalidity by SPORTS CONNECTION PTE LTD Background This is an application before the Trade Marks Regis...

IPOS has launched a Corporate Dashboard which aims to provide transparency and accountability to users of our IP system. You can see it here: http://www.ipos.gov.sg/AboutUs/CorporateDashboard.aspx Some of the interesting indicators include: % of case...

New Chapter on ICGS issued by Registry As part of IPOS’ ongoing effort to provide greater clarity to applicants in relation to the examination approach of ICGS, a new chapter on this has been introduced to the Trade Marks Work Manual. This is e...

International Classification of Goods and Services (ICGS) Autochecker The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) has released an ICGS Autochecker to help trade mark applicants and agents search for and classify their goods and services by v...

Issuance of Certificate of Registration under IP2SG system for Trade Marks With the launch of the IP2SG system for Trade Marks on 24 November 2014, the Registry has begun issuing softcopies of certificates of registration via the IP2SG Customer Porta...