Minister for Culture, Community and Youth and Second Minister for Law Mr Edwin Tong said today that the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) will roll out more initiatives to help businesses use intellectual property (IP) to thrive during the COVID-19 pandemic. Opening IP Week @ SG 2020, he announced new initiatives to speed up registration for trademarks and registered designs; expand the features of IPOS’ trademark registration app to include search functions for domain names and social media account names; and build IP mediation experience among youth.

Singapore, 25 Aug 2020 – The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) and the Singapore Business Federation (SBF) have officially announced the Workforce for IP-Savvy Enterprises (WISE) initiative – a pilot programme to help Singapore enterprises identify new business opportunities and acquire new capabilities through intellectual property (IP), as part of efforts to help companies emerge stronger from the COVID-19 pandemic.

IP [email protected], a global conference (25-27 August 2020) organised by the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS), will go virtual this year and focus on the role of Intellectual Property (IP) and Intangible Assets (IA) in helping companies amid the COVID-19 pandemic.