WIPO Singapore Office
Helping businesses in ASEAN protect their brands, inventions and designs overseas
The WIPO Singapore Office serves the ASEAN region by raising awareness of the importance of IP in business success, and promoting its use a driver of economic, social and cultural growth. The Office achieves this by collaborating with a range of stakeholders including SME associations, chambers of commerce, IP associations, and IP offices in the organization of promotional activities, training and capacity building projects.
With a focus on SMEs, women and the youth sector, the WIPO Singapore Office provides practical information to help people in ASEAN to use WIPO’s services to protect their IP around the world.
More broadly, the WSO aims to increase innovation and creativity in the ASEAN region by promoting the benefits of all WIPO services such as the PCT System (for international invention protection) and the Hague System (for overseas protection of designs), as well as Madrid System (for protection of brands and trademarks all around the world). By doing this we play a role in the economic, social and cultural development of the region.
The WSO works collaboratively with a range of organizations including chambers of commerce and industry, intellectual property (IP) offices, IP associations and universities to raise awareness and use of the international IP systems. To find out how we might work with you to increase IP awareness in your organization, please complete this enquiry form.
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WIPO-Singapore ASEAN Mediation Programme (AMP)
A collaboration between WIPO and the Government of Singapore, ASEAN parties can benefit from the new ASEAN Mediation Programme (AMP), which offers funding for mediations administered by the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center’s Office in Singapore.
Scaled-up WIPO IP Management Clinic (IPMC) Program in Key ASEAN Countries
Join over 300 forward-looking companies and fuel growth with our innovative IP strategies. Get on board and join us today. We are now in Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, Indonesia and Vietnam!
Leveraging IP in ASEAN
The following stories of inventors, creators and entrepreneurs and their journeys with Intellectual Property showcase how innovation and creativity drives impact, making IP a powerful tool in creating economic value and unleashing development leap-frogging in the region. The WIPO Singapore Office proudly presents these inspirational stories and insights from WSO collaborative projects across the ASEAN region, including those from the WIPO IP Management Clinics and from the collaboration between the WIPO Singapore Office and the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) within the ambit of the WIPO-Singapore Government MoU.
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WIPO-Singapore ASEAN Mediation Programme (AMP)
A collaboration between WIPO and the Government of Singapore, ASEAN parties can benefit from the new ASEAN Mediation Programme (AMP), which offers funding for mediations administered by the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center's Office in Singapore.
Other IP events
We regularly organize, host or participate in IP related events in the ASEAN region to further promote the social and economic importance and value of the IP system.
- WIPO Scaled-up IP Management Clinic (IPMC) Guiding Tech Startups and SMEs in Viet Nam to Leverage IP for Innovation and Business Growth – Hanoi (Nov 15, 2024)
- WIPO Scaled-up IP Management Clinic Helping Selected SMEs in Jakarta to Steer Their Own IP Journeys - Jakarta (Nov 7, 2024)
- World Intellectual Property Indicators Report: Global Patent Filings Reach Record High in 2023 - Geneva (Nov 7, 2024)
- ASEAN-WIPO Scaled-up IP Management Clinic (IPMC): Kick Off with Great Success in Sabah, Malaysia - Kota Kinabalu (Oct 25, 2024)
- Overwhelming response and insightful discussions kicks off the Scaled-Up WIPO IP Management Clinic in Bangkok - Bangkok (Sept 11, 2024)
WIPO services in ASEAN countries
Alternative Dispute Resolution
The Singapore Office of WIPO's Arbitration and Mediation Center offers guidance and training in IP dispute resolution.
PCT System for patents
All countries in the region, except Myanmar, are members of the PCT system for the international protection of patents.
Madrid System for trademarks
All countries in the region except Malaysia and Myanmar.
Hague System for industrial designs
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia and Singapore are members of the Hague System for the international registration of industrial designs.
ASEAN countries and WIPO initiatives
PATENTSCOPE
Users can conduct searches in this free collection of patent documents – including international patent applications submitted under the PCT and the national patent collections of eight ASEAN Member States in a number of languages.
Global Brand Database
Users can search over 33 million records relating to internationally protected trademarks and national trademark data collections from nine ASEAN Member States.
TISCs
Technology and Innovation Support Centers (TISCs) provide innovators in developing countries with access to locally-based, high quality technology information and related services. There are more than 60 TISCs in the Philippines, whilst they can also be found in Malaysia and Viet Nam.
WIPO GREEN
Through this online marketplace, we help connect ASEAN seekers and providers of new environmental solutions with other seekers and providers of cutting-edge green technology and services around the world.
IP infrastructure modernization
Our dedicated specialists provide services to IP offices in the region, including:
- on-site assessments /analysis of: data volumes, backlog, resources, IT infrastructure and automation status;
- information gathering to prepare a customized WIPO automation package;
- training and technical support in management and administration of our industrial property automation system (IPAS);
- assistance in preparing technical specifications for hardware procurement or software development.
Education and research
WIPO Academy
Our Professional Development Program offers training for government officials from developing countries, while our Summer Schools provide an opportunity for students and young professionals to acquire deeper knowledge of IP.
Study visits
We welcome study visits by groups on a self-financing basis. Programs may cover a short course on various aspects of the international IP system. We also assist in organizing study visits to IP-related institutions in Singapore.
WIPO-ASEAN study
The Strategic Use of Intellectual Property to Enhance Competitiveness in Select Industries in ASEAN
This study analyzed the impact of IP on various economic sectors in ASEAN member states, and the manner in which companies in these sectors had been making use of the different elements of IP to leverage their competitiveness, promote trade and create jobs. It is based on a detailed survey carried out in all the countries.