The WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center Singapore Office

The WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center Singapore Office was established in May 2010.

The WIPO Center’s Singapore Office manages disputes under the WIPO Rules involving Parties from the region and facilitates case communications and hearings. The WIPO Center’s Singapore Office also offers procedural dispute resolution guidance in choosing or adjusting dispute resolution clauses. Some case examples may be found here.

The WIPO Center’s Singapore Office also organizes training and outreach on ADR of IP and technology-related disputes.

WIPO and IPOS Renew Joint Funding for the WIPO–ASEAN Mediation Programme (AMP+) as International Demand Increases

The World Intellectual Property Organization (“WIPO”) Singapore Office (“WSO”) and the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (“IPOS”) have renewed their joint funding commitment to the WIPO–ASEAN Mediation Programme (“AMP+”) following a year in which the program’s 2025 funding allocation was fully utilized and user demand continued to grow.

Cooperation

The Center’s Singapore Office works with partners based in Singapore and the region to raise awareness of the advantages of ADR methods to prevent and resolve intellectual property and technology disputes.

Partners based in Singapore include:

Ministry of Law of Singapore

The WIPO Center collaborates with the Ministry of Law in the promotion of the use of ADR options for intellectual property disputes in Singapore.

The Ministry of Law has designated the WIPO Center as mediation service provider in Singapore.

Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS)

The WIPO Center administers mediation proceedings concerning intellectual property disputes in Singapore.

The WIPO Center has developed a mediation option for trademark, patent, industrial design and geographical indications proceedings and an expert determination option for patent proceedings pending before IPOS and administers such proceedings.

The WIPO Center collaborates with IPOS and the Copyright Tribunal in the promotion of the use of ADR options for copyright disputes in Singapore.

The WIPO Singapore Office and IPOS jointly support access to WIPO Mediation through the WIPO-ASEAN Mediation Programme (AMP+), which provides funding for eligible parties engaging in mediation and deal mediation in ASEAN.

Infocomm Media Development Authority of Singapore (IMDA)

The WIPO Center collaborates with IMDA in the promotion of the use of ADR options for disputes in the area of Film and Media and Entertainment.

The WIPO Center has developed in cooperation with IMDA the WIPO Mediation and Expedited Arbitration Rules for Film and Media, which have been specifically tailored to resolve disputes in the film and media sectors, as well as the special model contract clauses and submission agreements.

Franchising and Licensing Association of Singapore (FLA)

The WIPO Center collaborates with FLA in the promotion of the use of ADR options for disputes in the area of Franchising.

Singapore FinTech Association (SFA)

The WIPO Center collaborates with SFA in the promotion of the use of ADR options for disputes in the area of FinTech.

Singapore International Mediation Center (SIMC)

The WIPO Center collaborates with SIMC in the promotion of the use of ADR options for disputes in the area of IP and technology in Singapore.

SGTech (Formerly Singapore Infocomm Technology Federation (SiTF)) (SGTech)

The WIPO Center collaborates with SGTech in the promotion of the use of ADR options for disputes in the area of Information and Communication Technology.

Textile and Fashion Federation of Singapore (TaFF)

The WIPO Center collaborates with TaFF in the promotion of the use of ADR options for disputes in the area of Fashion.

Visual, Audio, Creative Content Professionals Association (Singapore) (VICPA)

The WIPO Center collaborates with VICPA in the promotion of the use of mediation to resolve disputes in the creative sector.

The WIPO Center and VICPA jointly developed a low-cost mediation program for members of VICPA in IP and other commercial disputes. The WIPO Center administers such proceedings.

Contact

WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center Singapore	WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center Geneva
Maxwell Chambers Suites 28 Maxwell Road #02-14 Singapore 069120 T +65 6225 2129 F +65 6225 3568	Chemin des Colombettes 34 1211 Geneva 20 Switzerland T +4122 338 8247 or 0800 888 549 F +4122 740 3700 or 0800 888 550

General queries: arbiter.mail@wipo.int