Singapore to allow foreign patent agents
21 March 2012
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Kanishk Verghese, Hong Kong
The Ministry of Law has proposed an amendment to the Patents Act that will allow foreign-registered patent agents to conduct offshore work in Singapore
The proposal came after Law Minister K Shanmugam addressed Parliament earlier this month on the opportunities to transform Singapore into an IP hub.
"Our challenge is that we have a small domestic market which faces difficulties in creating the marketplace and generating the demand for IP services," said Shanmugam in his speech. "Our ambition is to make Singapore the Asian IP Hub. We have progressed well so far…we need to progress further."
As of now, only Singapore-registered patent agents – who are authorised by the Intellectual Property...
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