(Circular No. 4/2004, dated 6 February 2004)
The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore is pleased to announce that its eTrademarks Search has been made available from 30 January 2004.
The following search services have been made available through the system:
- Search for similar marks;
- Search for marks belonging to a proprietor;
- Search for mark detailed information, registered marks, pending marks, certification marks, collective marks, expired marks, cancelled marks, expired marks, withdrawn marks, abandoned marks, expunged marks, refused marks, destroyed marks and article 6ter based on relevant periods.
The services will be offered free of charge.
To access this service, please click
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- Generation of Check Digit/Year of Trade Mark Numbers
A new eService for the generation of year/check digit of Trade Mark Number is added to IPOS Online Transactions. This eService has two fields for entry. One is for the old TM No format while the other is for the new TM No format. For the old TM No format, both the year and the check digit would be generated. For the new TM No format, the check digit will be generated.
This eService is already available.
- Attachment for Form TM26
The eService for Form TM26 has been enhanced. As filing of Form TM26 usually requires a covering letter to list the TM numbers and sometimes to explain a certain situation, it can only be submitted through the counter. With this enhancement, when a Form TM26 is submitted, it allows for a covering letter to be attached to the said form. This is to facilitate the filing of Form TM26 through eTrademarks.
This eService is already available.
- Filing of mark in colour or greyscale
With effect from 1 November 2002, eTrademarks will be accepting colour or greyscale attachments for marks filed for Forms TM4 and TM9 in addition to the current black and white. Marks filed in colour or greyscale would be printed in greyscale for the Acknowledgement Letter, Trade Marks Journal and Certificate of Registration. Please note that viewing and printing of the mark images from the Enquiry System would still be in black and white.
- “Save/Save As” feature
The “Save/Save As” feature has been implemented on 4 December 2002, from 10am onwards. This feature would be available for Forms TM4 and TM9. Any application that is saved would be kept in IPOS’ system for three working days excluding the current day. All saved documents residing in IPOS’ database for more than three working days would be removed.
- Display Mark Image
The “Display Mark Image” feature has been implemented on 4 December 2002, from 10am onwards. Mark images attached to Forms TM4 and TM9 will be displayed for viewing.