The new practice year commences on 1st April 2012.
If Rule 9 of the Rules applies to you, you are advised to apply for the practising certificate for the next practice year. Please refer to Rule 9 for details on the filing of Form C to apply for the practising certificate.
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From 3 January 2012, there will be a new mediation element introduced to all trade mark opposition, invalidation and revocation proceedings before IPOS.
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Singapore has various existing provisions in our Patents, Trade Marks and Designs Act and Rules regarding extensions of time.
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With reference to our circular issued on 16 September 2011, the Tenth Edition of the NICE Classification for the purposes of the registration of trade marks will come into effect on 1 January 2012.
The Registry has compiled a list of specific changes which is available in Circular No. 6/2011.
To find out more about the changes, IPOS will be organizing a briefing session on 12 January 2012 (10am – 12noon). If you wish to sign up for the briefing, please email your name, email address and contact number to chow_wei_sze@ipos.gov.sg.
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IPOS will be introducing fee adjustments and a new form. These new changes will take effect from 1 December 2011. For further information on these changes, please click here.
The list of acceptable entries in the Trilateral List under the Memorandum of Cooperation with USPTO, JPO and OHIM is now available on our efiling system of the application to register a trade mark (Form TM4) as well as the Classification Search on eTrademarks Search.
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