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Intellectual Property Office of Singapore

Legal Procedures

Learn more about the procedures for maintaining international trade mark registrations designated to Singapore, including changes, extensions, withdrawals, and transformations.

Last updated 26 March 2025

Requests to be presented to IPOS

The following requests may be presented to IPOS for an international registration designated to Singapore.

File a statutory declaration

The procedures on the filing of a statutory declaration for Singapore Trade Marks also apply to international registrations designated to Singapore.

File a letter of consent

The procedures on the filing of a letter of consent for Singapore Trade Marks also apply to international registrations designated to Singapore.

File or amend regulations governing the use of a collective mark or certification mark

Holders seeking registration of a collective mark or certification mark must file a copy of the regulations governing the use of the collective mark or certification mark within 9 months after the Date of Notification of International Registration or Subsequent Designation (as the case may be).

Form TM10 should be submitted for the filing or amendment of regulations governing the use of a collective mark or certification mark.

For more information on content requirements of the regulations, please refer to the Trade Marks Work Manual Chapters on Collective Marks and Certification Marks.

Requests to be presented to WIPO

Apart from the requests to be presented to IPOS listed above, all other requests for recordals in relation to international registrations designating Singapore filed under the Madrid Protocol, should be presented to WIPO.

Please refer to WIPO’s website on How to Manage Your International Registration (opens in new tab) for the possible IR transactions, as well as the Forms Required for the International Registration of a Mark (opens in new tab).