Region: Singapore

04 November 2020

Breakthroughs by startups across the APAC region show the IP system is working as intended to incentivise innovation - even in a crowded patent landscape

05 September 2020

The agency's outgoing head Francis Gurry has hit out at media coverage of complaints made against him by his deputy, but the real problem was a total lack of transparency in how the affair was handled

11 July 2020

New programme has limited capacity, but IPOS says it will provide world’s fastest application-to-grant process

28 April 2020

After a bruising WIPO director-general election process, Singaporean nominee’s first priority should be to build bridges between the US and China

07 March 2020

The race to patent a treatment for coronavirus in China is heating up, but its spread could be the story that affects every other story in tech this year

15 February 2020

China has nominated agency insider Wang Binying for the director general post, but the US is said to favour Singapore's candidate

18 December 2019

The winners of our annual Asia IP Elite awards for the teams, deal and individual of the year were revealed before a sold-out crowd at IPBC Asia 2019

31 October 2019

In-depth analysis shows that the Taiwanese semiconductor business has not only bulked up its portfolio over the last decade, but also considerably improved its quality

25 October 2019

TSMC hits back against Globalfoundries with countersuits in the US, Germany and Singapore. The headline grabbing dispute takes place as the Lion City attempts to lure more cases with legal reforms

03 October 2019