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Last updated 26 March 2025
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2024
Year 2024
8 May 2024 | Excluded Days from 1 to 16 May 2024 | |
21 Mar 2024 | Excluded Days from 1 May 2024 to 13 May 2024 for business under IP Acts and Rules |
2022
Year 2022
8 Jun 2022 | Excluded Days and Alternative Filing Mode Via FormSG | |
3 Jun 2022 | Excluded days | |
25 May 2022 | IPOS Digital Hub Launch on 2 June 2022 | |
28 Apr 2022 | Information on Revised Launch Date for IPOS Digital Hub, Decommission Date for IP2SG, Effective Date of Legislative Amendments and Fee Updates, Excluded Days | |
22 Apr 2022 | Extension of SG IP FAST Track Programme and Sunset of 12 Months File-to-Grant Programme | |
11 Apr 2022 | Information on Filing Requirements and Transition to IPOS Digital Hub | |
11 Mar 2022 | Introducing IPOS Digital Hub, Legislative Amendments and Fee Updates |
2021
Year 2021
10 Sep 2021 | Potentially Misleading Business Names of Non-official Entities | |
10 Sep 2021 | Introduction of Amendments to the Registered Designs Subsidiary Legislation and Electronic Filing and Service of Documents | |
15 Jul 2021 | Public Consultation on Intellectual Property (Amendment) Bill 2021 | |
1 Feb 2021 | New IP2SG website address |
2020
Year 2020
25 Aug 2020 | Expansion of SG Patent Fast Track Programme on 1 September 2020 | |
17 Aug 2020 | Public Consultation on Proposed Changes to Simplify and Streamline Intellectual Property Processes and Improve User Experience with Digital Initiatives | |
2 Jun 2020 | Introduction of Amendments to Subsidiary Legislation in Response to COVID-19 | |
17 Apr 2020 | COVID-19: Further Information on Excluded Days |
2019
Year 2019
29 Nov 2019 | Checks on Declaration of Novelty in Design Applications | |
31 Oct 2019 | New Online Payment Platform on IP2SG | |
16 Sep 2019 | Registered Designs (International Registration) Rules 2019 | |
5 Apr 2019 | Checks on Declaration of Novelty in Design Applications |
2018
Year 2018
14 Sep 2018 | 100% e-Payment with effect from 1 November 2018 | |
8 Aug 2018 | Decommissioning of Email-Based IP2SG Accounts on 1 September 2018 | |
3 Apr 2018 | Changes Pertaining to Form CM8 wef 21 April 2018 |
2017
Year 2017
6 Oct 2017 | Designs-Related Legislative Amendments To Enter Into Force On 30 October 2017 | |
5 Jul 2017 | Unsolicited IP Services - Requests for Payment of Fees | |
17 Mar 2017 | Slides used in “Information Sharing Session relating to the Implementation of Goods and Services Tax (“GST”) conducted on 10 March 2017 | |
2 Mar 2017 | Information Sharing Session relating to the Implementation of Goods and Services Tax (“GST”) | |
20 Feb 2017 | Search Facility for International Design Registrations in IP2SG | |
3 Feb 2017 | Revised Fees, Implementation of Goods and Services Tax and Change in Procedure for Amendment and Correction of Patents documents with effect from 1 April 2017 |
2016
Year 2016
1 Nov 2016 | Launch of eAlert Facility in IP2SG |
2014
Year 2014
6 Jun 2014 | Entering of particulars of express trusts and beneficiaries in the Register of Designs (Specific name format no longer required) | |
30 Apr 2014 | Entering of particulars of express trusts and beneficiaries in the Register of Designs |
Practice guidelines
2024
Year 2024
Classification of articles, non-physical products, or set of articles and non-physical products for the purposes of the registration of a design | |
Excluded Days | |
Excluded Days |
2023
Year 2023
IPOS Digital Hub Practice Direction No. 2 of 2023 [PDF, 612 KB] | Electronic Online System (EOS) and Alternative Filing Modes |
Day of Interruption to Electronic Online System, IPOS Digital Hub | |
IPOS Digital Hub Practice Direction No. 1 of 2023 [PDF, 658 KB] | Electronic Online System (EOS) and Alternative Filing Modes |
Hours of Business and Excluded days |
2022
Yea 2022
Excluded Days | |
Excluded Days | |
IPOS Digital Hub Practice Direction No. 1 of 2022 [PDF, 728 KB] | Electronic Online System (EOS) and Alternative Filing Modes |
Excluded Days | |
Excluded Days |
2021
Year 2021
Electronic Online System (EOS) | |
Alternative Filing Modes and Service of Documents |
2020
Year 2020
Classification of articles, non-physical products, or set of articles and non-physical products for the purposes of the registration of a design | |
Electronic Online System (EOS) | |
Alternative Filing Modes and Service of Documents | |
Excluded days | |
Excluded days |
2019
Year 2019
Electronic Online System (EOS) | |
Classification of articles, non-physical products, or set of articles and non-physical products for the purposes of the registration of a design | |
Excluded days | |
Electronic Online System (EOS) |
2018
Year 2018
Electronic Online System (EOS) | |
Registration of Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) | |
Day of Interruption to the Electronic Online System, IP2SG | |
Day of Interruption to the Electronic Online System, IP2SG | |
Day of Interruption to the Electronic Online System, IP2SG |
2017
Year 2017
Classification of articles, non-physical products, or set of articles and non-physical products for the purposes of the registration of a design | |
Electronic Online System (EOS) |
2015
Year 2015
Excluded days | |
Excluded days |
2014
Year 2014
Excluded days | |
Registration of Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) | |
Excluded days | |
Excluded days | |
Excluded days |
2013
Year 2013
Excluded Days | |
Alternatives To Online Filing During Service Disruption |
2009
Year 2009
Hours of Business and Excluded Days |