WIPO Singapore Office

Helping businesses in ASEAN protect their brands, inventions and designs overseas

The WIPO Singapore Office serves the ASEAN region by raising awareness of the importance of IP in business success, and promoting its use a driver of economic, social and cultural growth. The Office achieves this by collaborating with a range of stakeholders including SME associations, chambers of commerce, IP associations, and IP offices in the organization of promotional activities, training and capacity building projects.
With a focus on SMEs, women and the youth sector, the WIPO Singapore Office provides practical information to help people in ASEAN to use WIPO’s services to protect their IP around the world.

More broadly, the WSO aims to increase innovation and creativity in the ASEAN region by promoting the benefits of all WIPO services such as the PCT System (for international invention protection) and the Hague System (for overseas protection of designs), as well as Madrid System (for protection of brands and trademarks all around the world). By doing this we play a role in the economic, social and cultural development of the region.

The WSO works collaboratively with a range of organizations including chambers of commerce and industry, intellectual property (IP) offices, IP associations and universities to raise awareness and use of the international IP systems. To find out how we might work with you to increase IP awareness in your organization, please complete this enquiry form.

Discover, Innovate, Protect – Start Your IP Journey Today

  • One-stop access to patents, trademarks, and industrial designs
  • Covering all ASEAN Member States
  • Authentic, centralized data for confident decision-making
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WIPO-ASEAN Mediation Program (AMP+)

A collaboration between WIPO and ASEAN, ASEAN parties can benefit from the WIPO-ASEAN Mediation Programme (AMP+), which offers funding for mediations administered by the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center’s Office in Singapore.
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Unsure how to unlock the potential of your IP / intangible assets?

Join us in a collaborative initiative by WIPO and the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS), designed to help businesses uncover and communicate the true value of their ideas, expertise, and intangible assets.

Learn how to transform your intangible assets into clear, compelling value propositions that drive growth and resonate with investors and stakeholders.

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Leveraging IP in ASEAN

The following stories of inventors, creators and entrepreneurs and their journeys with Intellectual Property showcase how innovation and creativity drives impact, making IP a powerful tool in creating economic value and unleashing development leapfrogging in the region. The WIPO Singapore Office proudly presents these inspirational stories and insights from WSO’s engagement and collaboration with partners across the region.

Video: Women and IP Stories from ASEAN

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WIPO’s New eMadrid is Live

It provides integrated access to all the online tools and services you need throughout the global trademark journey and gives you comprehensive control over your trademark portfolio in one secure location.

WIPO events in ASEAN region

Other IP events

We regularly organize, host or participate in IP related events in the ASEAN region to further promote the social and economic importance and value of the IP system.

WIPO services in ASEAN countries

PCT System for patents

Seek patent protection internationally through the PCT System. All countries in the region, except Timor Leste and Myanmar, are members of the PCT.

Video: The PCT: Seeking Patent Protection Beyond Borders

Madrid System for trademarks

Protect and manage trademarks internationally through the Madrid System. All countries in the region, except Timor Leste and Myanmar, are members of the Madrid System.

Video: Protect Smartly and Grow Confidently with WIPO's Madrid System

Hague System for industrial designs

Register and manage industrial designs internationally through the Hague System. Brunei Darussalam, Vietnam, Cambodia and Singapore are members of the Hague System.

Video: Protecting your Industrial Designs

ASEAN countries and WIPO initiatives

PATENTSCOPE

Users can conduct searches in this free collection of patent documents – including international patent applications submitted under the PCT and the national patent collections of eight ASEAN Member States in a number of languages.

Global Brand Database

Users can search over 33 million records relating to internationally protected trademarks and national trademark data collections from nine ASEAN Member States.

Technology and Innovation Support Centers

Technology and Innovation Support Centers (TISCs) provide innovators in developing countries with access to locally-based, high quality technology information and related services. There are more than 60 TISCs in the Philippines, whilst they can also be found in Malaysia and Viet Nam.

WIPO GREEN

Through this online marketplace, we help connect ASEAN seekers and providers of new environmental solutions with other seekers and providers of cutting-edge green technology and services around the world.

IP infrastructure modernization

Our dedicated specialists provide services to IP offices in the region, including:

  • on-site assessments /analysis of: data volumes, backlog, resources, IT infrastructure and automation status;
  • information gathering to prepare a customized WIPO automation package;
  • training and technical support in management and administration of our industrial property automation system (IPAS);
  • assistance in preparing technical specifications for hardware procurement or software development.

Education and research

WIPO Academy

Our Professional Development Program offers training for government officials from developing countries, while our Summer Schools provide an opportunity for students and young professionals to acquire deeper knowledge of IP.

Study visits

We welcome study visits by groups on a self-financing basis. Programs may cover a short course on various aspects of the international IP system.  We also assist in organizing study visits to IP-related institutions in Singapore.

WIPO-ASEAN study

The Strategic Use of Intellectual Property to Enhance Competitiveness in Select Industries in ASEAN [PDF]

This study analyzed the impact of IP on various economic sectors in  ASEAN member states, and the manner in which companies in these sectors had been making use of the different elements of IP to leverage their competitiveness, promote trade and create jobs.  It is based on a detailed survey carried out in all the countries.

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