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South-East Asia IPR blog series: Registered designs in Singapore

05 October 2015

(From ec.europa.eu)

This article covers the core considerations relevant to EU small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) when protecting registered designs in Singapore.

Registered design rights provide a crucial element of protection for goods which rely on a specific shape, configuration, pattern or ornamentation as a key selling point.

Singapore provides comprehensive protection for registered designs, including protection for intangible computer or device-based designs such as those for graphical user interfaces.

The South-East Asia IPR blog series covers current IPR frameworks and the procedures through which SMEs can go through to gain protection for their intellectual property and enforce their rights where necessary.

South-East Asia is one of the world’s fastest growing markets, with several strong emerging economies and rapid development across a wide number industrial sectors throughout the region.