Overview of design patents in Singapore?

Singapore's intellectual property system was established late, and the construction of intellectual property law was not started until 1995. However, Singapore attaches great importance to the construction of intellectual property rights, and has successively promulgated a number of bills, and later became the second country in the world in intellectual property protection and the first in Asia.

Once the design patent in Singapore is authorized, it is valid for 20 years, which is particularly long compared with the design protection period in other countries. The official languages of the application are Malay, English, Korean and Tamil. Of course, we should also pay attention to the necessary procedures such as the application and examination of the design patent in Singapore, so as to avoid that the patent right is not stable enough and the patent is invalid or partially invalid after the patent is granted.

The design is only subject to preliminary examination, that is, (only formal examination, not substantive examination), and the Patent Office will publish the authorized patent on its website and announcement.