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DESIGNS

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Practice Guidelines & Circulars

Circulars

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2024

8 May 2024PDF icon Circular No. 2/2024Excluded Days from 1 to 16 May 2024
21 Mar 2024 PDF icon Circular No. 1/2024
Excluded Days from 1 May 2024 to 13 May 2024 for business under IP Acts and Rules 



2022

8 Jun 2022 PDF icon Circular No. 7/2022 Excluded Days and Alternative Filing Mode Via FormSG 
3 Jun 2022 PDF icon Circular No. 6/2022 Excluded days 
25 May 2022PDF icon Circular No. 5/2022
IPOS Digital Hub Launch on 2 June 2022 
(Note: The Annex of this Circular supersedes the Annex in Registered Designs Circular No. 4/2022.)
28 Apr 2022 PDF icon Circular No. 4/2022 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 PDF icon Circular No. 3/2022 Extension of SG IP FAST Track Programme and Sunset of 12 Months File-to-Grant Programme 
11 Apr 2022PDF icon Circular No. 2/2022Information on Filing Requirements and Transition to IPOS Digital Hub
11 Mar 2022PDF icon Circular No. 1/2022
Introducing IPOS Digital Hub, Legislative Amendments and Fee Updates


2021

10 Sep 2021 PDF icon Circular No. 4/2021 
Potentially Misleading Business Names of Non-official Entities 
10 Sep 2021 PDF icon Circular No. 3/2021
Introduction of Amendments to the Registered Designs Subsidiary Legislation and Electronic Filing and Service of Documents 
15 Jul 2021 PDF icon Circular No. 2/2021 Public Consultation on Intellectual Property (Amendment) Bill 2021 
1 Feb 2021PDF icon Circular No. 1/2021New IP2SG website address

 

2020

25 Aug 2020PDF icon Circular No. 4/2020  Expansion of SG Patent Fast Track Programme on 1 September 2020
17 Aug 2020PDF icon Circular No. 3/2020
Public Consultation on Proposed Changes to Simplify and Streamline Intellectual Property Processes and Improve User Experience with Digital Initiatives
2 Jun 2020PDF icon Circular No. 2/2020Introduction of Amendments to Subsidiary Legislation in Response to COVID-19
17 Apr 2020PDF icon Circular No. 1/2020COVID-19: Further Information on Excluded Days


2019

29 Nov 2019PDF iconCircular No. 4/2019
Checks on Declaration of Novelty in Design Applications
31 Oct 2019PDF iconCircular No. 3/2019
New Online Payment Platform on IP2SG
16 Sep 2019PDF iconCircular No. 2/2019Registered Designs (International Registration) Rules 2019
5 Apr 2019PDF iconCircular No. 1/2019Checks on Declaration of Novelty in Design Applications

2018

14 Sep 2018PDF iconCircular No. 3/2018100% e-Payment with effect from 1 November 2018
8 Aug 2018PDF iconCircular No. 2/2018
Decommissioning of Email-Based IP2SG Accounts on 1 September 2018
3 Apr 2018PDF iconCircular No. 1/2018Changes Pertaining to Form CM8 wef 21 April 2018

2017

6 Oct 2017PDF iconCircular No. 6/2017
Designs-Related Legislative Amendments To Enter Into Force On 30 October 2017
5 Jul 2017PDF iconCircular No. 5/2017Unsolicited IP Services - Requests for Payment of Fees
17 Mar 2017PDF iconCircular No. 4/2017Slides used in “Information Sharing Session relating to the Implementation of Goods and Services Tax (“GST”) conducted on 10 March 2017
2 Mar 2017PDF iconCircular No. 3/2017Information Sharing Session relating to the Implementation of Goods and Services Tax (“GST”)
20 Feb 2017PDF iconCircular No. 2/2017Search Facility for International Design Registrations in IP2SG
3 Feb 2017PDF iconCircular No. 1/2017Revised 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

1 Nov 2016PDF iconCircular No. 1/2016Launch of eAlert Facility in IP2SG

For pre-2016 circulars, please click here.

Practice Directions

2024

PDF icon Practice Direction No. 3 of 2024Classification of articles, non-physical products, or set of articles and non-physical products for the purposes of the registration of a design
PDF icon Registries Practice Direction No. 2 of 2024Excluded Days
PDF icon Registries Practice Direction No. 1 of 2024 Excluded Days 



2023

PDF icon IPOS Digital Hub Practice Direction No. 2 of 2023Electronic Online System (EOS) and Alternative Filing Modes 
PDF icon Registries Practice Direction No. 2 of 2023Day of Interruption to Electronic Online System, IPOS Digital Hub 
PDF icon IPOS Digital Hub Practice Direction No. 1 of 2023
Electronic Online System (EOS) and Alternative Filing Modes
PDF icon Registries Practice Direction No. 1 of 2023Hours of Business and Excluded days


2022

PDF icon Registries Practice Direction No. 4 of 2022 Excluded Days 
PDF icon Registries Practice Direction No. 3 of 2022 Excluded Days 
PDF icon IPOS Digital Hub Practice Direction No. 1 of 2022Electronic Online System (EOS) and Alternative Filing Modes
PDF icon Registries Practice Direction No. 2 of 2022Excluded Days
PDF icon Registries Practice Direction No. 1 of 2022Excluded Days 


2021

PDF icon IP2SG Practice Direction No. 1 of 2021Electronic Online System (EOS)
PDF icon Registries Practice Direction No. 1 of 2021Alternative Filing Modes and Service of Documents


2020

PDF icon Practice Direction No. 4 of 2020 Classification of articles, non-physical products, or set of articles and non-physical products for the purposes of the registration of a design 
PDF icon IP2SG Practice Direction No. 1 of 2020Electronic Online System (EOS)
PDF icon Registries Practice Direction No. 3 of 2020Alternative Filing Modes and Service of Documents
PDF icon Registries Practice Direction No. 2 of 2020
Excluded days
PDF icon Registries Practice Direction No. 1 of 2020Excluded days


2019

PDF iconIP2SG Practice Direction No. 2 of 2019Electronic Online System (EOS)
PDF iconPractice Direction No. 2 of 2019Classification of articles, non-physical products, or set of articles and non-physical products for the purposes of the registration of a design
PDF iconRegistries Practice Direction No. 1 of 2019Excluded days
PDF iconIP2SG Practice Direction No. 1 of 2019Electronic Online System (EOS)

2018

PDF iconIP2SG Practice Direction No. 1 of 2018
Electronic Online System (EOS)
PDF iconPractice Direction No. 4 of 2018Registration of Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs)
PDF iconPractice Direction No. 3 of 2018Day of Interruption to the Electronic Online System, IP2SG
PDF iconPractice Direction No. 2 of 2018Day of Interruption to the Electronic Online System, IP2SG
PDF iconPractice Direction No. 1 of 2018Day of Interruption to the Electronic Online System, IP2SG

2017

PDF iconPractice Direction No. 1 of 2017Classification of articles, non-physical products, or set of articles and non-physical products for the purposes of the registration of a design
PDF iconIP2SG Practice Direction No. 1 of 2017Electronic Online System (EOS)

2015

PDF iconPractice Direction No. 2 of 2015Excluded days
PDF iconPractice Direction No. 1 of 2015Excluded days

For pre-2015 practice directions, please click here.





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