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PVR

PLANT VARIETY RIGHTS

Plant variety rights (PVR) allow you to protect a newly discovered or developed plant variety. Read on to find out more about registering and managing PVRs.

Practice Guidelines & Circulars

Circulars

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2024

8 May 2024PDF icon Circular No. 2/2024
Excluded Days from 1 to 16 May 2024
1 Apr 2024PDF 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 2022PDF icon Circular No. 6/2022 Excluded Days 
3 Jun 2022PDF icon Circular No. 5/2022 Excluded Days 
25 May 2022 PDF icon Circular No. 4/2022
IPOS Digital Hub Launch on 2 June 2022
(Note: The Annex of this Circular supersedes the Annex in Plant Varieties Protection Circular No. 3/2022.)
28 Apr 2022 PDF icon Circular No. 3/2022 Information on Revised Launch Date for IPOS Digital Hub, Decommission Date for IP2SG, Effective Date of Legislative Amendments and Fee Updates, Excluded Days
11 Apr 2022 PDF icon Circular No. 2/2022 Information 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. 3/2021Introduction of Amendments to the Plant Varieties Protection Rules 
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

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

31 Oct 2019PDF iconCircular No. 1/2019New Online Payment Platform on IP2SG


2018

14 Sep 2018PDF iconCircular No. 1/2018100% e-Payment with effect from 1 November 2018

2017

5 Jul 2017PDF iconCircular No. 1/2017Unsolicited IP Services - Requests for Payment of Fees

Practice Directions

2024

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 2023 Day of Interruption to Electronic Online System, IPOS Digital Hub
PDF icon IPOS Digital Hub Practice Direction No. 1 of 2023Electronic 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 2022
Excluded Days
PDF icon Registries Practice Direction No. 1 of 2022
Excluded Days


2021

PDF icon Registries Practice Direction No. 1 of 2021Alternative Filing Modes and Service of Documents

2020

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 icon Registries Practice Direction No. 1 of 2019
Excluded days

2015
PDF icon Practice Direction No. 2 of 2015
Excluded days
PDF icon Practice Direction No. 1 of 2015 Excluded days 


For pre-2015 practice directions, please click here.



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