Intellectual Property Office of Singapore

The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) is a statutory board under the Ministry of Law of the Government of Singapore. IPOS advises on and administers intellectual property (IP) laws, promotes IP awareness, and provides the infrastructure to facilitate the development of IP in Singapore.

IPOS has been an International Searching Authority (ISA) and International Preliminary Examining Authority (IPEA) under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) since 9 October 2015.

The Chief Executive in 2024, Rena Lee, was included in the Time magazine 2024 list of the 100 most influential people.

Conventions
Singapore is a member of the following international conventions:


 * Paris Convention
 * Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
 * Madrid Protocol
 * Nice Agreement
 * Patent Cooperation Treaty
 * Budapest Treaty
 * WIPO Copyright Treaty
 * WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty
 * International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants otherwise known as the "UPOV Convention"
 * The Geneva Act (1999) of the Hague Agreement concerning the International Registration of Industrial Design
 * Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks