The Intellectual Property of Singapore (IPOS) has announced that the SG Patent Fast Track programme will be expanded to encompass trade mark and registered design applications and renamed “SG IP Fast Track” from 1st September 2020. The SG Patent Fast Track programme began on 4th May 2020 to accelerate patent applications in all technology fields and reduce the time to grant from a typical two years to a mere six months. More information on the patent side of the fast track programme can be found here.
The expanded fast track programme allows applicants for patent applications on the SG IP Fast Track programme to request for acceleration of an unlimited number1 of related trade mark and registered design applications. Under this programme, trade mark applications can be registered as quickly as three months for straightforward applications, or six months for complex ones, whilst registered design applications can be registered as quickly as one month.
