Below are three news reports that affirm this. Singapore is now ASEAN's patent search and examination authority. This is something that other member-states of the ASEAN should consider and emulate -- when private property is secured and protected, more trade and investments, more finance and tourism, will come from many countries abroad.
So it is not about how populist and welfarist a government is that gives attractive and stable socio-economic environment; rather, it is the observance and enforcement of the rule of law, including the protection of IP rights (IPR).
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In
total, innovators filed 2.57 million patent applications in 2013, a 9% increase
from 2012. But while patent filings increased by over 26% in China, 12% in
Australia and 8.3% in Korea, European filings were in decline, according to the
2014 World Intellectual Property Indicators report that gathers data on IP
rights from more than 100 countries.
To
help businesses in Asia convert IP rights into assets, the SMU School of Law
will soon launch the Applied Research Centre for Intellectual Assets and the
Law in Asia, in May 2015. “The Centre
will focus on the interaction between IP law and business to facilitate
appreciation of Asian intellectual assets and understanding of IP law in Asian
economies, and the push for IP law cooperation in ASEAN,” explains the
Centre’s director, Professor Liu Kung Chung.
(2) Channel News Asia, Singapore begins operations as ASEAN's first international patent search, examination authority, August 31, 2015.
Local
and global businesses and inventors will from Sep 1 be able to fast track their
applications for patent protection in multiple markets via Singapore. This
comes as the Republic kicks off operations as ASEAN’s first International
Patent Search and Examination Authority under the Patent Cooperation Treaty
(PCT).
In
a press release on Monday, the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS)
said that Singapore is the fifth in Asia - after China, India, Japan and Korea
- to join a group of 19 IP offices worldwide that have been appointed as
International Authorities for the PCT.
IPOS
also said that patent applicants from Brunei, Japan, Mexico, Laos and Vietnam
will be the first to gain access to Singapore’s new service offerings as an
International Searching Authority and International Preliminary Examining
Authority in the coming months. These arrangements were set out under bilateral
agreements signed recently at IP Week @SG 2015, said IPOS.
According
to the authority, Singapore is a “choice PCT application destination” because
of its quick office turnaround time of around 60 days for most cases, as
compared to two to three years of waiting time for similar responses from other
IP offices. Patent applicants could also enjoy rebates of up to 75 per cent
when applying through IPOS.
(3) Channel News Asia, Singapore and UK boost intellectual property cooperation, September 21, 2015.
SINGAPORE: A
new intellectual property (IP) agreement is set to benefit the Republic and the
UK, with closer IP cooperation and enhanced UK-ASEAN trade relations, said the
Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) and the UK Intellectual
Property Office in a joint media release on Monday (Sep 21).
The
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), which was signed on Monday, will improve
international cooperation between the two IP offices, on issues relating to
copyright, patents, trade mark and design, said the release.
"Singapore
is an influential voice on issues of intellectual property in the ASEAN
region," said UK Minister for Intellectual Property, Baroness Neville
Rolfe, adding that the MOU will allow the UK and Singapore to share best
practices in areas such as IP rights protection, IP-related research and the
streamlining of IP court processes.
Mr Tan Yih
San, chief executive of IPOS, said: "This MOU reaffirms our mutual commitment
to increase cross-border IP cooperation and provide a robust IP system for
businesses and creators looking to expand into the UK, and those seeking to
venture into the ASEAN region.”
See also:
IPR and Innovation 24, The US-China IP cooperation dialogue, August 18, 2015
IPR and Innovation 25, Malaysia's IP Monetization strategy, September 13, 2015
IPR and Innovation 26, Countries with most patent applications, most innovative universities, September 19, 2015
IPR and Innovation 26, Countries with most patent applications, most innovative universities, September 19, 2015
IPR and Innovation 27, India strengthening its IP protection, September 30, 2015
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