Following the Singapore GIs Act of 2014 and its implementation rules the national Registry of Geographical Indications will begin accepting applications for registration from 1st April 2019. Submissions will have to be made in hard copy and the official fee is SGD 1,000.
This procedure will have to be followed as well by the 196 EU GIs that are listed in Annex 10-A of the EUSFTA
To assist in the preparation of filing GIs applications, the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) provides some useful information:
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For more information about GI protection at the national level see the corresponding category in the section Policy and Advocacy
