Company: OTSA
Filing Date: 2025-06-09
Form Type: F-1
Source: 0001213900-25-052720
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Company: OTSAW Ltd
Filing Date: 2025-06-09
Form: F-1
Chunk 206
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 Singapore administers the intellectual property legislative framework in Singapore, which includes designs, trademarks and patents. Singapore is a member of the main international conventions regulating intellectual property matters, and the WTO’s Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights. The Registered Designs Act 2000 of Singapore confers protection on registrable designs in Singapore, and the registered owner is granted exclusive rights to the external appearance of the article or non -physicalproduct and has the right to control its use. There are two (2) key criteria for registration: the subject matter must be (i) a “design”, which means features of shape, configuration, colors, pattern or ornament applied to any article or non -physicalproduct that gives that article or non -physicalproduct its appearance, and (ii) “new”, being a design that is not the same as a design that has been registered or published in Singapore or elsewhere. An infringement of a registered design may give rise to civil liabilities. Registered designs will last for an initial period of 5 years and may be renewed for a second and third period of 5 years, subject to application for an extension and the payment of extension fees. 126 Trade Marks The Trade Marks Act 1998 of Singapore confers statutory protection on registrable trademarks on a first -to -filebasis in Singapore, and the registered proprietor is granted a statutory monopoly of the trade mark in Singapore in relation to the product or service for which it is registered. There are three (3) key criteria for registration: the subject matter must be (i) a “trade mark”, which is any sign capable of being represented graphically and which is capable of distinguishing goods or services dealt with or provided in the course of trade by a person from goods or services so dealt with or provided by any other person, (ii) “distinctive”, if it is not descriptive of those goods or services and (iii) does not conflict with an earlier trademark, that is an earlier registered trade mark or trademark (which is registered or not) which is well known in Singapore. An infringement of a registered trade mark may give rise to civil and criminal liabilities. Registered trademarks are valid for a period of 10 years from the date of registration and may be renewed for further periods of 10 years. Patents The Patents Act 1994 of Singapore confers statutory protection on patentable inventions on a first -to -filebasis in Singapore, and the registered proprietor will have the exclusive right to exploit the invention. There are three (3) key criteria