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Singapore and Malaysia Life Sciences Patent Update - November 2012

Singapore and Malaysia Life Sciences Patent Update - November 2012

Update on life sciences patent law and practice in Singapore and Malaysia, given at the Life Sciences Conference of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys, 16 November 2012 (Luton Hoo, UK).

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Dr Chong-Yee Khoo

November 16, 2012
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  1. Singapore and Malaysia Life Sciences Update Dr Chong-Yee Khoo Cantab

    LLP Registered Singapore Patent Agent, CPA, EPA @CantabIP www.cantab-ip.com CIPA Life Sciences Conference 16 November 2012
  2. Contents • Singapore • Singapore Patent System • Patentability of

    Life Sciences Inventions • Patents Act Amendment 2012 • Malaysia • Handout prepared by Shearn Delamore
  3. Features/Advantages • Language • Sources of law • Attitude of

    Courts • Remedies • Enforcement • Grant cost and timeframe • Patentability provisions for life sciences inventions
  4. Patentability Guidelines • “Guide on Patentability Issues arising during Search

    & Examination” • Issued by IPOS September 2010 • Available from IPOS website • http://t.co/bPnxjXWC
  5. Patentability • Chimeric Animals • Guide 6.23 to 6.24 •

    Transgenic Animals • 6.25 to 6.27 of Guide
  6. Features! • Many prosecution options • Local route, foreign route,

    mixed route • Fast track and slow track • Outsourced examination • Self-assessment system
  7. 2012 Amendments • Patents Bill passed mid-2012 • Presidential Assent

    received • To be gazetted in next month or so • Rules not yet established • Timelines likely to change
  8. Life Sciences • Patent Term Extensions (i.e., SPCs) • Patent

    Linkage provisions • Bolar provisions • “Grace Period”
  9. References • Singapore Statutes: statutes.agc.gov.sg • IP Legislation: tinyurl.com/8s2ploy •

    IPOS: www.ipos.gov.sg • Guide on Patentability Issues: t.co/bPnxjXWC • Bioethics Advisory Committee: tinyurl.com/ 978vq7l • Patent Term Extensions: tinyurl.com/8tokavj