The Ministry of Law has announced that enhanced border enforcement measures relating to certain intellectual property rights will come into force on 21 November 2022. These measures apply to goods that infringe intellectual property rights (“IPR“) relating to geographical indications and registered designs, allowing Singapore Customs to: (a) Upon request by the IPR holder, seize goods suspected of infringing the IPR that are to be imported or exported; and (b) Obtain and provide information relating to the seized goods.
The new measures represent the third and final phase of the Intellectual Property (Border Enforcement) Act 2018, which was enacted to implement a phased approach to fulfilling Singapore’s border enforcement obligations under the European Union-Singapore Free Trade Agreement. This Update provides an overview of the key elements of the border enforcement measures set to take effect.
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