In its drive to develop and promote Singapore as a leading Intellectual Property (IP) hub, the Singapore Government through the Ministry of Law is setting up an IP Academy for providing training in IP-related skills to enhance IP management in organizations and to complement the educational programs in the universities.
The IP Academy is set up with a view to affording a link between the various fields by applying academic knowledge into practical industry know-how, integrating legal, technical and management skills, as well as the development of schools of thoughts in controversial areas such as cloning. It is also intended to be a regional centre of IP learning, providing both basic and continuing training for IP practitioners, businesses and research organizations within and outside Singapore.
There are essentially 2 main features to the IP Academy:-
- Continuing IP education for IP practitioners, businesses and research organizations; and
- IP research programs
These programs are targetted at stakeholders of the IP industry ranging from service providers to IP owners and inventors, and the IP Academy has also drawn up tailor-made developmental programs to cater to the specific needs of these professionals of the various disciplines and some of the areas involved include:-
- patent drafting and interpretation of patent claims and specifications;
- exploitation of IP founded upon research and development
- IP valuation, negotiation, marketing and branding
With the recent bustle in the IP scene, Singapore looks set to position itself as an IP hub providing excellent IP management and exploitation services.
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