On November 2, CNIPA Commissioner Shen Changyu and Chief Executive Rena Lee of the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) had a meeting online. The two offices reviewed the major progress in bilateral cooperation in recent years and exchanged views on further deepening future cooperation.

Shen said that the two offices have conducted fruitful cooperation for a long time. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the two offices, through innovative ways of cooperation, have maintained active communication and had fruitful achievements in high-level exchanges, Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) pilot program, personnel training and the construction of China-Singapore Guangzhou Knowledge City. He also hoped that the two offices could deepen exchanges and cooperation in national IP strategies, AI IP protection and other fields, and jointly promote the development of IP causes in the two countries.

Mrs. Rena Lee said that IPOS was ready to continue to share the best experience with CNIPA, and she hoped that the two offices could strengthen cooperation and exchanges in areas like patent examination and IP training, in order to make greater contributions to the development of IP causes in the two countries.

(Source: CNIPA Official WeChat Account)