Singapore state strategy on development of intellectual property: normative-legal and institutional aspects

Abstract

The objects of this research is the relations emerging in implementation of state strategy on development of intellectual property in Singapore. The work expounds the significance of normative-legal and institutional elements of state mechanism of protection of intellectual rights in realization of the strategy, The author highlights the key aspects of implementation of the strategy on transforming Singapore into a hub of intellectual property in Asia that determine the coordinative role of the state in this process. Research is conducted on the Intellectual Property Hub Master Plan of 2013, forming the content of state strategy for development of intellectual property in Singapore. The Singapore’s Intellectual Property Hub Master Plan intends close cooperation and interaction between all institutional elements of national mechanism of protection of intellectual rights. The normative framework for implementation of this plan consists in the legislation, which employs international standards in the area of intellectual property. Singapore’s state development strategy is aimed at attaining the leading position in the region and the world by creating the system of alternative settlement of disputes, qualitative and quantitative strengthening of the pull of specialists in the sphere of intellectual property, involvement of private sector, connecting the state to international bases and systems, reexamination of tax breaks and preferences, as well as stimulation of scientific research and proliferation of the experience of strategic planning.