Extended: Singapore Recognizes Excellence in Creativity and Innovation

2015/08/27

The World Intellectual Property Organization and the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore honoured four outstanding local enterprises with the prestigious WIPO-IPOS IP Awards at Asia’s premier intellectual property event, IP Week @ SG 2015.


Minister for Foreign Affairs and Law, Mr K Shanmugam, graced the event as Guest-of-Honour and presented the awards to the recipients, alongside Dr Francis Gurry, Director-General of WIPO.


In its third year, the WIPO-IPOS IP Awards recognises and celebrates Singapore’s IP-intensive enterprises that have achieved excellence in innovation and creativity.  They seek to engender more IP-driven business organisations in Singapore, as the nation progresses towards greater value-creation.


The awards were presented to the following recipients:


IPOS Award for Design Innovation: Hawaii Furnishing Pte Ltd (ScanTeak)

IPOS Award for Technology Patent: Stratech Systems Limited

IPOS Award for Trade Mark Portfolio: MindChamps Holdings Pte Limited

WIPO IP Enterprise Trophy: Stratech Systems Limited (Overall Champion)

WIPO Users’ Trophy: Creative Technology Limited

 

The recipients of these prestigious awards were rigorously evaluated by a distinguished panel of judges, including industry experts, trade association leaders, and members of academia.


Source: IPFrontline