Required documents of Trademark renewal in Singapore

Overview of renewal trademark in Singapore

The validity term of a trademark application in Singapore is 10 years from the date of filing. The trademark may be renewed for further ten-year periods an unlimited number of times by paying the renewal fee before the expiration date.

After the registrar of trademarks will send you a letter of reminder of the expiry of the trademark 6 months prior to its expiry, you need to prepare the necessary documents for trademark renewal. Note that The application for the renewal of a trademark is the form TM-R. The application does not need to be filed by the registered owner of the trademark, it can be done by an authorised representative or an agent.

The official language of proceedings before the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore is English.

Required documents

• The registration certificate (A copy of the registration certificate is accepted)
• Copy of form TM-A (form used for the original application for registering the trademark)
• ID and address proof of the applicant
• Power of attorney if the applicant is an authorised representative or an agent

In case of late renewal, you have to pay a fee for that. Therefore, it is necessary to pay attention to renewal deadline is 6 months before the expiration date (which is 10 years calculated from the filing date). And the late renewal deadline is 6 months after the expirarion date.