SIDA

SIDA wishes a very happy birthday to Singapore 45 years old.

May Singapore see many prosperity and inventive years ahead.

SINGAPORE — Local technology start-ups have long prayed for more angelic assistance at the most critical stage of their incubation.

Now, a national scheme to address this lack has drawn the keen participation of veteran incubators and angel investors from the likes of MySpace.com founder Brad Greenspan and Silicon Valley’s Plug & Play.
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Article taken from “Today” Newspaper, 31 Dec 2009, Page B1

Commuters and motorists in Singapore can now better plan their trips, thanks to a unique collaboration between Google and Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) which makes maps, directions and route planning for various forms of land transport modes available for free on Google Maps. These transport modes include buses, trains, cars and even walking.

http://www.ida.gov.sg/insg/post/Smoother-rides-on-Singapore-roads.aspx

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Please note that Eng Choon Hway Kuan Youth Committee and Education Committee is organising a
Seminar – Inventions – Purpose, Measures and Sources for Ideas on Saturday 19 December 2009 at 1500 hrs.
Venue: Eng Choon Huay Guan, 105 Amoy Street, Singapore 069925
Please refer map at http://www.streetdirectory.com/asia_travel/travel/travel_id_34941/travel_site_3658/
Speaker: Mr Solvere Lim Swee Keng SM(MIT) MBA(Law). You are invited to attend the seminar.

This is a seminar for all, Developers, Engineers, City Planners, Architects,
Waterway designers, Professors, Principals, Teachers, Students to look
deeper into innovation, into rally more of forces of nature, to direct the
insatiable nature of human into constructive work.

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SIDA wish Singapore a very Happy and Inventive 44th Birthday !

To watch Singapore National Day Parade live on the web, you can goto http://ndp2009.mediacorptv.sg/

SINGAPORE: The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has established an arbitration and mediation centre in Singapore.

The centre is the first of its kind outside of Europe and aims to provide low cost dispute resolution services on intellectual property.

Come January 2010, WIPO’s arbitration and mediation centre will open here at Maxwell Chambers.

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/445231/1/.html

The proposed changes to the patent system are now open for public consultation.
IPOS is inviting the public to comments and offer suggestions on the proposed changes.
The closing date for submission is 14 August 2009.

The aim of this exercise is to obtain comments and suggestions on the following aspects of Singapore’s patent system:
•       Self-assessment regime
•       Application Process
•       Extension of time
•       Restoration
•       Renewal reminder
•       Second or subsequent new medical use claims

The consultation documents and response template can be found on the IPOS website at http://www.ipos.gov.sg/topNav/leg/Public+Consultations.htm
You can submit your comment using the template through e-mail to ipos_iplawfeedback@ipos.gov.sg

3rd International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology
22 – 26 April, 2009
Singapore Management University, School of Accountancy
Singapore
“Accessible Tourism”

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