Knowledge Highlights 2 January 2026
Practical Law: Intellectual Property quick compare charts - Singapore (2025)
Allen & Gledhill Partner Dr Stanley Lai, SC contributed the Singapore content to the 2025 update of the following Practical Law Intellectual Property (“IP”) quick compare charts:
- Assigning Benefit of Intellectual Property Licenses: This chart considers whether it is possible to assign the benefit of an IP licence.
- Assigning Future Intellectual Property Rights: This chart considers whether it is possible to assign IP rights before they have come into existence.
- Assigning the Right to Sue for Past Infringement: This chart considers whether it is possible to assign the right to sue for past IP rights infringement.
- Default Rules on First Ownership of Intellectual Property Rights: This chart considers who will be the first owner of all of the main types of IP rights, in the absence of any agreement to the contrary.
- License Payments and Taxation: This chart considers how IP licence payments are most commonly structured. It also considers the taxes that typically arise in the context of an IP licence and the factors that determine the amount of tax charged.
- Moral Rights: This chart considers whether moral rights (or any equivalent or similar rights) are recognised, and whether they can be assigned or waived.
- Most Favored Nation Clauses in Intellectual Property Licenses: This chart considers whether non-exclusive licensees are able to restrict the terms on which a licensor can grant licences to third parties to use licensed IP rights.
- Product Liability of Intellectual Property Licensors: This chart considers the basis on which an IP licensor might be at risk of a product liability claim against it, and the measures that can be taken to reduce this risk.
- Right of Priority for Registered Intellectual Property Rights: This chart considers whether applicants for registered IP rights have the right to seek a priority date for their applications.
- Warranties and Indemnities in Intellectual Property Assignments: This chart considers whether it is usual for an assignor to give express warranties, whether it is usual for warranties to be implied, and whether it is usual for an assignor to seek an indemnity from an assignee in an IP assignment.
- Warranties and Indemnities in Intellectual Property Licenses: This chart considers whether it is usual for a licensor to give express warranties to a licensee, whether it is usual for warranties to be implied, and whether it is usual for a licensor to seek an indemnity from a licensee in an IP licence.
The quick compare charts, which are available to subscribers, allow researchers to quickly discover, review, and compare information across multiple jurisdictions in a user-friendly visual format.