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6 days ago | 
openlegalblogarchive.org | Andy Leck |Ren Jun Lim |Ken Chia |Sanil Khatri |Daryl Seetoh
As covered in our previous client alert, on 15 October 2024, Singapore’s parliament passed an amendment to the Elections (Integrity of Online Advertising) Bill, prohibiting the publication, boosting, sharing and reposting of deepfake content depicting election candidates. This bill has come into effect as of President Tharman Shanmugaratnam’s Writ of Election issued on 15 April 2025, ahead of Singapore’s upcoming general election on 3 May 2025 (“Polling Day“).
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2 months ago | 
lexology.com | Andy Leck |Ren Jun Lim |Ken Chia |Sanil Khatri |Daryl Seetoh
In briefOn 31 January 2025, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) announced its support of the beneficial use of unmanned aircraft (UA) and the development of the UA industry in Singapore. These initiatives aim to enhance safety, promote innovation and facilitate the growth of the UA sector.
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2 months ago | 
lexology.com | Andy Leck |Ren Jun Lim |Ken Chia |Sanil Khatri |Daryl Seetoh
In briefOn 23 January 2025, the Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) announced that it accepted three undertakings, which reveal breaches stemming from ransomware attacks. These ransomware attacks occurred due to the exploitation of administrative accounts, inadequate access controls and weak security, resulting in the personal data of almost 15,000 individuals being affected.
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2 months ago | 
lexology.com | Andy Leck |Ren Jun Lim |Ken Chia |Sanil Khatri |Daryl Seetoh
In briefOn 11 February 2025, the Singapore government announced new AI safety initiatives, namely: (i) the Global AI Assurance Pilot for best practices around technical testing of generative AI ("GenAI") applications; (ii) the Joint Testing Report with Japan; and (iii) the publication of the Singapore AI Safety Red Teaming Challenge Evaluation Report. These initiatives aim to enhance AI governance, innovation and safety standards.
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2 months ago | 
lexology.com | Andy Leck |Ren Jun Lim |Ken Chia |Sanil Khatri |Daryl Seetoh
In briefThe Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) has announced that it will extend the current Revised Enhanced Mediation Promotion Scheme (REMPs), which was slated to end by 31 March 2025. REMPs will be extended from 1 April 2025 for three years. In more detailREMPs is a funding scheme by IPOS to cover part of parties' mediation costs. REMPs encourages parties in IPOS proceedings to choose mediation by partially funding the process to encourage amicable IP dispute resolution.
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Dec 12, 2024 | 
globalcompliancenews.com | Andy Leck |Ren Jun Lim |Ken Chia |Sanil Khatri |Daryl Seetoh
Singapore and the European Union (EU) have formalized their collaboration on Artificial Intelligence (AI) safety with the establishment of a new Administrative Arrangement (AA). This arrangement aims to enhance cooperation in promoting technological innovation and the development and responsible use of safe, trustworthy, and human-centric AI.
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Dec 12, 2024 | 
globalcompliancenews.com | Andy Leck |Ren Jun Lim |Ken Chia |Sanil Khatri |Daryl Seetoh
Singapore and the United Kingdom have signed a new Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) to enhance the safety and reliability of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in its development and use. This agreement aims to pave the way for greater public trust in AI advancements. The MoC was signed by Minister for Digital Development and Information, Josephine Teo, and Secretary of State for Science, Innovation, and Technology, Peter Kyle, during Minister Teo’s working visit to the UK.
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Dec 12, 2024 | 
globalcompliancenews.com | Andy Leck |Ren Jun Lim |Ken Chia |Sanil Khatri |Daryl Seetoh
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) introduced the Protection from Scams Bill for First Reading in Parliament on 11 November 2024. The Bill empowers the Police to issue Restriction Orders (ROs) to banks to restrict an individual’s banking transactions, if there is reasonable belief that the individual will make money transfers to scammers. The Government has introduced the Bill in response to the rising scam cases in recent years.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Andy Leck |Ren Jun Lim |Ken Chia |Sanil Khatri |Daryl Seetoh
In briefOn 15 October 2024, Singapore's Parliament passed an amendment to the Elections (Integrity of Online Advertising) Bill, prohibiting the publication, boosting, sharing and reposting of deepfake content depicting election candidates. Such content will be illegal from the time the Writ of Election in Singapore's upcoming General Elections is issued until the close of polling.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Andy Leck |Ren Jun Lim |Ken Chia |Sanil Khatri |Daryl Seetoh
In briefThe Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) has released its Supplemental Guidance for the Examination of AI-Related Patent Applications ("Guidance"). This Guidance provides a quick reference for applicants seeking to protect their AI-related inventions and elaborates on the relevant sections of IPOS' Examination Guidelines for Patent Applications.
