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Trade Marks Journal No. 013/2012
Page No. xlvi
E-Payments to the World Intellectual Property Organization (Circular No. 19/2008,
dated 26 December 2008)
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has introduced an E-Payment Service
at https://webaccess.wipo.int/epayment/, which allows payment of fees notified in their
irregularity letters or other WIPO communications with regard to international applications
or registrations.
Payments can be made through the WIPO Current Account or by credit card.
To make payment through the WIPO Current Account, you will be required to provide the
userID and the password generated by them for the current account holders. If you do not
have a current account, please read Current Account at WIPO at
http://www.wipo.int/resource/en/wipo_account.html for details, on how to open, use or close
a current account with WIPO, if you are thinking of opening one.
If you already have a WIPO current account, but do not have a password, please send an
email to WIPO at income.accounts@wipo.int, mentioning E-Payment as the subject matter.
To make payment by credit card, please follow the steps in the E-Payment Service.
American Express, Mastercard and Visa are acceptable to WIPO.
Unfortunately at this stage, WIPO is still unable to accept payment via credit card for the
filing of international applications. For such applications, the only payment modes are via
the WIPO Current Account, or the Swiss postal account or any of the specified bank
accounts of WIPO.
2010 Circular
Effect of the Recording of Licenses in the International Register in respect of
International Registrations Designating Singapore (Circular No. 1/2010, dated 12
February 2010)
Pursuant to Rule 20bis(6)(b) of the Common Regulations under the Madrid Protocol,
Singapore has notified the Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organisation
on 21 March 2002 that Singapore law would not give effect to the recording of trade mark
licenses in the International Register. Accordingly, any recording of a license made under
Rule 20bis(3) of the Common Regulations will have no effect on any International
Registration designating Singapore. However, the holder of such an International
Registration may still record the relevant license with IPOS by lodging Form TM 37, and the
fee of S$60.00 per trade mark number. Similarly, the holder of such an International
Registration may request for the amendment or cancellation of the recording of the license
via Forms TM 38 and TM 39 respectively.