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Low uptake of old IP scheme spells valuable lessons for Singapore
Published Tue, Apr 27, 2021 · 05:50 AM
Singapore
BACK in 2014, Singapore made an impressive S$100 million available for the ground-breaking Intellectual Property Financing Scheme (IPFS).
But the IPFS was likely ahead of its time: only S$12 million was disbursed to three companies, the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) said in response to queries from The Business Times (BT). The scheme ceased in 2018.
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