Both Singapore and Japan are focused on mutual collaboration and cooperation in identified arenas of intellectual property (IP) protection, including information exchange and IP rights education and awareness programmes.

Specifically, mutual provision was made for direct access links to IP databases maintained by the national IP offices: Intellectual Office of Singapore (IPOS) and Japan Patent Office (JPT).  In addition, Singapore agreed to facilitate patent applications filed in Singapore corresponding to one filed in Japan, according reciprocal treatment.