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Issue 2007/1 | Incorporating a Private Company Limited by Shares

A private company limited by shares is a locally incorporated company where the number of shareholders is limited to 50. A private company limited by shares restricts the right to transfer its shares; prohibits any invitation to the public to subscribe for its shares; and prohibits any invitation to the public to deposit money with it.

Issue 2007/2 | Trade Mark Registration

Trade marks are governed by the Trade Marks Act, Cap. 332 (TMA).

Section 2(1) TMA defines a trade mark as a visually perceptible sign capable of being represented graphically and which is capable of distinguishing goods or services dealt with or provided in the course of trade by a person from goods or services so dealt with or provided by any other person.

Any person can apply to register a trade mark in the prescribed manner to the Intellectual Property of Singapore (IPOS).