Source: Allen & Gledhill

On 26 August 2026, the Ministry of Law (MinLaw) and the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) launched a public consultation seeking feedback on the impact of artificial intelligence on Singapore’s intellectual property regime. The consultation is scheduled to close on 22 October 2026. Singapore’s approach balances protecting rights that support human creativity with enabling innovation for the public good, maintaining IP laws fit for purpose amid AI developments.

The consultation highlights the Copyright Act 2021 and its computational data analysis (CDA) exception, which is expressly designed to apply to machine learning, including generative AI, without restriction based on the commercial purpose of the activity. MinLaw and IPOS have engaged with rights holders and other stakeholders to understand issues relating to legal and technical controls over copyright works used for AI training, copyright infringement liability related to AI-generated outputs, human authorship standards for AI-assisted works, and patentability concerns including human inventorship and AI-generated prior art.