Singapore’s Ministry of Law and the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore have launched a public consultation on the implications of artificial intelligence for Singapore’s intellectual property regime. The consultation considers issues relating to copyright, patents, AI training, AI-generated outputs and the role of human creativity in AI-assisted works. Responses are invited by 22 October 2026 at 17:00.
On 26 August 2026, the Ministry of Law (“<span class="news-text_medium">MinLaw</span>”) and the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (“<span class="news-text_medium">IPOS</span>”) opened a public consultation on Artificial Intelligence and Singapore’s Intellectual Property Regime.
The consultation recognises AI is changing the ways in which people create, invent, conduct research and do business. Singapore’s intellectual property framework seeks to balance the protection of rights and incentives supporting human creativity and investment with the need to promote innovation for the public benefit. MinLaw and IPOS are seeking views on how that framework can remain effective, trusted and responsive as AI technologies develop.
The exercise follows earlier engagement with rights owners, technology companies, creative-industry representatives, legal practitioners, academics and other stakeholders. The Government describes the consultation as part of a co-creation approach to national policy-making on AI issues.
The consultation paper considers three broad copyright questions.
First, MinLaw and IPOS seek views on promoting greater certainty and accountability in the training of AI systems. The paper considers whether the scope and application of the computational data analysis exception are sufficiently clear, how lawful access and safeguards for rights owners should operate in practice and whether the Government should support non-binding technical measures developed on a practical, industry-led basis.
Secondly, the consultation addresses copyright-risk management in the deployment and use of AI. This includes the application of existing legal principles where AI-generated outputs infringe copyright, the allocation of responsibility among AI developers, deployers and end users and technical measures that may reduce infringement risk in a proportionate and commercially viable manner.
Thirdly, the paper examines the nature of human creativity in works produced with generative AI assistance. It invites views on how human contribution should be understood, recognised and evidenced where generative AI is used within creative and business workflows.
The paper also seeks views on two patent-related issues.
First, it considers the application of existing inventorship principles across different forms of human-AI interaction in the inventive process. These include problem formulation, selecting from AI-generated outputs and human modification of AI-generated technical solutions.
Secondly, it examines how the large-scale publication of AI-generated technical disclosures may alter the prior-art landscape. Relevant questions include the consequences for patent searching, examination, patentability assessments and incentives to innovate as AI-generated material becomes more widely available.
Interested parties may submit feedback by 22 October 2026 at 17:00, either through FormSG or by email to <a href="mailto:MLAW_Consultation@mlaw.gov.sg" class="news-text_link">MLAW_Consultation@mlaw.gov.sg</a>. Separate FormSG channels are available for copyright and patent-related submissions. Respondents are requested to provide their name, telephone number and email address to facilitate follow-up where necessary.
MinLaw and IPOS may publish all or part of a written submission and disclose the identity of its source. A respondent seeking confidential treatment for proprietary, confidential or commercially sensitive information should clearly mark that material and include it in a separate annex. The agencies state they will not accept requests for confidentiality covering all or a substantial part of a submission.
The consultation provides a significant opportunity for AI developers, rights owners, users, practitioners and other stakeholders to contribute to Singapore’s developing approach to AI and intellectual property. Its focus extends beyond the ownership of AI-related rights to the practical operation of training exceptions, infringement-risk allocation, human creative contribution, inventorship and the integrity of the patent system’s prior-art base.
<span class="news-text_medium">Source:</span> MinLaw and IPOS, <a href="https://www.mlaw.gov.sg/public-consultation-on-artificial-intelligence-and-singapore-s-intellectual-property-regime/" target="_blank" class="news-text_link">Public Consultation on Artificial Intelligence and Singapore’s Intellectual Property Regime</a>.
