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With effect from 1 October 2004, the Act requires every company to have the REGISTRATION NUMBER (in addition to its registered name) on all business letters, statements of account, invoices, official notices and publications of or purporting to be issued or signed by or on behalf of the company.
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.
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).
