Singapore’s Ministry of Law (MinLaw) and Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) are seeking public feedback on how the country’s intellectual property framework should respond to developments in artificial intelligence.
The public consultation, which runs from August 26 to October 22, 2026, focuses on copyright and patent issues arising from the development and increasing use of AI. The Government is seeking views on whether Singapore’s existing IP framework remains suitable as AI changes how creative works are produced, copyrighted material is used and inventions are developed.
According to MinLaw, the consultation follows earlier engagement with stakeholders, including rights holders, technology companies, creative industries, legal professionals and academics. The Government said it is taking a “co-creation” approach to AI policy as it considers how to support innovation while protecting the interests that underpin human creativity. Pasted markdown
For copyright, the consultation focuses on three main areas: the use of copyrighted works for AI training, responsibility for potentially infringing AI-generated outputs, and the role of human creativity in AI-assisted works.
One issue under consideration is Singapore’s computational data analysis (CDA) exception, which allows certain uses of copyrighted material for computational analysis. The Government is seeking views on whether the scope and application of the exception are sufficiently clear in the context of AI training.
The consultation also considers the requirement for users to have lawful access to works used under the exception. MinLaw is seeking feedback on how that requirement should operate where rights holders use technical or contractual measures to control access to their works and whether additional clarification may be needed.
The Government is also considering how non-legally binding technical measures could allow rights holders to express preferences about access to and use of their works for AI training. Pasted markdown
A second copyright issue concerns AI-generated outputs that may infringe existing works. The Government is seeking views on how existing copyright principles should apply, how responsibility should be assessed among AI developers, deployers and end users, and what technical measures could help reduce the risk of infringing outputs.
The consultation also examines the nature of human creativity in AI-assisted works, including how human contribution should be understood, recognized and evidenced when generative AI is used in creative and business workflows.
Among the issues being considered are human decisions made before content is generated, the selection and arrangement of AI-generated material, and editing performed after generation. The consultation seeks views on whether principles or factors should be developed to assess the level of human creative contribution in such works. Pasted markdown
For patents, the consultation focuses on two main areas: inventorship where humans use AI during the inventive process and the potential effect of AI-generated technical material on prior art.
Singapore is seeking views on how existing inventorship principles should apply across different forms of human-AI interaction, including the formulation of problems, selection from AI-generated outputs and human modification of AI-generated technical solutions.
The consultation also considers how the large-scale publication of AI-generated technical disclosures could affect the prior art landscape. The Government is examining whether increasing volumes of AI-generated material could affect patent searches, examination and patentability assessments, and whether existing approaches to assessing prior art remain adequate. Pasted markdown
Interested parties have until 5:00 p.m. on October 22, 2026, to submit feedback. MinLaw has provided separate online submission forms for copyright-related and patent-related responses. Feedback may also be submitted by email to the Ministry. Respondents are asked to provide their name, contact number and email address.
MinLaw said it may publish all or part of the written submissions received and may disclose the identity of the source. Respondents who consider information in their submissions to be proprietary, confidential or commercially sensitive may request confidential treatment in accordance with the Ministry’s consultation requirements.
Consultation and Submission Information:
Public Consultation on Artificial Intelligence and Singapore’s Intellectual Property Regime
Source: Ministry of Law, Singapore, Public Consultation on Artificial Intelligence and Singapore’s Intellectual Property Regime, August 26, 2026.
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