s 95 Privilege for communications with patent agents, etc.
95.—(1) A communication with respect to any matter relating to patents —(a) between a person and any of the following:(i) a registered patent agent or a registered foreign patent agent; (ii) a partnership entitled under Part 19 to describe itself as a firm of patent agents or as a firm of foreign patent agents; or (iii) a body corporate entitled under Part 19 to describe itself as a patent agent or as a foreign patent agent; or (b) for the purpose of obtaining, or in response to a request for, information which a person is seeking for the purpose of instructing the person’s patent agent or a registered foreign patent agent, is privileged from disclosure in legal proceedings in Singapore in the same way as a communication between a person and the person’s solicitor or, as the case may be, a communication for the purpose of obtaining, or in response to a request for, information which a person seeks for the purpose of instructing the person’s solicitor. [15/2012] (2) In this section —“legal proceedings” includes proceedings before the Registrar; “patent” includes any patent or other protection for an invention granted in any country or jurisdiction other than Singapore.[15/2012]