Singapore legislation
Section 37
of Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research Act
Section 37
Prohibition of registration in certain cases
Notwithstanding anything in any written law, no registering authority shall —
register any company, firm or other body of persons which bears any name;
register a trade mark or design which bears any name or mark;
register a patent in respect of an invention which bears a title containing any name or mark,if the use of the name or mark is in contravention of section 34(1) or (2), or if the name or mark contains or consists of the words “Singapore Standard” or “other standard” or the expression “SISIR” or the name of the Institute in any form, or if the name or mark so nearly resembles any of the same as to deceive or be likely to deceive the public.