The research project examined the following issues:
(a) What impact would reach-through patent claims, which are granted by patent offices in Europe and the USA, have on indigenous biotechnology and/or pharmaceutical R&D or businesses in Singapore?
(b) If owners of research tools impose reach-through royalty obligations on their licensees, are such obligations enforceable under competition laws?
The findings also allowed the final report, as a secondary aim of the study, to speculate on whether Singapore should devote public resources, or greater public resources, to support the indigenous development of research tools and the possible benefits to the country from such investments.

The study aimed to be a comprehensive empirical test of the impact of copyright duration on the production of audio-visual work. It provided information to the ongoing worldwide debate in the European Union as well as in U.S.A. on the merits of extending copyright duration.
[Executive Summary]

The ASAT Index was the first index of its kind in Singapore to measure, track, evaluate and benchmark the performance of the creative ecosystem in Singapore as a basis for international comparison. The index built on existing research and studies on the creativity and other benchmarking indices by extracting the relevant indicators from such studies as well as combining new indicators which were specific to Singapore's economy and needs. The ASAT model aimed to take stock of a country's creative resources through the concept of Availability. The model proceeded a step further by addressing the issues of Sustainability, Adaptability and Tenacity. It enabled users to analyse the interaction between each of these variables and their relative contribution to the performance of the creative ecosystem.
[Executive Summary]

Innovation and intellectual property have been established as being critical to a nation’s competitiveness. IP has become one of the most important assets of companies as well as global knowledge-based economies.  The project aimed to construct a regional IP scorecard in order to rate, rank and benchmark IP capabilities of  organisations and nations in the Asia Pacific. In particular, this project focused on IP production in terms of output, productivity and impact. By focusing on IP production, the IP scorecard facilitated benchmarking of national performance in translating R&D into IP-protected assets and the quality of these IP assets.
[Executive Summary]

The project measured the contribution of copyright-based industries to the local economy. The study examined the direct and indirect impact of copyright industries on the levels of output, value added, earnings, employment and foreign trade.
[Executive Summary]

The study examined the impact of the utility model systems in other countries. It also discussed whether there would be an economic argument for introducing utility model protection in Singapore.
[Executive Summary]

The project examined the legal interface between competition and intellectual property rights in different legal systems. The report also included findings and policy options that were relevant to the policy makers for the drafting and implementation of competition legislation in Singapore.