IP Clinics

IPOS conducts weekly complimentary IP Legal Clinics and IP Business Clinics services as part of its package of services for local businesses and individuals.

IP Legal Clinic

Our IP Legal Clinic provides Singapore citizens or Permanent residents and/or Singapore registered businesses with access to a selected panel of professional lawyers.

This 45-minute consultation session allows the requestor to seek preliminary advice on IP infringement, before he/she decides on the next course of action. Requestor is required to pay a fee directly to the law firm before IPOS reimburses the requestor.

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Mr Maw Jiun Foo, Partner Dentons Rodyk & Davidson LLP

Mr Maw Jiun Foo is a partner in Dentons Rodyk’s Intellectual Property & Technology practice. He co-heads the Patents, Data Privacy & Protection and Cybersecurity practices.

His areas of practice encompass worldwide registration of intellectual property, infringement and counterfeiting actions, commercial litigation involving intellectual property, commercialisation of intellectual property rights (such as licensing and assignment agreements). Mr Maw's IP litigation experience includes copyright suits, trademark infringements and revocation, patent infringement and breach of confidentiality cases.

He has represented a variety of clients (including global pharmaceuticals, a Japanese semi-conductor packaging company, tobacco manufacturers and local enterprises) at various levels including the Singapore Trade Mark Registry, the Singapore High Court and the Singapore Court of Appeal. He also has extensive experience negotiating and drafting commercial agreements, RFPs and tenders in relation to IT.

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Mr Desmond Chew, Partner Dentons Rodyk & Davidson LLP

Mr Desmond Chew is a partner in Dentons Rodyk’s Intellectual Property & Technology practice. He is experienced in intellectual property law, with a particular focus on trademark litigation, border enforcement actions, and cross border licensing arrangements. Desmond advises a wide variety of clients in the intellectual property area including IP strategy and commercialisation, licensing, patent and trademark work.

He has also assisted on several contentious intellectual property matters before the Singapore Courts, as well as the Intellectual Property Office. He has represented companies such as global pharmaceuticals, food and beverage manufacturers and entertainment companies. In this respect, Desmond has been recognised as a rising star in Managing Intellectual Property IP Stars 2018.

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Ms Gooi Chi Duan, Partner in the Disputes & Specialist Practice of Donaldson & Burkinshaw LLP

Ms Gooi Chi Duan is a Partner in the Disputes & Specialist Practice of Donaldson & Burkinshaw LLP. Chi Duan specialises in general civil and commercial litigation, with particular emphasis on intellectual property. She represents clients from a wide range of industries in civil and criminal proceedings before the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore and the Singapore Courts for the protection and enforcement of various forms of intellectual property rights, including trademarks, copyright, designs and patents. She is also an accredited Associate Mediator with the Singapore Mediation Centre and a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators.
Chi Duan graduated with a LL.B (Hons.) from the National University of Singapore in 1996 and was admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore in May 1997.

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Mr Chua Shang Li, Partner in the Intellectual Property Practice of Donaldson & Burkinshaw LLP

Mr Chua Shang Li is a Partner in the Intellectual Property Practice of Donaldson & Burkinshaw LLP. Shang Li manages the intellectual property portfolios of both local and international clients, and undertakes advisory work related to trade marks, passing off, copyright and industrial designs, including clearance searches, filing, prosecution, maintenance and commercialisation of rights. He also actively represents clients in the protection and enforcement of their rights and regularly undertakes opposition, invalidation and revocation proceedings before the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore and the Courts. Shang Li graduated from the University of Liverpool in 2005 with an LL.B (Hons.). He was admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore in 2007.

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Mr Max Ng, Managing Director Gateway Law Corporation

Mr Max Ng is a senior legal practitioner in the field of Intellectual Property Law. He has represented clients in proceedings before the Registry, the Singapore High Court and the Court of Appeal. He is listed as a leading lawyer in his field in numerous publications including the Legal 500 Asia Pacific, Chambers Asia Pacific, Who's Who Legal and Benchmark Litigation. He is also the lead author of the book “Intellectual Property”, by Lexis Nexis. Max is a fellow with the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators and Asian Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution, sits on the IP Panel of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, and is also a mediator with the Singapore Mediation Centre and the Law Society’s Mediation Scheme. Max and his team at Gateway also provide franchising and licensing advice, and have assisted their clients with their global IP portfolios across Asia and beyond.

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Mr George Hwang, Director, George Hwang LLC

Mr George Hwang is an IP/IT and Media Lawyer with more than 20 years of experience. He has worked in many countries besides Singapore. They include UK, Hong Kong, Bulgaria, and Belgium. Besides practice, he has been in academia and in-house counsel.

George has appeared at various levels of Singapore’s courts, including a landmark case in the Court of Appeal. Many of the disputes he has handled are transborder. He believes that an effective IP dispute strategy has to take into account the IP registration system and the different modes of alternative dispute resolution.

George has many articles published in international refereed journals and has contributed to books. He is also a Content Partner for Lexis Practical Guidance for IP/IT: M&A and Finance. Most recently, he has been commissioned by WIPO and presented a paper to the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights 41st Session on the Online Music Market in Asia.

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Mr Maurice Cheong, Partner Lee & Lee

Mr Maurice Cheong is a Partner in the Intellectual Property Department. He graduated from the University of London in 1995 and was admitted as a barrister-at-law, England and Wales in 1996. In 1998, he was admitted to the Singapore Bar and obtained a Masters of Laws from the National University of Singapore in 2003. Since commencing practice in 1998, he has built a diverse portfolio, reflecting his equally diverse interest and expertise in multiple areas of legal practice. He maintains an active practice as an IP lawyer with extensive experience in both contentious and non-contentious work relating to varies aspects of IP Law, IP Corporate, Media & Entertainment Law, IT Law and Advertising Law. His clients include statutory boards, government-linked entities and major international corporations dealing with fast moving consumer goods, leading fashion designers, medical and pharmaceutical companies, software and technology companies. He also practices community law, and regularly represents clients in matrimonial and criminal matters. He has vast experience acting for litigants in contractual, commercial and corporate disputes in court proceedings.

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Mr Freddy Lim, Partner, Lee & Lee

Mr Freddy Lim is a Partner in the Intellectual Property Department. He graduated from NUS in 2009 and was called to the Singapore Bar in 2010.
He handles a variety of contentious and non-contentious work relating to various aspects of IP law, media law and competition law. This includes advisory work in relation to a broad range of commercial and IP agreements, such as drafting and reviewing license agreements, franchise agreements and various electronic agreements. He also has an active commercial litigation and arbitration practice, with a particular interest in employment law. He regularly advises clients on employment matters and restraint of trade covenants.

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Mr Ng Kim Tean, Executive Chairman of Nanyang Law LLC

Mr Ng Kim Tean, an engineer-turned-lawyer, is the Executive Chairman of Nanyang Law LLC.
His primary areas of practice are intellectual property law, fund managements, corporate restructurings, commercial and company laws. His many years of hands-on experience have exposed him to all aspects of intellectual property in Singapore and various foreign countries. Some of his significant transactions include representing clients in an action of patent infringement involving a portable data storage device; acting for a client in a patent infringement action involving packaging device; successfully rebuffed the claim of alleged passing-off and infringement of trademark without trial; successfully repossessed a trademark filed unlawfully by a third party with the registry. He is a prolific speaker and he also regularly authors publications and books. Mr Ng is a Fellow of the Intellectual Property Technology Consultant Registry; and he is also the Co-Chair of the Legal Panel of Institute of Engineers, Singapore.

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Mr Rizwi Wun, Partner RHTLaw Asia LLP

Mr Rizwi Wun is the Acting Head of the firm’s Intellectual Property and Technology Practice.
He advises mainly on IP rights in general, and on legal and regulatory aspects of technology-related transactions, with particular emphasis on Privacy and Data Protection issues, Cyber Security, Telecommunications issues, and Competition Law issues. Rizwi also heads the firm’s Consumer Brands Industry Group, with a focus, amongst other things, on areas such as Fashion & Luxury, Food & Beverage, and the Video & Computer Games industry. Rizw has been mentioned in the following international directories:

Listed in Asia Legal 500 rankings for Intellectual Property and TMT matters since 2009, and with the firm since 2018 till todate.
Ranked for Prosecution & Strategy, as well as for Transactions in the World Trademark Review’s “WTR 1000: The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals” since 2019 till todate, including being recognised as an expert on consumer goods and luxury brands.
Identified as an IP Expert by Asia IP in 2021.

He has in the past written published articles on Data Protection, and Privacy issues, and is also past Member of the International Association of Privacy Professional (IAPP) Asia Advisory Board.

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Mr Jevon Louis, Partner, Practice Head, Intellectual Property, Technology & Data, Shook Lin & Bok LLP

Mr Jevon Louis is a partner with Shook Lin & Bok LLP and heads up the firm’s Intellectual Property (IP), Technology and Data practice. He is well-suited for these areas of practice as he is technically qualified with a degree in mechanical engineering and is also a registered Singapore patent attorney, qualified by examination.

Jevon’s experience extends to both contentious and non-contentious IP matters across multiple industries including, but not limited to, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, life sciences, renewable energy, manufacturing, fintech, construction, logistics and semiconductors. On the contentious side, Jevon specialises in IP litigation and has appeared on behalf of clients before the IPOS Registry, High Court, and Court of Appeal of Singapore, as well as in alternative dispute resolution proceedings such as arbitration and mediation.

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Mr Alvin Lim, Special Counsel, Withers Khatterwong LLP

An intellectual property specialist since 2007, Mr Alvin Lim was recognized as a leading lawyer in the field of intellectual property in the 2017 and 2018 editions of AsiaLaw Leading Lawyers. He was cited as a Patent Star in the 2019/20 and 2020/21 editions of Managing Intellectual Property’s IP Stars in recognition of his patent litigation, patent strategy and counselling work.

Alvin’s areas of practice includes advising clients in all aspects of intellectual property and intangible asset acquisition, management, commercialization, enforcement and protection strategy across a broad range of industries and technologies spanning life sciences, medtech, telecommunications, IT, electronics, semiconductors, FMCG, food and beverage, music, fashion and design, digital technology and artificial intelligence. Alvin has a strong IP litigation and enforcement practice, regularly acting for clients in patent, trademark, copyright and trade secrets disputes in Singapore and also cross border IP disputes. Alvin had also previously participated in the IP Legal Clinic.

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Ms Gretchen Su, Partner, Withers Khatterwong LLP

Ms Gretchen Su is an intellectual property specialist and is highly experienced in the protection, commercialisation, and enforcement of intellectual property rights. Her areas of work include the strategic planning and management of clients’ global intellectual property portfolios, advising on brand clearance and protection, advising on and drafting commercial agreements relating to intellectual property and information technology, as well as advising and representing clients in intellectual property disputes. Gretchen has particular experience in working with public sector clients and regularly advises on tender-related transactions.

She has extensive experience advising on contentious IP matters. She has acted for many well-known brands in their IP disputes, including LG Electronics and MediaCorp, amongst others. She is an accredited Mediator with the Singapore International Mediation Institute (SIMI). Another aspect of Gretchen’s practice is data protection. She is an accredited as a Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe (CIPP/E) with the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP).

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IP Business Clinic

Our IP Business Clinic allows the requestor to make an appointment with a member of our panel of business consultants on IP strategies and options for businesses. Areas of expertise include IP Strategy & IP Portfolio Management; IP Commercialisation; IP Intelligence, Audit and Valuation.

This 45-minute complimentary session allows the requestor to discuss his/her IP related business concerns with an external professional consultant.

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The external professional consultants currently on our panel of IP Business Clinic are:

Ms Renee Xavier, Founder and Director, Alpha & Omega Law Corporation

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Renee Xavier is the founder and director of Alpha & Omega Law Corporation, a Singapore law firm specialising in Intellectual Asset law since 2003 with offices in Malaysia and the Philippines. Admitted to practice in Singapore, Malaysia and the United Kingdom, Renee is accredited with 28 years of experience in civil, commercial, real estate, property, banking and corporate law.

Since 2017, Renee has been recognised annually as one of the world’s leading IP strategists in the prestigious IAM Strategy 300 award by Globe Business Media Group.

Today, Renee continues to champion the strategic management and deployment of IP and is passionate about helping clients commercialise and capitalise on their IP assets to generate revenue and achieve sustainable growth. She also enjoys passing on her wealth of knowledge via teaching engagements with IP Academy Singapore, National University of Singapore, and Nanyang Technological University.

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Mr Albert Kong, CEO, Asiawide Franchise Consultants Pte Ltd

Albert has more than 31 years of franchising experience. Albert and his team have helped over 1300 companies in over 10 Asian countries in franchising & related consulting work. He has also built a network of 70 strategic partners in 50 nations. Albert is also on the Board of Franchise Confederation and Franchising & Licensing Association Singapore. He has been awarded numerous awards by various national franchise associations & other organisations, spoken in 47 nations over 300 occasions, co-authored Developing and Managing a Franchise and contributed to many publications on franchising. Albert has also been the Editor-in-Chief of Asia Franchise & Business Opportunities magazine since 1994.

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Mr Clarence Nah, General Manager and Resident Consultant, Asiawide Franchise Consultants Pte Ltd

Clarence Nah is the GM & Resident Consultant with AFC and since 2002, has been instrumental in enhancing franchising and management capabilities of several hundred companies, across diverse industries in Singapore and Asia Pacific.

He is a Certified Franchise Executive (CFE), awarded by the International Franchise Association from Washington D.C. USA. In 2006, he received his Certified Management Consultant accreditation conferred by the Institute of Management, Consultants (Singapore). In 2008, Clarence was among the first batch of graduates to obtain the Practicing Management Consultant certification under the Singapore PMC Accreditation. In 2013, he was conferred the Senior Practicing Management Consultant title in recognition of his contributions to the consulting practice. In 2016, Clarence attained the Senior PMC-IP Management Certification for his domain knowledge and achievements in Intellectual Property specialisation.

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Ms Christine Cheung, Consulting Director, Asiawide Franchise Consultants Pte Ltd

Christine Cheung has been working with AFC since 2004. She has over 20 years of experience in Franchise & License Development Consulting; Intellectual Property Management; IP and Operations Audit as well as Productivity Improvement. She has helped numerous businesses locally and regionally to attain franchise capability and improve management competence.

Christine has been a Certified Franchise Executive (CFE) awarded by the International Franchise Association based in Washington D.C. USA.

She was conferred the Practicing Management Consultant (PMC) and Senior Practicing Management Consultant (SPMC) by the PMC Accreditation Board. Christine also attained the PMC-IP Management Certification.

Christine obtained the Advanced Certificate of Training and Assessment (ACTA) conferred by IAC. Christine is a Certified Productivity Consultant (CPC). This is jointly awarded by Singapore Productivity Centre and Japan Productivity Centre.

She holds a Diploma in Leadership in Early Childhood Education and Diploma in Teaching in Pre-School Education, accredited by MOE and MCYS.

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Mr Robin Yeo, Regional Manager and Senior Consultant, FT Consulting Pte Ltd

As Senior Consultant in FT Consulting, Robin provides strategic and operational insights into franchising, business planning, intellectual property management, strategy development, marketing and HR management across various industries including education, food and beverage, hospitality, logistics, retail, services and technology. In his role as Regional Manager in FT Consulting, he is responsible for developing the company’s business in overseas markets.

In his previous position as Deputy Director of Corporate Marketing in SingTel, Asia’s leading communications group, Robin was responsible for marketing a comprehensive range of international telephone services to corporate customers and resellers. He helped SingTel maintain its majority market share in the corporate IDD market in the face of aggressive and intense competition.

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Ms Kiran Dharsan Seiter, Managing Partner, Seiter IP Consultants LLP

Kiran is the Managing Partner of Seiter IP Consultants LLP, an IP boutique firm, providing trademark and other Intellectual Property services in Singapore and throughout Southeast Asia.

With over 15 years of experience in the IP field, Kiran has advised international and Singapore clients from various industries, mainly SMEs and start-ups, on a wide range of IP issues.

She is hands-on and is readily available to discuss her clients’ IP concerns with her clients, collaborating with them to develop customised out-of-the-box solutions where required. She also helps to devise customised IP Strategies for small businesses who cannot afford to have their very own IP lawyer within the company.

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Dr Sandy Chong, Director / Principal Consultant, Verity Consulting Pte Ltd

A Harvard Alumna and Principal of Verity Consulting, Dr Sandy Chong is the winner of 2020 USA Stevie® International Business Awards for Executive of the Year and Entrepreneur of the Year, 2019 Asia's Top Sustainability Women of the Year, and 2016 Singapore Management Consultant of the Year. With over 15 years of experience leading international expansion, corporate branding and strategic alliance projects worldwide, Sandy’s mission is to help clients succeed in new markets, improve growth capacity and elevate positioning for overseas growth. To date, Sandy has assisted over two hundred businesses and advised international MNCs such as American Express, Yahoo!, Sun Microsystems, and Apple. She serves on boards in Silicon Valley, Singapore and Australia, and is appointed the Global Ambassador for the Inspiring Rarebirds, International Mentor for Cherie Blair’s Foundation for Women, and Chair of the ASEAN Alliance in Australia to promote trade and investment in the region.

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