Hearings & Mediation

You may encounter a dispute in the course of protecting your intellectual property (IP). This could be in the form of an opposition to your trade mark application, or a revocation of your granted patent, or an infringement of your registered design.

It is important at the outset of an IP dispute to know how you wish to handle the dispute. Use this diagram to help you choose which route to take.

You are encouraged to consider mediation (for all proceedings) and expert determination (for patent proceedings) as time- and cost-effective alternatives to litigation for resolving your dispute.

Mediation Expert Determination

Litigation

The proceedings in HMD are heard by our Principal Assistant Registrars, Assistant Registrars and IP Adjudicators. IP Adjudicators are externally appointed.

Principal Assistant Registrar

Mr Mark Lim Fung Chian
Ms See Tho Sok Yee
Ms Tan Mei Lin
Ms Sandy Widjaja
Mr Ong Sheng Li, Gabriel (Wang Shengli)

Assistant Registrar

Ms Chee Sze Yin
Ms Yong Yoke Ching (Celine)

IP Adjudicators

Mr Jason Chan
Director, Litigation and Enforcement Group
Amica Law LLC

Ms Cheng Pei Feng
Senior Assistant Registrar
Supreme Court of Singapore

Professor David Llewelyn
Professor of Law (Practice)
School of Law
Singapore Management University

Dr Burton Ong
Associate Professor
Faculty of Law National University of Singapore

Mr Adrian Tan
Partner
TSMP Law Corporation

Mr Sheik Umar
District Judge
State Courts of Singapore

Mr Tony Yeo
Managing Director, Intellectual Property Department
Drew & Napier LLC

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