Bird & Bird LLP

Intellectual Property

Partner, Intellectual Property

As a partner in our Intellectual Property Group in Singapore and part of the Media, Entertainment & Sports sector Group, I focus on contentious IP matters including IP infringement litigation, patent revocation actions and trade mark oppositions, but also advise clients extensively on non-contentious matters including IP commercialisation, patent and trade mark freedom-to-operate issues and brand protection. Being not only a lawyer, but also a patent attorney with a Master's degree in Chemical Engineering, I have a keen interest in how things work and a deep appreciation of not only the legal issues but also the technology underlying our clients' businesses. As a former engineer, I understand the difficulty that many clients have with 'lawyer-speak' and strive to deliver practical, commercially-minded advice. I have acted for international media and technology companies in a range of patent, copyright and trademark disputes both before the Singapore courts and the Registry. I regularly advise clients on patent validity, infringement and freedom-to-operate issues, and on multi-jurisdictional trade mark conflict and enforcement issues. I am also experienced in drafting IP license, R&D collaboration and development agreements. I participate in various committees including the Association of Singapore Patent Attorneys' Exco, and the Asian Patent Attorneys Association's copyright sub-committee. I am also on the Examination Committee for the Singapore Qualifying Examination for Singapore Patent Attorneys.

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Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA) Association of Singapore Patent Attorneys (ASPA)

Bachelor of Chemical Engineering with First Class Honours from National University of Singapore (NUS) Master of Chemical Engineering from NUS Bachelor of Laws from NUS

Relevant News

Read the latest update by our intellectual property lawyer Pin-Ping Oh as she examines the current law in Singapore on the circumstances in which copyright protection is conferred on literary, artistic, musical and dramatic works - all of which are possible AI outputs, and the implications of these requirements where AI output is concerned.

Read more: here.

Read the latest update by our intellectual property lawyers Alban Kang and Pin-Ping Oh, in relation to the Nippon Shinyaku Co, Ltd v Registrar of Patents [2022] SGHC 164 case - in its appeal to the High Court from a decision of the Registrar of Patents (the “Registrar"), the appellant commenced proceedings against the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (“IPOS”).

Read more: here.

Bird & Bird advised as transactional counsel to Asia-focused private equity firm ABC Impact in its US$36 million funding in Iceotope Technologies, a UK-based precision immersion cooling tech firm. This transaction is illustrative of the interest around precision immersion cooling technologies for data centres on the back of climate change and need for environmentally sustainable solutions, as more data centres are set up globally.

The cross-disciplinary Bird & Bird team involved in this deal comprises corporate lawyers (Marcus Chow, Jolie Giouw, Ong Chin Ngee, and Philip Chui), employment lawyers (Seow Hui Goh, Natasha Cheng, and Sharmaine Chan), intellectual property lawyers (Anan Sivananthan, Pin-Ping Oh) and senior patent attorney (Hui Leng Tan).

Read more: here.

We are delighted to announce that we have been recognised in the 2022 edition of IAM Patent 1000. Big congratulations to our intellectual property lawyers and patent attorneys, Alban Kang, Anan Sivananthan, Pin-Ping Oh, Hui Leng Tan, and Martin Kwan!

Read more: here.

Read the latest update by our intellectual property lawyers, Lorraine Tay and Pin-Ping Oh as they examine two NFT fights (Nike v StockX and Hermès v Rothschild) that are currently ongoing before the US courts which touch on brand-related issues and distil from them some takeaways for brand owners.

Read the update: here.

We are pleased to share that we have been recognised again as a Tier 1 firm for Patents, Copyright and Trade marks in the recently published Asian Legal Business Asia IP Rankings 2022. Big congratulations to our intellectual property lawyers!

Read more: here.

We're thrilled to announce the appointment of 2 partners and 4 counsel in the Singapore office as part of this year’s global promotion round as of May 2022. Heartiest congratulations to partners, Pin-Ping Oh and Shaun Lee, and counsel, Audrey Lim, Bridget Goh, Jonathan Kao, and Loren Leung.

Read the press release: here.