Counsel for the digital economy

Tech, Media & IP

We help creators, platforms and brands protect, monetise and defend the ideas and assets that drive their businesses forward

Our Approach

Technology, media and IP matters move quickly and often cross jurisdictions. We provide advice that keeps pace with regulatory change, while protecting the assets that matter most to your business.

Practical

We give advice that can be applied directly to product, licensing and regulatory decisions.

Protective

We help clients register, license and safeguard their intellectual property and digital assets.

Prepared

Where a dispute over IP or confidential information arises, we act, from initial correspondence through to litigation.

Areas of Expertise

We advise on many multi-disciplinary aspects of technology and media, data privacy and protection, fintech, virtual assets, financial regulations, and IP registration and licensing.

Tech & Virtual Assets

We advise fintech and Web3 businesses on token issuances, digital asset regulation and technology transactions, helping clients innovate confidently within Singapore's evolving regulatory landscape.

Data Privacy & Protection

We partner with clients to assess compliance and implement tailored data protection solutions, including policy drafting, employee training, and data management advice. Keeping pace with legal developments, we identify risk areas across data privacy, AML, and CFT, collaborating with specialists like cybersecurity experts for comprehensive protection.

IP, Media & Entertainment

We provide end-to-end legal strategies for managing, protecting, and commercialising intellectual property (IP) across local and regional markets. Our practice advises on commercial agreements spanning R&D, IP acquisition, licensing, and franchising throughout the innovation lifecycle. With Singapore strengthening its position as a global-Asia hub for technology, innovation, and enterprise under the Singapore IP Strategy 2030, safeguarding intangible assets (IA) and IP remains crucial for IP owners and content creators.

IP Registration & Licensing

We support clients with transactional intellectual property (IP) services, including patent, copyright, and trademark registration, franchising, and licensing. This empowers businesses to commercialise their intangible assets (IA) and IP, maximising returns on R&D and innovation investments.

IP & Confidentiality Infringement Disputes

Disputes related to patents, copyrights, trademarks, confidential information, and intellectual property (IP) infringements can be highly contentious. As Singapore positions itself to be a choice location for international IP dispute resolution, we have been innovative in our approach and adept at keeping pace with the fast-changing environment. Our team is well-versed in alternative dispute resolution processes like mediation and arbitration as well as IP litigation.

Representative Experience

Tech & Virtual Assets

Advising a cryptocurrency exchange operator to be placed in the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) regulatory sandbox for RMO exemption to list security digital tokens and regulatory issues under the Payment Services Act.

Advising on structuring of security token listings and offerings.

Advising cryptocurrency trading market maker on cryptocurrency and fiat loan agreements.

Advising on Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT) licence, and minting and transfer terms.

Advised leading medical technology (MedTech) company on regulatory and other legal issues.

Advised MedTech startup on regulatory issues, distributorship agreements, intellectual property, terms of service or use, and investment financing.

Advised technology services company on intellectual property issues, software development, service agreements, and cloud services.

Advised artificial intelligence technology and big data analytics firm on drafting intellectual property and source code license agreements and Software as a Service (SaaS) agreements.

IP & Confidentiality Infringement Disputes

Acted for multi-jurisdictional plaintiffs in a patent infringement claim involving a utility patent in a manufactured machine.

Successfully obtained an injunction and order for account of profits. Involved a novel legal issue of account of profits in convoyed goods.

Acted for defendant in defending a trade mark infringement claim by a large multi-national corporation.

Acted for leading electronics retailer regarding intellectual property and trade mark dispute, and distributorship agreement dispute.

Acted for a multi-national corporate in research and development in successfully obtaining an injunction against an ex-employee to protect confidential information and trade secrets.

Acted for a company on breaches of confidentiality obligations, non-compete restraint of trade covenants, and directors' and fiduciary duties by a former director and employee.

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