The Technology Practice Group, led by Ong Johnson and Lo Khai Yi, provides a full spectrum of intellectual property advisory, protection, enforcement, and commercialisation services. The team supports clients across the lifecycle of innovation and brand development, offering structured and commercially aligned guidance on the protection, management, and strategic deployment of intellectual property assets.
The practice covers the core pillars of intellectual property protection, including trademarks, patents, industrial designs, and copyright. The team regularly advises on trade mark clearance and registration strategies, opposition and cancellation proceedings, portfolio structuring, and cross-border filings. In the patent space, the team works closely with technical experts and agents in managing patentability assessments, filing strategies, and prosecution coordination, as well as advising on IP risk assessments. Industrial design registrations and copyright advisory, including ownership structuring and licensing arrangements, form part of the team’s day-to-day engagement with clients operating in design-led and technology-driven sectors.
Beyond protection and prosecution, the Technology Practice Group advises on the commercialisation and monetisation of intellectual property. This includes drafting and negotiating licensing agreements, assignments, franchising arrangements, technology transfer documentation, research and development collaborations, and brand exploitation strategies. The team frequently supports IP-driven transactions and corporate exercises, including IP due diligence for mergers and acquisitions, IP risk allocation in transaction documents, and post-completion portfolio integration planning.
Enforcement and dispute resolution form an important component of the practice. The team advises on infringement claims, passing off actions, trade secret disputes, and domain name recovery proceedings, as well as coordinating enforcement strategies involving cease-and-desist measures, online platform takedowns, and where appropriate, enforcement raids in collaboration with relevant authorities. The approach is typically calibrated to the client’s commercial objectives, balancing deterrence, reputational considerations, and cost efficiency.
The Technology Practice Group also advises on intellectual property issues arising in digital and technology contexts. This includes AI-generated output ownership analysis, software licensing structures, open-source compliance, data ownership considerations in AI model training, and IP governance frameworks for organisations deploying generative AI tools. As innovation increasingly intersects with regulatory and policy developments, the team supports clients in structuring internal IP governance systems, invention capture programmes, employee IP frameworks, and portfolio management strategies designed to align with long-term business growth.
The practice serves a diverse range of multinational corporations, publicly listed companies, growth-stage technology companies, brand-driven consumer businesses, and innovation-led enterprises across sectors including telecommunications, financial services, manufacturing, retail, food and beverage, property development, hospitality, digital platforms, and emerging technology industries. Many mandates involve coordination with foreign counsel for regional and cross-border portfolio management and enforcement.
Ong Johnson and Lo Khai Yi are involved in overseeing the strategic direction of the practice, particularly in matters where intellectual property intersects with technology, digital transformation, fintech, and AI. The team’s work reflects a structured and commercially pragmatic approach, supporting clients in safeguarding intangible assets while enabling innovation and expansion in increasingly competitive markets.
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