Siau Wen is an Intellectual Property specialist with more than 20 years of experience in contentious and non-contentious IP practice.
She manages the global trade mark and patent portfolios of foreign and local multinational clients from a wide range of industries. She also advises clients on general IP and regulatory matters as well as issues of gaming, product advertising, labeling, and branding strategy.
Siau Wen handles various facets of IP commercial transactions. They include due diligence; negotiations; and drafting and reviewing licensing, franchising, sale and transfer, confidentiality, distributorship, and consultancy agreements relating to IP rights.
Siau Wen is also active in the area of Intellectual Property litigation and enforcement. She focuses on disputes involving anti-counterfeiting matters, trade marks, copyright, domain names, designs, and confidential information.
As a leading IP practitioner, Siau Wen is recommended by prominent legal publications: The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, Managing Intellectual Property, IAM Patent 1000 and World Trade Mark Review 1000. She is described as “thorough and reliable“, and is prized for her ability to “dispense practicable and commercially sensible advice and always find ways to add value”.
Year Joined Firm: 1999
Education/Alumni:
- LL.B. (Hons), National University of Singapore
- Admitted to the Singapore Bar in 1999
Network Memberships:
- AIPPI
- APAA
- INTA
- Law Society
- SAL
