Intellectual Property
“Their collective knowledge allows them to tackle complex issues effectively and provide comprehensive solutions tailored to our company’s needs.”
Chambers Asia-Pacific 2025
Navigating IP with You, Not Just for You
We understand that protecting your intellectual property isn’t just about legal rights – it’s about safeguarding your ideas, your brand, and your competitive edge. Whether you’re launching a new product, entering a new market, or facing an infringement challenge, we know the stakes are high. That’s why our IP team is here to walk alongside you, offering not just legal advice, but practical, business-savvy solutions tailored to your unique situation.
Unparalleled Client Service
Consistently recognised as one of Singapore’s leading IP practices, our team brings together deep legal expertise and real-world industry insight. We’ve helped clients across sectors – from tech and gaming to fashion and logistics – navigate both the opportunities and risks that come with intellectual property.
Whether you’re looking to register a trademark, negotiate a licensing deal, or defend your rights in court, we’re here to help you move forward with confidence.
What Sets Us Apart
- We speak your language: Our lawyers don’t just know the law – we understand your business and have an intimate domain knowledge of relevant industries. That means advice that’s not only legally sound, but commercially smart.
- We’re built for scale: As part of a full-service firm with regional reach, we can support your IP needs across Southeast Asia and beyond.
- We’re cost-conscious: We match the right people to the right tasks, ensuring you get efficient, value-driven service every step of the way.
- We’re connected: Through our Lex Mundi network, we can tap into trusted legal expertise in over 100 countries – so your IP strategy is always globally aligned.
How We Support You
From patents to trademarks and designs, we manage the full lifecycle of your IP rights. We offer end-to-end IP services, including:
IP & Trademark Service in Singapore
- Transactional deals
- Due diligence
- Advisory & strategic consultancy work
- Registration & prosecution of patents, trade mark and design rights
- Regulatory advice
- IP litigation
- IP arbitration
- IP enforcement
Patent Advisory & Strategic Support
- Multi-jurisdictional patent advisory work
- Patent novelty searches
- Freedom to operate (FTO) searches
- Patent validity and infringement assessments
- Regulatory advice related to patent law
- Advisory and strategic consultancy work
- Patent audit and portfolio analysis
- Patent due diligence (including for M&A or licensing)
Patent Drafting, Filing & Prosecution
- Patent drafting services
- Local and global registration and prosecution of patents
- Preparation of agreements for patent transactions
- Obtaining foreign filing licences
- Registrations of transactions involving patents
- Patent renewal services
- Patent monitoring and watch services
Patent Dispute Resolution & Enforcement
- Patent litigation (infringement or validity challenges)
- Patent arbitration
- IP enforcement relating to patent rights
Portfolio & Transactional Management
- Transactional IP deals involving patents
- IP portfolio management and docketing system support
- Licensing and use agreements for patented technology
- Client-docketing system management (for renewals and maintenance tracking)
Key Service Areas
Dispute Resolution for IP, Trademark & Patent Related Matters
If your rights are challenged – or if you need to enforce them—we’re ready to act swiftly and decisively. Our IP disputes and enforcement lawyers are engaged in the following types of contentious work:
- Civil litigation for trade mark, copyright, design and patent infringement and invalidation, and for passing off
- Misuse of trade secrets, corporate espionage and employer-employee restraint of trade litigation
- Licensing disputes
- Commercial disputes involving IP issues
- Criminal prosecutions for trade mark and copyright offences
- WIPO domain name disputes
We work regularly with private investigators and computer forensic experts to secure evidence of infringement, and with damages analysts. We negotiate royalty payments with licensing societies, and assist our clients in obtaining pre-action discovery orders as well as pre-emptive remedies such as Anton Piller orders, criminal search warrants and injunctions.
IP Commercialisation & Transactions
We structure and negotiate deals that maximise the value of your IP. Our corporate Intellectual Property lawyers provide IP consultancy services, and advise on transactional deals involving the transfer and licensing of IP rights. We draft and negotiate various agreements, conduct IP audits, and provide support in corporate due diligence exercises. Some of the corporate IP work our lawyers undertake include the following:
- IP licensing and assignments
- Distributorship, franchising and agency agreements
- Commercial and employment agreements with provisions for use and ownership of IP
- Advising on product advertising, trade mark labelling and product regulatory requirements
- Media related agreements such as co-production, television rights, broadcasting, publishing, product endorsement, sponsorship and event hosting agreements
- Software licensing, software supply, hardware supply, services supply, and system integration, implementation and maintenance agreements
- Research collaboration agreements
Trademark, Patent & Design Registration
Our lawyers handle various portfolios of trade marks, patents, registered designs and domain names. We manage several active trade mark portfolios and advise our clients on a wide range of issues relating to the registration of trade marks, including the following:
- Suitability of marks for registration
- Prospects of obtaining registration of marks
- Selection and use of trademarks
- Oppositions to pending trademark applications.
Registration & Prosecution
From patents to trademarks and designs, we manage the full lifecycle of your IP rights.
We also file and prosecute domestic and international trade mark applications (under the Madrid Protocol), and advise on the documentation required for the assignment and licensing of trade mark rights.
Additionally, we handle design and patent filings, both locally, overseas as well as via the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) route, and manage the registration of gTLD and ccTLD domain names (including multi-lingual domain names) on a global basis.
Finally, we also have an extensive range of in-house patent services such as patent watch services, patent validity searches based on keywords, inventors, applicants and international classifications, and freedom to operate searches. Our patent drafting capabilities and resources extend to the mechanical and electromechanical areas of technology, and include semiconductor packaging, bonding, testing and wafer fabrication technologies, patient tracking systems, surgical instruments, prosthetic implements, bio-chemical reaction chambers, helicopter landing pads and even oil rig platforms, to name a few.
Our IP Registration associates can be reached at the following emails:
- For trade mark and design matters: [email protected]
- For patent matters: [email protected]
Your Challenges, Our Commitment
We know that IP issues can feel overwhelming – especially when they intersect with fast-moving industries like tech, media, and health. Our job is to simplify the complex, protect what matters, and help you turn your ideas into assets.
Whether you’re a startup building your first portfolio or a multinational managing a global IP strategy, we’re here to support you with clarity, care, and commitment.
Who We Serve
Our lawyers have acted for clients in the following industries and more:
- Semiconductor
- Infocomm
- Software
- Gaming
- Fashion
- Computing
- Advertising
- Construction
- Logistics
- Health and Wellness
- Sports
- Media & Broadcasting
- Gambling
- Music
Case Highlights
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Recognition
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Top 10 Trademark Firms and IP Practices in SingaporeThe Trademark Lawyer Law Firm Rankings 2023 Asia Pacific
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Leading Firm - Intellectual PropertyChambers Asia-Pacific (2025)
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Tier 2ALB IP Rankings (2025)
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Tier 2 - Intellectual PropertyThe Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2025)
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Tier 1 - Intellectual PropertyBenchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific (2025)
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Outstanding - Intellectual Propertyasialaw (2025)
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Highly Recommended - Intellectual PropertyAsialaw Profiles (2024)
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"Their collective knowledge allows them to tackle complex issues effectively and provide comprehensive solutions tailored to our company's needs."Chambers Asia- Pacific (2025)
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"A very strong IP practice with exceptional client service skills.''Lau Kok Keng is outstanding.''They are very responsive and provide thorough advice.''Lau Kok Keng is very experienced and knowledgeable in the IP space, and provides good advice for his clients."The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific (2025)
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"Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP’s IP team handles a broad range of transactional and brand protection matters, with demonstrable experience in IP litigation, notably handling trade mark and copyright infringement cases. The team excels in the technology, media and food and beverages sectors, in addition to the gaming industry"The Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2024)
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"The team is adaptive and proactive."The Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2024)
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"Rajah & Tann Singapore’s well-established IP law department is involved with both non-contentious work and contentious cases concerning patents, trade marks and copyrights. The team is well known for advising clients on IP licensing and brand protection, and advises on transactions in relation to the transfer and licensing of IP rights. "Chambers Asia-Pacific (2024)
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"Rajah & Tann are acutely aware of the commercial context in rendering legal advice to navigate a regulatory minefield instead of delivering textbook answers."Chambers Asia-Pacific (2024)
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“Their depth of knowledge and experience in handling complex and sophisticated matters is demonstrated by their holistic, practical and effective solutions and advice provided for such matters.”Chambers Asia-Pacific (2023)
Their collective knowledge allows them to tackle complex issues effectively and provide comprehensive solutions tailored to our company's needs."
Our Intellectual Property Team
