The Association of Singapore Patent Attorneys (ASPA)

ASPA Afternoon Tea with Patent Examiners from IPOS International

Tue, 07 Oct 2025 17:30:00 +0800

The Association of Singapore Patent Attorneys (ASPA) welcomed patent examiners from IPOS International for an afternoon tea on 7 October 2025.

The informal gathering provided a valuable opportunity for ASPA members and the IPOS International patent examination team to engage in open, collegial discussions in a relaxed setting. The exchange of ideas and experiences helped deepen mutual understanding of each group’s perspectives and professional roles.

ASPA looks forward to continuing this dialogue and strengthening collaboration with IPOS International to support the development of Singapore’s innovation and intellectual property ecosystem.

IP Week 2025

Thu, 05 Jun 2025 20:06:57 +0800

The Association of Singapore Patent Attorneys (ASPA) is pleased to be a supporting organisation of IP Week @ SG 2025 .

As a Supporting Organization, ASPA has committed to promoting the event and encouraging our members to participate. We believe that IP Week @ SG 2025 will provide valuable insights and opportunities for professional development, and we encourage you to register for the event.

Please refer to the following for the dates and venue of the event and the registration details.

Join the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) at IP Week @ SG 2025, the premier Intellectual Property event.

Date: 26 to 27 August 2025

Location: Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre (MBS), Singapore

Into its fourteenth edition, IP Week @ SG 2025 is the world’s premier Intellectual Property (IP) event which brings together IP thought leaders, legal experts, and innovative enterprises.

ASPA CNCPI IPTA Joint Webinar 2025

Fri, 28 Mar 2025 19:36:45 +0800

Out with the Old, in with the New – 2025 IP trends in Singapore, Australia and France

The Association of Singapore Patent Attorneys (ASPA), CNCPI - Compagnie Nationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle (France) and the Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys of Australia (IPTA) are pleased to present a joint webinar on 9 April 2025.

Speakers from the three professional organisations will talk on patent and trade mark prosecution and litigation in their respective jurisdictions (Singapore, France and Australia).

Programme

Introductions

ASPA - Singapore: Low Pei Lin
IPTA - Australia: John Landells (incoming President)
CNCPI - France: Emmanuel Potdevin

Presentations and Speaker Profiles

Fast Track or Slow Lane? Strategies for Accelerating and Delaying Patent Prosecution in Singapore - Chong-Yee Khoo (ASPA)
Lessons in Honesty - an Update on Recent Australian Court Decisions on Honesty of Adoption and Use of Trademarks and the Importance of Clearance Searching - Lauren Eade (IPTA)
Redesigning the Future: The EU’s New Legislative Package - Frédéric Glaize (CNCPI)

Speaker Profiles

Dr Chong-Yee Khoo (Cantab IP Pte Ltd)

Dr Chong-Yee Khoo is a life sciences patent attorney with over 29 years of experience in private practice and industry. He is a Chartered Patent Attorney (UK) and Fellow of CIPA, European Patent Attorney, Registered Singapore Patent Agent, European Patent Litigator and ISTMA Registered Trade Mark Agent. His practice involves drafting, prosecuting and defending patents worldwide in a broad range of biotech, pharma, life sciences and related subject matter. Dr Khoo has postgraduate research experience with a Ph.D. from Cambridge University, where he also obtained a double first class honours degree in Natural Sciences. He is an author on two Nature papers and one in Current Biology.

Chong-Yee is a qualified orchid judge accredited to the British Orchid Council. In his spare time, he is a keen road cyclist, photographer and computer programmer. He enjoys cricket as a spectator and listening to the music of Stephen Sondheim.

Lauren Eade (Davies Collison Cave)

Lauren has more than 15 years’ experience in trademark practice and intellectual property commercialisation. Lauren also undertook a sabbatical in the UK completing a Masters of Law studies at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies of the Queen Mary & Westfield College of the University of London in the field of international and comparative intellectual property law, focusing on European, American and Australian trademark law. She has written extensively in this and related areas of law.

Frédéric Glaize (Plasseraud IP)

Frédéric Glaize is the chair of the Design and Copyright committee at CNCPI and co-chair of the Design committee of the French Group of AIPPI. Frédéric leads the Design department at Plasseraud IP, where he has been a partner since 2020. He is a former member of the jury for the Professional Qualification Examination of the French trademark and design attorneys. He is also a regular contributor to legal publications for which he writes on design law.

Webinar Details

9 April 2025 at

France: 8:30 am
Singapore: 2:30 pm
Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra, Brisbane: 4:30 pm (AEST)
Adelaide: 4:00 pm
Perth: 2:30 pm (AWST)
New Zealand: 6:30 pm

ASPA End of Year Lunch 2024

Sat, 16 Nov 2024 22:09:29 +0800

ASPA’s annual end-of-year festive lunch will be held this year on Friday, 6 December 2024.

Date: 1 December 2024
Time: 12 noon to 2 pm
Venue: OSO Ristorante, 100 Peck Seah Street, #27th Floor, Oasia Hotel Downtown, Singapore 079333 (Tanjong Pagar MRT Station)

An email invite has been to all members. If you wish to attend, please RSVP as soon as possible, as places are limited.

ASPA CIPSA Joint Webinar 2024

Tue, 16 Jul 2024 12:09:08 +0800

The Association of Singapore Patent Attorneys (ASPA) and the Capital Intellectual Services Association (CIPSA) are pleased to present a joint webinar on 22 July 2024.

Speakers from the professional organisations will talk on patent prosecution and patent litigation in their respective jurisdictions (Singapore and China).

Webinar Details

22 July 2024 from 2 pm to 3:15 pm Singapore Time

Programme

13:45 hrs to 14:00 hrs: Sign In
14:00 hrs: Opening Remarks
14:10 Start
14:10 hrs to 14:30 hrs: Latest Developments in the Chinese Patent System and Strategies for Patent Procurement and Enforcement (Peter Zhang, CIPSA)
14:30 hrs to 14:35 hrs: Question and Answer Session
14:35 hrs to 14:55 hrs: Features of Patent Litigation in Singapore; The New Simplified Track for IP - Cases in the Singapore Courts (Oh Pin-Ping, ASPA)
14:55 hrs to 15:00 hrs: Question and Answer Session
15:00 hrs to 15:20 hrs: Patent Enablement and Sufficiency in Singapore: the Court of Appeal Decision in Ila Technologies v Element Six (Dr. Khoo Chong-Yee, ASPA)
15:20 hrs to 15:25 hrs: Question and Answer Session
15:25 hrs: End

Speaker Profiles

Oh Pin-Ping

Pin-Ping is an IP partner in the international law firm, Bird & Bird. She is an attorney at law as well as a Registered Singapore Patent Attorney. Pin-Ping’s practice straddles both contentious and non-contentious IP, including acting for clients in patent infringement lawsuits before the Singapore courts, and advising clients on patent freedom to operate, infringement and validity issues. She also co-heads the patent prosecution practice in Bird & Bird’s Singapore office.

Dr Chong-Yee Khoo

Dr Chong-Yee Khoo is a life sciences patent attorney with over 28 years experience in private practice and industry. He is a Chartered Patent Attorney and Fellow of CIPA, a European Patent Attorney and a Registered Singapore Patent Agent. He also holds an Intellectual Property Litigation Certificate and is a Unified Patent Court (UPC) Representative.

Chong-Yee has extensive experience in drafting, prosecuting and defending patents worldwide in a broad range of biotech, pharma, life sciences and related subject matter. His clients include academia, SMEs and MNCs in Asia, Europe, and the US. He has experience in industry, having been seconded as an in-house patent attorney to a large Danish diagnostics company.

Before founding Cantab IP, he was a partner at one of the leading firms of patent and trade mark attorneys in the United Kingdom. Dr Khoo has postgraduate research experience with a Ph.D. from Cambridge University, where he also obtained a double first class honours degree in Natural Sciences. He is an author on two Nature papers and one in Current Biology.

Chong-Yee is a qualified orchid judge accredited to the British Orchid Council. In his spare time, he is a keen road cyclist, photographer, and computer programmer. He enjoys cricket as a spectator and listening to the music of Stephen Sondheim.

IP Week 2024

Wed, 10 Jul 2024 18:13:08 +0800

The Association of Singapore Patent Attorneys (ASPA) is pleased to be a supporting organisation of IP Week @ SG 2024 .

As a Supporting Organization, ASPA has committed to promoting the event and encouraging our members to participate. We believe that IP Week @ SG 2024 will provide valuable insights and opportunities for professional development, and we encourage you to register for the event.

Please refer to the following for the dates and venue of the event and the registration details.

Join the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) at IP Week @ SG 2024, the premier Intellectual Property event.

Date: 27 to 28 August 2024

Location: Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre (MBS), Singapore

Into its thirteenth edition, IP Week @ SG 2024 is the world’s premier Intellectual Property (IP) event which brings together IP thought leaders, legal experts, and innovative enterprises.

ASPA CNCPI IPTA Joint Webinar 2024

Thu, 21 Mar 2024 19:12:19 +0800

The Association of Singapore Patent Attorneys (ASPA), CNCPI - Compagnie Nationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle and the Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys of Australia (IPTA) are pleased to present a joint webinar on 8 April 2024.

Speakers from the three professional organisations will talk on patent prosecution and patent litigation in their respective jurisdictions (Singapore, France and Australia).

Webinar Details

8 April 2024 at

France: 9:30 am to 11:30 am
Singapore: 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm
Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra, Brisbane: 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm (AEST)
Adelaide: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Perth: 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm (AWST)
New Zealand: 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm

Programme

Introductions

Chairwomen of ASPA, CNCPI and IPTA

ASPA - Singapore: Low Pei Lin
CNCPI - France: Guylène Kiesel le Cosquer
IPTA - Australia: Jennifer McEwan

Presentations

Patent Litigation in Singapore: Oh Pin Ping (ASPA)
Patent Prosecution in Singapore: Chong-Yee Khoo (ASPA)
CNCPI: Jérémie Palacci
CNCPI: Henri Bourgeois
IPTA: Philip Gehrig
IPTA: Will Hird

Speaker Profiles

Oh Pin-Ping

Dr Chong-Yee Khoo

Philip Gehrig

Philip GEHRIG is a Councillor of IPTA and is currently Co-Convenor of the Patents & Plant Breeders Rights Committee.

Philip holds a Bachelor of Engineering Degree with Honours from the University of Melbourne. He specializes in the fields of patents and designs and his experience spans a range of engineering technologies, including aeronautical and aerospace construction, medical devices, mining and agricultural equipment, manufacturing processes, gaming systems, software architecture, clean energy, and consumer products.

Philip worked for several years in Germany where he qualified as a European patent attorney and a German patent attorney (Patentanwalt). He has coordinated IPTA’s submissions to IP Australia on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions.

Philip is a Principal of the firm Wrays.

William Hird

William HIRD is a Councillor of IPTA and is currently Co-Convenor of the Patents & Plant Breeders Rights Committee.

William joined the patent attorney profession in 1998 and has since worked in private practice. He joined IPTA council in April 2017 where he took on the role of Convenor of the International Patents Committee.

He coordinated IPTA’s submissions on grace periods, conflicting applications, and prior user rights at the Industry Symposium held in Munich in June 2017 including members of Group B+ and industry stakeholders. He also coordinated IPTA’s submission to the consultation paper on The Hague Conference Draft Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in April 2018.

William is a Principal of the firm Davies Collison Cave.

ASPA End of Year Lunch 2023

Tue, 03 Oct 2023 00:18:45 +0800

ASPA’s annual end-of-year festive lunch will be held this year on Friday, 2 December 2023.

Date: 1 December 2023
Time: 12 noon to 2:30 pm
Venue: OSO Ristorante, 100 Peck Seah Street, #27th Floor, Oasia Hotel Downtown, Singapore 079333 (Tanjong Pagar MRT Station)

An email invite has been to all members. If you wish to attend, please RSVP as soon as possible, as places are limited.

ASPA Annual General Meeting 2023

Thu, 13 Apr 2023 17:42:00 +0800

The Annual General Meeting of the Association of Singapore Patent Attorneys will be held on 27 June 2023 at 5 pm.

Date: 27 June 2023
Time: 6 pm to 9 pm (including dinner)
Venue: Mastercard Asia Pacific HQ, 15th Floor, 3 Fraser Street, Duo Tower, Singapore 189352

Formal notice of the AGM will be sent to members.

It would help if you could please complete the RSVP for the Annual General Meeting so that we have some idea of how many will turn up for the meeting.

KPAA ASPA Joint Webinar 2023

Thu, 23 Mar 2023 20:04:15 +0800

The Association of Singapore Patent Attorneys (ASPA) and the Korean Patent Attorneys Association (KPAA) held a joint webinar on 23 March 2023.

The program featured presentations from Korean and Singapore patent attorneys on patent prosecution and litigation.

Programme

Opening by Presidents of KPAA and ASPA
“Preliminary Examination Program” by Mr. Lee Jaeyun (KPAA)
“Patent Prosecution in Singapore” by Dr Khoo Chong Yee (ASPA)
“Patent Prosecution In Korea” by Ms. Choi Hyun Jung (KPAA)
“Patent Enforcement in Singapore – New Rules of Court 2021 & New Simplified Process for IP Claims” by Ms Oh Pin Ping (ASPA)
Q&A and Social (20 mins)