Synopsis
Experts in this panel will comment on the recently published book “The Law and Practice of Trademark Transactions, A Global Outlook” (I. Calboli & J. de Werra eds., 2015) and offer insights on the transactional aspects of trademark practice.
“The Law and Practice of Trademark Transactions” offers a comprehensive analysis of the law governing trademark transactions in a variety of legal and business contexts, and from a range of jurisdictional and cross-border perspectives. Contributors to the book map out the international legal framework applicable to trademark transactions and provides an analysis of important strategic considerations, including: tax strategies; valuation; portfolio splitting; registration of security interests; choice-of-law clauses; trademark coexistence agreements, and dispute resolution mechanisms.
Experts in this panel will discuss issues related to the legal and policy-related aspects to trademark transactions, and the still considerable differences that exist in this area in a range of jurisdictions.
Professor Calboli will introduce the speakers and act as a moderator for the debate questions following the presentation.
About the Speakers
Irene CALBOLI is Lee Kong Chian Fellow, Visiting Professor, and the Deputy Director of the Applied Research Centre for Intellectual Assets and the Law in Asia (ARCIALA), School of Law, Singapore Management University. She is also a Professor of Law at Texas A&M University School of Law. Professor Calboli started her academic career at the University of Bologna and has held visiting positions at the King’s College London, the University of California Berkeley, the University Complutense, and the Max-Planck-Institute for Innovation and Competition. Most recently, she was a visiting professor at the Faculty of Law of the National University of Singapore. Irene’s scholarship focuses on the intersection between intellectual property and international trade. Her recent books include TRADEMARK PROTECTION AND TERRITORIALITY CHALLENGES IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY (Edward Elgar, 2014, with E. Lee), DIVERSITY IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: IDENTITIES, INTERESTS, AND INTERSECTIONS (Cambridge University Press, 2015, with S. Ragavan), and RESEARCH HANDBOOK ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY EXHAUSTION AND PARALLEL IMPORTS (Edward Elgar, forthcoming 2016, with E. Lee).
Sheena JACOB is a highly-ranked leading intellectual property and technology lawyer with extensive experience in the IP field. She has been identified as a leading lawyer in various publications, including Legal 500, Chambers, Practical Law Company, AsiaLaw, Who’s Who Legal, World Trademark Review and Euromoney Expert Guides. She is the immediate past President of LES Singapore. Sheena works with technology companies and innovative businesses, helping them build and extract value from the global IP assets. She is particularly sought after by clients to manage complex IP-rich legal transactions, and is highly skilled in negotiating deals that are difficult to close and complicated commercial IP transactions which bring together the different aspects and forms of IP. Sheena constantly places herself at the cutting-edge of IP rights, strategizing and managing the advancement of clients’ interests in complex IP litigation matters, together with litigation counsel. Most recently, she spearheaded a groundbreaking case on 3D shape trade marks in Singapore for an international leading company, within a multijurisdictional context. Sheena's practice covers a broad range of industries, from high-tech to life sciences and media. She has acted for government organizations and statutory bodies, Forbes 500 companies and start-ups. She also represents not-for-profit organizations in their policy and lobbying efforts. Qualified to practise law across 3 continents, viz. in Singapore, New York and England & Wales, Sheena is uniquely placed to understand and assist international companies doing business in Asia.
Susanna H.S. LEONG is Associate Professor at the NUS Business School, National University of Singapore and Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore. Susanna received her LL.B (Hons) from National University of Singapore and her LL.M (with Merit) from University College London, University of London. Susanna teaches business related law courses such as contract, sale of goods, and intellectual property to undergraduate and graduate business students in English and Chinese. Her research interests are in intellectual property and technology-related laws. She has published in several international and local academic journals and is the author of “Intellectual Property Law of Singapore” (2013, Academy Publishing, Singapore). Susanna is currently the Vice-Dean, Graduate Studies Office, NUS Business School. She is a Senior Fellow at the Intellectual Property Academy of Singapore. She is a member of The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Arbitration and Mediation Centre’s Domain Name Panel and a member of The Regional Centre for Arbitration, Kuala Lumpur (RCAKL) Panel. She is also a member of the Singapore Copyright Tribunal.
David LLEWELYN is Deputy Dean and Professor (Practice) in the School of Law, Singapore Management University and Professor of Intellectual Property Law, King’s College London. He is joint author of Kerly’s Law of Trade Marks and Trade Names (15th ed, 2011) and Cornish, Llewelyn & Aplin, Intellectual Property: Patents, Copyright, Trade Marks & Allied Rights (8th ed., 2013) and his business book “Invisible Gold in Asia: Creating Wealth through Intellectual Property” was published in 2010. Professor Llewelyn is a door tenant at 8 New Square in London through which he advises on international IP matters and accepts arbitration work in IP and technology-related disputes. Before moving to live in Singapore in 2010, as well as teaching on the London LLM since 1982, he practised as a solicitor in London for more than 25 years after qualifying with Linklaters and recently was the partner heading the European IP/IT practice at White & Case in London. From 2005 to 2007, Professor Llewelyn was the Director of the IP Academy Singapore and between 2007 and 2012 its Deputy Chairman & External Director.
TAN Tee Jim, SC is a Senior Partner and Head of the Intellectual Property and Technology Department of the firm of Lee & Lee in Singapore. He was called to the Singapore Bar in 1980 and appointed a Senior Counsel in 1999 by the Supreme Court of Singapore. He has advised and represented numerous clients on various Intellectual Property (IP) issues. Mr. Tan has spoken and written extensively on IP matters. He is the General Editor of Halsbury’s Laws of Singapore on “Intellectual Property” and is the author of the book “Law of Trade Marks and Passing Off in Singapore” (now in its 3rd edition). Mr. Tan is also a former President of the Association of Singapore Patent Agents, a former Vice-President of the Asian Patents Attorney Association and a founding member of the ASEAN Intellectual Property Association. He is also a Vice Chairman of the Copyright Tribunal of Singapore and a member of the Competition Appeal Board. He has been regularly cited as a leading IP lawyer in Singapore and Asia by various legal publications, including The Asia Pacific Legal 500, Global Counsel 3000, AsiaLaw Leading Lawyers, and Global Counsel's Intellectual Property Handbook. In The World's Leading Patent Practitioners 2013 handbook, he is described as "brilliant" and an "iconic figure" in patent litigation in Singapore.
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