We specialize in the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights which are vital components of the intellectual capital of companies. We offer innovative, personalized and cost-effective services to achieve practical and sound solutions for our clients. With our network of associate firms throughout the world, we are well-positioned to also serve our
clients' needs worldwide.
We provide comprehensive services for the following:-
Brand Management / Trade Marks
Patents / Designs
Copyright / Domain Name / Data
Commercial transactions affecting IP assets
IP Management and Audit
Media and Entertainment
Brand Management / Trade Marks
Our core services include formulating worldwide protection strategies, advise on brand management issues, conducting due diligence investigations, protection of trade marks, trade names and trade dress, prosecuting/defending opposition/cancellation/invalidation actions, enforcing/defending trade mark infringement, passing off, unfair competition, trade libel, trade secrets and confidential information.
Patents / Designs
We are registered patent agents in Singapore. We file and prosecute patent applications in Singapore and under the Patent Cooperation Treaty, advise on strategic planning and management of inventions and designs, including due diligence investigations of patents and designs. Our services also include enforcing/defending patents and design rights in infringement, revocation and invalidation proceedings.
Copyright / Domain Name / Data Protection
We advise on:-
Subsistence and ownership of copyright in literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works
Derivative and entrepreneurial rights in -
- Sound recordings
- Films
- Broadcasts
- Cable programs
- Published edition of works
IP Related Commercial Transactions
We prepare specialized documents for technology protection/transfer of technology/ownership/licences/franchises/
assignments/confidential information/trade secrets/non-disclosure agreements.
Information Technology / Electronic Commerce
We advise and handle disputes on a broad range of IT issues connected with the Internet, e-commerce, and computer software, website protection and infringement, domain names, data protection, licensing issues and cyber-piracy.
IP Management and Audit
Our skills include strategic management of our clients' IP assets, locally and globally, conduct audits and due diligence and advise on a comprehensive program for protection of IP assets.
Media and Entertainment Law
We advise, negotiate, structure and prepare a wide variety of agreements for producers, promoters, agents, recording and performing artists, record companies, music publishers, music investors, webcasting and broadcasting companies.
PARTNERS:
Murgiana Haq
Murgiana Haq is the Managing Partner of Haq & Selvam. She is an Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court, Singapore and a Registered Patents Agent. Her principal area of practice is in Intellectual Property law.
Murgiana has an illustrious career in intellectual property matters since 1974. She was the first President of Asian Patent Attorneys
Association-Singapore Group. She was instrumental in setting up ASEAN Intellectual Property Association for which she was President from 1999 to 2001.
When Singapore started promoting franchises, she served on its Franchise Advisory Committee from 1993 to 1997. Murgiana was also a Committee member of the Advisory Board of the Innovation & Enterpreneurship Development Committee formed in 1997 to promote entrepreneurship and innovation. She played an active role in the development of the SEAD Course of FICPI where she was a member of its education and training committee for many years.
Murgiana shows willingness to break new ground in her work. During her practice with a previous firm, she obtained the first IP-related Anton Pillar Order in Singapore from the High Court. She also acted successfully for a major client in the first copyright case involving software in Singapore. She also acted for the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation in the first referral to the Copyright Tribunal in Singapore.
Murgiana has been nominated as a leading IP lawyer for Singapore in several publications such as Asia Law Profiles (1997), Legal 500 and Experts Guide on Leading IP Lawyers.
She holds the Chair of the Intellectual Property Committee of The Law Society of Singapore from 1995 and to-date and is a Panelist on the Domain Name Disputes Resolution Board. She sits on the Patents Examination Board for Singapore Patent Agents Qualifying Examination.
Tasneem Haq
Tasneem's area of practice is in the field of intellectual property issues, including trade mark, design and brand protection matters.
Tasneem has experience in contentious and non-contentious trade mark work, having dealt with all stages of brand and design protection, prosecution, exploitation and enforcement in Southeast Asia and the European Union. She has six years of practice experience in the United Kingdom as a solicitor with a large London law firm, specialising in brand and domain name protection and enforcement matters.
Tasneem has spoken and written a number of articles on brand protection issues in Singapore and the European Union. Recent articles include an assessment of evidence requirements in trade mark registrability, opposition and invalidity proceedings and reviews on the level of protection rendered through the Madrid Protocol and Madrid Agreement filings. Her articles have been published in Trade Mark World, Managing Intellectual Property and IP Scan.
Tasneem was called to the Bar of England and Wales (Middle Temple) in 1996 and qualified as an Advocate and Solicitor in Singapore. Tasneem is a member of Marques, the Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA) and the International Trade Mark Association (INTA). Tasneem is also on the Law Society of
Singapore's Intellectual Property Committee.
