Qualifications / Background

Mr. M. Ravindran was called to the Singapore Bar in 1988. Since his call, he has specialised in intellectual property law. In this area of law, he has applied for injunctions, conducted High Court trials and argued before the Court of Appeal. Ravi is also a registered patent agent and currently practices law at Ravindran Associates in Singapore.

Ravi has in the past chaired the Law Society’s sub-committee on Trademarks and sat on it’s IP committee. He was also a member of the International Trademark Association’s (INTA) Anti-counterfeiting committee for Asia-Pacific. He has lobbied the Singapore Government on intellectual property law matters on behalf of his clients.

Ravi has also written a book on trade mark law published by Butterworths entitled “Trade Marks Act – A Commentary” and is the author of the Trade Marks Chapter of Halsbury’s Laws of Singapore.

Areas of Practice

Contentious and non-contentious Intellectual Property matters

Qualifications / Background

Sukumar Karuppiah was born in Malaysia and completed his early education in Malaysia. He graduated from the National University of Singapore in 1988 and was admitted to the Singapore Bar in March 1989 and has been practice since then.

Being a Malaysian, he was admitted to the Malaysian Bar in 1993 and began a concurrent practice in Malaysia since January 1995. He therefore has the privilege of appearing before both the Malaysian and Singapore Courts.

Areas of Practice

His practice focuses on all aspects of intellectual property (IP) with particular emphasis on enforcement. He has appeared as lead counsel before the High Court as well as the Court of Appeal in Singapore in several cases including trademark, copyright infringement, passing off, breach of confidence, etc. He has also prosecuted respondents for offences with the sanction of the Attorney General’s Chambers for both copyright and trademark infringement cases.

He joined his current firm, Ravindran Associates in March 2002. He also practices concurrently in Malaysia with Messrs Thompson Associates in Kuala Lumpur, which also has a substantial IP practice.

He is a member of various local and international intellectual property associations such as the International Trade Mark Association (INTA), Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APPA) and a member of the EXCO of the APAA Singapore Group. He heads the Emerging Rights Committee of APAA, Singapore. He is also a member of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators.

He also speaks and writes regularly on the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights both in Singapore and Malaysia.

Amongst his most significant writing is as a contributor to the chapters on Singapore and Malaysia in the book entitled Intellectual Property Protection in Asia published by LexisNexis and edited by Arthur Wineburg, which is updated annually.

Qualifications / Background

Vicki graduated from the National University of Singapore with an LLB (Hons) degree in 1998. She was called to the Singapore Bar in 1999 and has been practising in the field of intellectual property law since.

Areas of Practice

Vicki specialises in the area of intellectual property law, and has represented both domestic and international clients in non-contentious and contentious matters, covering diverse industries such as luxury consumer goods, electronics, food and beverage, pharmaceuticals and entertainment.

In her work, Vicki assists her clients in the development, protection, exploitation and enforcement of their intellectual property rights, including copyright, trade marks, patents, designs and trade secrets. With a firm understanding of her clients’ respective industries, she advises them on issues including brand clearance, brand protection, licensing, transfer of technology, prosecution of trade marks and patents, and intellectual property rights infringement.

Vicki has appeared before the Registry of Trade Marks in opposition and invalidation proceedings. She has also prosecuted criminal offences for trade mark and copyright infringement in the Subordinate Courts under the authority of the Attorney-General’s Chambers. She has also acted in various other civil matters in the Subordinate Court, High Court and Court of Appeal including matters involving trade mark infringement, trade mark revocation and invalidation, patent infringement and invalidation, breach of confidence and breach of licence.

Qualifications / Background

Since his call to the Singapore Bar in 2007, Mr. Justin George has specialised in intellectual property law. He is involved mainly in contentious Intellectual Property matters and has assisted in Trademark, Passing-off and Copyright litigation. He also has experience in intellectual property enforcement work.

Areas of Practice

Contentious Intellectual Property matters

Qualifications / Background

Sue-Ann holds an LL.B. degree from the University of Bristol and was called to the Singapore Bar in May 2008.

Areas of Practice

Sue-Ann started her career doing litigation and dispute resolution and has represented clients in criminal and civil cases, adjudication, mediation and arbitration.

She has also advised clients on telecommunication and IT regulatory issues, e-commerce, data protection, confidentiality and privacy issues.

In the field of intellectual property, Sue-Ann has assisted in civil matters in the High Court, including matters involving trade mark revocation and invalidation. She also regularly advises clients in relation to trade mark enforcement and registrability of trade marks. She has also advised clients regarding corporate intellectual property matters, including reviewing and drafting IT services agreements, software licence agreements, privacy policies, website terms and conditions and end user licence agreements.