Kee-Leng TAN,
Managing Director

Education

Kee-Leng qualified as a Barrister-at-Law of Lincoln’s Inn, London and was admitted as Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore in 1979.

Experience

Since her admission, Kee-Leng has been practising in the area of intellectual property covering patents, trade marks, designs and copyright and IP related transactional matters. This includes the filing and prosecution of applications to register trade marks, patents and designs, both in Singapore and abroad.

Membership & Appointments

* Member of the Intellectual Property Committee of the Law Society of Singapore
* Principal Editor of the International Opposition Guide of International Trademark Association (INTA)
* Council Member of the ASEAN Intellectual Property Association (ASEAN IPA)
* Council Member of the Institute of Singapore Trade Mark Attorneys (ISTMA)
* Member of the Singapore Group of the Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA)
* Registered Patent Agent
* ISTMA Registered Trade Mark Agent
* Commissioner for Oaths
* Notary Public

Su-Lin ANG,
Director

Education

Su-Lin obtained her LLB. from the National University of Singapore and her LLM. from Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. She is an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore and a non-practising Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales as well as a Singapore Registered Patent Agent.

Experience

Su-Lin is experienced in handling trade mark opposition, revocation and invalidation matters at the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore, notably Technopharma Limited v Unilever PLC [2021] SGIPOS 11 and Monster Energy Company v Tencent Holding [2018] SGIPOS 9 (see at https://www.ipos.gov.sg/manage-ip/resolve-ip-disputes/legal-decisions).

Su-Lin also specializes in assisting local clients with their patent filings both in Singapore and overseas, providing guidance and assistance in addressing their patenting requirements.

Membership & Appointments

* Registered Patent Agent
* ISTMA Registered Trade Mark Agent (Institute of Singapore Trade Mark Attorneys)
* Country Contributor, Thomson Reuters Practical Law Series, “Trade Mark Opposition and Cancellation Proceedings – Singapore”
* Country Contributor, Thomson Reuters Practical Law Series, “Trade Mark Registration – Singapore”
* Member, National Transplant Ethics Panel of Lay Persons
* Legal/Lay Member, KKH Women and Children’s Hospital Ethics Committee
* Legal/Lay Member, SingHealth Centralised Institutional Review Board E, responsible for approving, monitoring and reviewing biomedical and behavioural research

Michelle LOI,
Director

Education

Michelle obtained her LLB from the University of Sheffield and her Certificate of Legal Practice from Malaysia. She is a non-practising Solicitor of the High Court of Sabah and Sarawak. Michelle obtained the Graduate Certificate in Intellectual Property Law and was called to the Malaysian Bar in 2003.

Experience

Michelle joined K L Tan & Associates in 2006 as a Paralegal and was appointed as an IP Manager in 2016. Over the years, she has worked on various IP cases both in Singapore and overseas, prosecuting trade mark, patent and design cases.

Michelle manages the portfolios of many multinational companies in various areas in Intellectual Property, in Singapore, the Asia-Pacific region and in Europe, America, Africa and the Middle East. Michelle is very experienced in trade mark protection and strategy in various industries, including mobile game software, IT, entertainment, food and beverage and manufacturing.

Membership & Appointments

* ISTMA Registered Trade Mark Agent (Institute of Singapore Trade Mark Attorneys)

Li-Ming GOH,
Counsel

Education

Li-Ming obtained his LLB from the National University of Singapore. He is an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore, and is a non-practising Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales.

Experience

Li-Ming specializes in Intellectual Property protection and portfolio management, particularly in developing management strategies for portfolios of rights and securing registered trade mark and design rights around the world.

Membership & Appointments

* ISTMA Registered Trade Mark Agent (Institute of Singapore Trade Mark Attorneys)