Chew Kherk Ying has more than 20 years of experience practicing in the areas of intellectual property and commercial litigation. Since 2004, Ms Chew has been consistently voted by Asia Law and Practice as one of Asia’s leading IP lawyers. She is recommended by PLC Which Lawyer? in its 2007 rankings for Intellectual Property, and is named among the leading lawyers in 2008 for Intellectual Property by Asialaw. Ms. Chew is a registered trademark, patent and design agent in Malaysia, and is one of the panelists tasked to handle disputes for the Malaysian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Service.

 

Practice Focus

Ms. Chew helps clients address legal matters concerning copyright, patent, trade and service marks, registered designs, trade secrets and confidential information.

Representative Legal Matters

• Successfully obtained an interim injunction against copyright infringement of website material in the first internet infringement matter before the Malaysian courts
• Prepared, filed and obtained a Trade Description Order; coordinated and executed a criminal raid with law enforcement officers for trade mark infringement and passing off of shampoos; coordinated investigations and market surveys with private investigators
• Assisted a leading multinational company with the issuance of cease and desist letter to domain name hijacker and prepared, file and succeeded in a domain name dispute before WIPO
• Acting for global oil company is one of the first contested adjudication before the Communications and Multimedia Content Forum of Malaysia (CMCF) in respect of a broadcast advertisement.
• Representing the biotech arm of the government in its significant technology license and transfer to biotech sub-centres in Malaysia to spur growth in this area.
• Successfully obtained a permanent injunction against an infringer from using the name “DHL” as part of its corporate name.
• Acted for Clorox in respect of two television broadcasters’ complaints against Reckitt Benckiser. This is the second adjudicated advertising dispute which clarified the provision of the Content Code on comparative advertising in Malaysia.

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Malaysian Intellectual Property Association
• Asian Patent Attorneys Association
• Asian Intellectual Property Association
• Malaysian Bar - Intellectual Property Committee
• Law Society of Singapore
• Academy of Law (Singapore)
• Licensing Executives Society - Malaysia - President
• International Trademark Association (INTA)
• Registered Trade Mark and Patent Agent in Malaysia
• International Association for the Protection of Industrial Property - Committee Member

Admission

Malaysia (1997)
Singapore (1988)

Education

University of Cambridge  (LL.M. Honors) (1991)
National University of Singapore  (LL.B. Honors) (1987)