IP Expert

Overview

Yvonne Tang actively practices in all aspects of intellectual property work. She has more than 20 years of experience in IP matters, having devoted her entire legal career to the IP field, and her clients include multinational and local companies alike.

On contentious IP matters, Yvonne’s key areas include trademarks and copyright infringement, and passing off. She is regularly involved in trademark opposition proceedings, and has handled criminal raids of counterfeit goods as well as domain name recovery claims under the Singapore Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (SDRP).

Yvonne’s legal experience extends to trademark and patent registration, searches and strategic advisory work, as well as corporate IP matters, such as the drafting and review of licensing and franchise agreements relating to IP assets.
 

She is constantly recommended by prominent legal publications, earning praise from The Legal 500 Asia Pacific for “her strong legal knowledge of patent law”. Yvonne is commended as an “all-rounder” and “invaluable asset”, known for providing advice that is “always comprehensive, in tune with business goals and objectives”. She has also contributed to a number of articles on IP, including Atkin’s Court Forms – Singapore, Copyright, Lexis Nexis and Practical Law Practice Notes on Patent Prosecution and Ex Parte Proceedings and Patent Revocation Proceedings at the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS).

Yvonne is co-editor of the Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA) e-newsletter Group, and a member of the Executive Committee of the APAA, Singapore Group, and the Institute of Singapore Trade Mark Agents. She is also a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators and a Certified Patent Valuation Analyst.