Kim Poh Ng

Practice Areas

Data Protection & Privacy

Franchising

Intellectual Property

Technology, Multimedia & Telecoms

Professional Memberships

Member of Malaysia Intellectual Property Association (MIPA);

Member of Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA);

Member of International Trademark Association (INTA).

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Malaysia

Languages Spoken

English

Malay

Cantonese

Career

Kim Poh practises exclusively in intellectual property and information technology laws. He also has vast experience in a diverse range of contentious and non-contentious IP matters including trademarks, industrial designs, patents, copyright, breach of confidential information, domain name disputes as well as franchising. He frequently appears before the High Court for IP cases and has appeared before the Court of Appeal and Federal Court in several IP cases, either as lead counsel or junior counsel, including a few which culminated in landmark decisions.

Publications

Kim Poh was a frequent co-author of articles published by the International Law Office (ILO) on legal updates in the area of intellectual property in Malaysia and a contributor to the IP weblog, The IPKat. He also authored for Tay & Partners in-house publication LegalTAPS & InsiderTAPS:

1. How the Malaysian National Guidelines on AI Governance and Ethics Will Impact You (October, 2024).

2. [IP Alert] Unlicensed Software Costs Company Over RM1 Million (approximately USD224,000) in Court Decision (August, 2024)

3. The Power of Design: A Beginner's Guide to Industrial Design In Malaysia (June, 2024)

4. Non-Use Revocation and Trademark Survival (January, 2024)

5. Demystifying Trademark Disclaimers in the Branding Universe: What Unauthorised Users & Trademark Owners Need to Know (June, 2023)

Education

Awards