Tony Yeo
Asia-Pacific Guide 2024
Band 1 : Intellectual Property: Domestic: Litigation
Band 1
About
Provided by Tony Yeo
Practice Areas
Managing Director, Intellectual Property; Director, Dispute Resolution; Head, Healthcare & Life Sciences. Leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical devices companies benefit from Tony’s expertise and experience in patent, trade mark and copyright litigation. Tony was one of the select few IP practitioners appointed by the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) as an IP Adjudicator to adjucate disputes at IPOS for a two-year term from April 2019. As an IP Adjudicator, Tony decided a significant trade mark matter involving two well-known watchmakers – Rolex, and Franck Mueller Group. He is currently representing IIa Technologies, an industry leader in state-of-the-art lab grown diamond technology in a patent dispute at the Singapore Court of Appeal and Tanaka Electronics, a world-leading Japanese manufacturer of electronic components in a patent dispute at the Singapore High Court, amongst other high profile matters. Tony is commended for being a “fantastic strategist” and “formidable litigator” who renders “first class service and quality work”.
Career
LL.B. (Hons), National University of Singapore | Admitted to the Singapore Bar (1992)
Professional Memberships
President, International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property, Singapore Group | Honorary legal counsel, Orchard Road Business Association | Honorary legal counsel, Singapore Advertisers Association
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
Tony Yeo is widely recognised as a market leader in Singapore for contentious IP mandates, especially for trade mark and patent litigation.
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Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Tony is one of the best patent litigators that I worked with in the Asia-Pacific region. I have Tony on speed dial to seek his advice in the fast-paced arena of patent litigation. Tony is never a fence-sitter, and he takes on some of the most difficult and complex patent litigations in Singapore. He is the person most pharmaceutical companies seek in Singapore."
"Tony is one of the best patent litigators that I worked with in the Asia-Pacific region. I have Tony on speed dial to seek his advice in the fast-paced arena of patent litigation. Tony is never a fence-sitter, and he takes on some of the most difficult and complex patent litigations in Singapore. He is the person most pharmaceutical companies seek in Singapore."
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