Building an Effective Global IP Strategy – Mitigating Risks to your IP Portfolio and Managing IP Disputes

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In today’s global economy, intellectual property remains a cornerstone of competitive advantage. Developing an effective IP strategy is essential to safeguarding innovation, driving business growth, and maintaining a competitive edge.  This panel will focus on portfolio risk assessment, licensing, and litigation strategies, and share best practices on building an effective global IP strategy – both for multinational companies seeking to protect and defend their IP portfolios in APAC, and for APAC companies seeking to scale up their IP portfolios. Join us to gain insight on proactive risk management of IP assets and be equipped with practical knowledge to develop and implement a cross-jurisdictional IP strategy.

Speakers

Zhikang Fu – Director, Senior IP Strategy Solutions, IPOS International

Zhikang has over a decade of experience in the innovation and intellectual property ecosystem. He currently leads a team of IP strategists focused on integrating intellectual property management into business planning and strategy. He has advised businesses and public agencies across diverse industries such as biomedical, advanced manufacturing and green technologies at various stages of innovation, on holistic IP management for optimal commercialisation outcomes.​

Zhikang is a Registered Management Consultant (RMC). He holds a Master of IP and Innovation Management from the Singapore University of Social Sciences and a Bachelor of Engineering in Bioengineering from Nanyang Technological University. Zhikang is recognised as one of the world's leading IP Strategists by IAM Strategy 300.​

Gigi Yuen – Of Counsel, Technology Transactions, Morrison Foerster, Hong Kong

Gigi Yuen regularly advises clients on cutting-edge technology and IP regulatory matters covering data privacy, data security, data localization, cross-border data transfer, cybersecurity, and fintech. She has significant experience with private cross-border M&A and private equity investments. She has extensive knowledge of cross-border commercial technology transactions and has worked on a variety of projects from traditional technology transfer arrangements to complex collaborative development relationships across Greater China and the Asia region. Gigi also handles all types of data advisory work across Greater China.

Yi-Jun Kang – Associate, International Arbitration, Morrison Foerster, Singapore

Yi-Jun Kang specialises in complex, cross-border commercial litigation and arbitration, focusing on shareholder, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, intellectual property and joint venture disputes. She regularly represents conglomerates, multi-national corporations, private equity firms, and global corporate clients in commercial arbitrations conducted under the SIAC, HKIAC, ICC, LCIA, and UNCITRAL rules and seated in Singapore, Hong Kong, and London.

Yi-Jun is qualified in Singapore and England and Wales, and she is bilingual in English and Mandarin Chinese. Yi-Jun is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, and Assistant Editor for Southeast Asia of the Kluwer Arbitration Blog.

Lingeng Zhuang – Associate, Dispute Resolution, Morrison Foerster, Singapore

Lingeng Zhuang focuses his practice on cross-border commercial litigation and arbitration. He has advised clients in various industries, such as energy, life sciences, technology, and private equity, on a wide range of disputes. He has represented clients in commercial arbitrations conducted under the SIAC, HKIAC, and ICC rules, seated in Singapore, Hong Kong, and Japan.

Lingeng received his LL.B. with First Class Honors from University College London and earned his J.D. from Columbia Law School, where he was a James Kent Scholar. During law school, Lingeng served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Robert D. Sack of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He is qualified in New York and speaks native Mandarin.

James Collison – Senior Counsel, Intellectual Property, Mastercard

James Collison joined Mastercard in 2017 and supports the company in all IP-related matters in the Asia-Pacific region, including the management of Mastercard’s patent program. James has worked in Asia since 2004, focusing primarily on Southeast Asia and China. Before moving to Singapore, he lived and worked in Hong Kong, Los Angeles and Melbourne, Australia. He was admitted to the California Bar as an attorney after obtaining his JD from the University of California, Los Angeles. He is also qualified as a patent attorney in Singapore and the United States.

James' prior patent experience focused primarily on computer-implemented inventions, network applications and electronic devices. Having worked both at international law firms and as in-house counsel for multinational companies, he has extensive experience advising on a wide range of IP matters, including joint development research activities, technology-focused transactions, and trade secret protection programs.

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