Intellectual property is a balance sheet asset. We help you treat it that way.
Since 1993, we have advised founders, multinationals and investors across Malaysia, ASEAN and beyond on IP at a portfolio, governance and transaction level.
Filings underpin our recommendations but are not the focus here. The focus is commercial certainty, risk mitigation, and a deal-ready IP position.
Built for the people commercial outcomes run through.
Corporate clients with IP-heavy operations
Quantify, govern and report on rights that drive enterprise value.
Legal teams without an IP function
Bench extension for portfolio strategy, contentious matters and cross-border filings.
Funds, sponsors and deal lawyers
Buy-side and sell-side IP diligence, on your closing timetable.
Founders and scale-ups
Practical counsel as you raise capital, build a real portfolio, or enter new markets.
Eight engagements that cover the full strategic lifecycle of an IP portfolio.
Scoped, fixed-fee or capped where possible. Delivered as a report ready for a board, auditor or counterparty.
IP Portfolio Audit
A full review of every right the group owns or relies on, mapped to revenue, with a working register as the output.
For: Boards and in-house teams stewarding a maturing portfolioIP Due Diligence
Transaction-grade diligence for fundraising, M&A, JVs and restructuring. Ownership verified, risk quantified before signing.
For: Investors, acquirers, vendors, and deal counselFreedom to Operate Analysis
Third-party rights at risk and design-around options. Scoped single-market or global.
For: Product, R&D, and commercial leadershipIP Strategy and Portfolio Management
Standing relationship aligning filings, renewals, oppositions and watch services to commercial priorities. Budgets set against revenue.
For: CFOs and General Counsel managing IP as a P&L lineIP Valuation Support
The legal foundation your valuers, auditors and tax advisors need so the numbers stand on a sound record.
For: Transactions, financial reporting, transfer pricing, and tax incentivesLicensing and Commercialisation
Structuring, drafting and negotiating licences, tech transfers, distribution, franchising and assignments.
For: Brand owners, technology licensors, and franchisorsInfringement Risk and Enforcement
Risk mapped, response designed proportionate to the commercial stakes. Cease and desist through customs recordal and civil action.
For: Rights holders and respondents in contentious mattersIP Health Check
Entry-level for SMEs and startups. A focused review and costed roadmap. The engagement we recommend before speaking to investors.
For: SMEs, startups, and founders preparing to scaleThe triggers that usually bring clients to advisory.
When getting IP wrong becomes expensive.
Preparing for investment
Vendor-side data room, diligence questions pre-empted.
Mergers, acquisitions and divestments
Buy-side, sell-side or carve-out, on the deal timetable.
New market entry
Brand and technology clearance before crossing a border.
Product launches and rebrands
Clearance, design protection and FTO sequenced to the launch date.
Group restructuring and IP holding
Rights moved into a holding entity, with a record that defends the structure.
Infringement or threat letters
Received or about to send. An early read shapes the response.
Board governance reviews
Portfolio status, registered, renewed, defended and budgeted.
Licensing, JVs and franchising
Term sheet to executed agreement. Commercial intent kept intact.
A measured approach, scoped to the question in front of you.
Written scope, single senior contact, five stages.
Scoping
The question, the audience, the jurisdictions, the fee.
Information gathering
Targeted requests, MyIPO and foreign register searches, interviews.
Analysis
Review by registered agents, with INTA and APAA correspondents where foreign jurisdictions are in play.
Written report
Findings, risk ratings, prioritised actions. Readable by a non-specialist.
Implementation
Where you want it: filings, renewals, oppositions, contracts, portfolio management.
Three decades acting on the IP positions of clients large and small.
Acting on IP since 1993. Registered patent and trademark agents in Malaysia, coordinating filings worldwide through trusted local counsel.
INTA and APAA membership opens direct access to specialist firms across ASEAN and beyond when an answer is needed in multiple countries on a short timeline.
ASEAN consumer brand, trade sale.
Four markets, fifteen years of organic filings, gaps, inconsistent ownership, lapsed renewals. We ran a sell-side audit, cleaned chain of title, refiled key marks under the holding entity.
Outcome: buy-side diligence raised no IP qualifications. IP schedule annexed to the SPA without amendment, subject to local requirements.
Malaysian tech scale-up, two new markets.
Pre-launch FTO surfaced two patents of concern. We advised on a design-around for one and negotiated a near-term licence for the other.
Outcome: product launched on schedule, with a costed risk position and a renewable licence in place.
Common questions.
Practical questions on scoping, fees, timelines, and how an advisory engagement typically runs alongside our registration work.
An early conversation usually saves a late surprise.
Transaction, launch or portfolio review in front of you? First conversations are no-obligation and in confidence.
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