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Max Ng
Director
Max Ng is the managing director. He also heads the IP & IT practise. In addition to being professionally active in the community, Max is also listed as a leading lawyer in his field in AsiaLaw Leading Lawyers, Legal Who’s Who, the International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers 2008 and the Who’s Who of Franchise Lawyers 2008. He is also the lead author of the book “Intellectual Property”, under the Butterworths Law for Business Series.
Max’s practice involves patent and other intellectual property litigation, general counselling and preparation of specific contracts and documents in relation to licensing, franchising, media and entertainment law, electronic commerce and the Internet, amongst others.
Max now speaks frequently at various forums on IP and IT-related topics. Max also renders his services by judging at competitions and providing legal guidance pro bono at entrepreneurship forums such as at “Start-up@Singapore”, or at the local educational institutes.
| PUBLICATIONS |
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Lead author of Ng, Lim and Loke, “Intellectual Property, Butterworths Law for Business Series”, 2002.
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Max Ng, “Dispute Resolution in Cyberspace”, Singapore Law Gazette, August 2001. |
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Ng C W, “Defamation in Cyberspace: Selected Issues on the Conflict of Laws”, June 2000. Copies of the dissertation may be obtained from the Law Faculty, National University of Singapore. |
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Max Ng, “Impact of Competition Law, IPR and Technology on International Trade”, presented at the Singapore-Colombo Plan Third Country Training Programme, 11 December 2002, Singapore. |
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Max Ng, “Database Protection, Myth or Reality”, presented at the annual IT conference organised by the presented Malaysian Bar Council, Law Asia and the Commonwealth Lawyers’ Association, 1 August 2002, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. |
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Max Ng, “Arbitration – moving from the Traditional, to Cyber-Arbitration”, presented at a seminar on Arbitration organised by THC Conferences, September 2000, Singapore. |
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Max Ng, “Nuts & Bolts of Online Contracts”, presented at the 7th Annual Company Secretaries Conference organised by The Asia Business Forum, May 2000, Singapore. |
SEMINAR, CONFERENCE AND SYMPOSIUM PRESENTATIONS |
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Panellist Speaker and Moderator at "Asia Pacific Law Firm Management Conference", organised by The Asian Business Forum, November 2008.
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Speaker at conference on "Service Level Agreements and Quality of Service", November 2008.
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Panellist at international conference organized by Bizlink, on "Franchising and Licensing Asia", October 2008.
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Speaker at international conference organised by EDC@SMa, IPOS and SPRING Singapore, on "Maintaining Manufacturing Competitiveness with IP Rights", October 2008.
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Speaker at a conference organised by LexisNexis, on "Drafting IT Contracts", June 2008.
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Speaker at lunchtime talk organised by A*STAR, on "Contracts and the Internet", April 2008.
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Panellist speaker at "SBF Business & Franchising Opportunities in Emerging Markets - Middle East & Vietnam", organised by SIngapore Business Federation (SBF), Franchising & Licensing Association of Singapore (FLA) and FT Consulting, April 2008.
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Speaker at conference organised by Fortress Intelligence, on "Drafting and Negotiating International Contract", July 2007.
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Speaker at conference organised by Key Media, on "Enforcing Patent Law in the Region", June 2007.
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Speaker at a conference organised by LexisNexis, on "Digital Content Rights Management", June 2007.
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Invited speaker at Entrepreneurship Course, National University of Singapore, March 2007.
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Speaker at a conference organised by LexisNexis, on "Gain Competitive Advantage in Corporation Partnership through Effective Joint Ventures", November 2006.
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Speaker at a seminar organised by Ngee Ann Polytechnic, on "Legal Nature of a Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU")", November 2006.
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Speaker at a conference organised by LexisNexis, on "Privacy & Data Protection - Protecting Customer Information Against Misuse and Abuse", May 2006.
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Speaker at a seminar organised by National University of Singapore, on "Legal and IP Issues", February 2006.
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Speaker at a seminar organised by LexisNexis, on "Protecting and Commercialising Patentable Technologies", February 2006.
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Panellist speaker at “Start-up@Singapore”, organised by the NUS Business School Alumni Association and the NUS Entreprenuership Centre, 2003 to 2004.
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Speaker at a legal seminar organised by CommerceNet Singapore and the Innovators and Entrepreneurs Association of Singapore, on "Entrepreneurship 2.0 - Surviving Beyond Ideas", December 2002.
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Speaker at a legal seminar organised by the Innovators and Entrepreneurs Association of Singapore, on "Intellectual Property: Essential Asset in the Knowledge Economy", August 2002.
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Speaker and panellist, presented at "BroadcastAsia", an annual international conference held in Singapore, 2001 and 2002.
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Max Ng, “Dispute Resolution in Cyberspace”, presented at the 4th Annual Conference for Corporate Legal Counsel organised by The Asia Business Forum, September 2000, Singapore.
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“Role of IP Rights in the Age of the Internet”, presented to Ngee Ann Polytechnic, October 1999, Singapore.
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| Qualifications: |
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Master of Laws, National University of Singapore (2000) |
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Bachelor of Laws (Hons), National University of Singapore (1995) |
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Advocate & Solicitor, Supreme Court of Singapore |
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Advocate & Solicitor, High Court of Malaya |
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Solicitor, England & Wales |
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Commissioner For Oaths, Singapore |
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Registered Patent Agent, Singapore |
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Registered Patent, Trade Mark & Industrial Design Agent, Malaysia |
Contact:
Max Ng | +65 6221 7311
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