Alt Legal Webinar A Pacific Strategy: Securing trademarks in Southeast Asia
Alt Legal Team | May 22, 2024
This webinar was recorded on July 25, 2024.
Expanding into Southeast Asia can be a vital—and profitable—step for many businesses. However, the trademark laws in the region are as varied as the cuisines. Join Alt Legal for a webinar where Mary Thomas, a trademark attorney in both Singapore and Malaysia, provides an overview of trademark laws in the region. Specifically, she discusses requirements in The Philippines, Thailand, and Indonesia. She walks you through the countries’ filing and use requirements, examination procedures, priority determinations, and other important factors—and quirks—you’ll need to know about when applying. Among other topics, she addresses:
- Use requirements and Madrid filings in The Philippines
- Indonesia’s first-to-file priority, including how to protect against squatters
- Standard characters and their implications in Thailand
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Speaker
Mary Thomas, Founder of Mary Thomas IP Strategies & Solutions
Mary Thomas is a passionate Trademark Lawyer with a proven track record of over 28 years in managing Intellectual Property (IP) locally and globally, both in contentious and non-contentious matters. She founded Mary Thomas IP Strategies & Solutions, a specialised boutique IP firm and registered trademark agency in Singapore and Malaysia. The firm offers trademark registration and renewal, clearance searches, infringement analysis, licensing and enforcement, portfolio management, and more. She provides personalised and cost-effective solutions for trademark protection by working closely with clients to develop tailored strategies locally and in Southeast Asia. Her experience spans various industries, including consumer goods, technology, electronics, manufacturing, and healthcare. She has worked with multinational corporations, small businesses, and start-ups.