Shearn Delamore & Co

Intellectual Property; Competition Law & Antitrust

Sook Eng practices in all areas of IP, both contentious and non-contentious matters. Her prosecution portfolio includes trademark and industrial design prosecution work. Vis-à-vis industrial design prosecution, Sook Eng handles and has handled the bulk of the industrial design prosecution work of the firm since 2012. She also renders IP advisory work in various IP related areas including but not limited to trademarks, copyright and industrial designs. Apart from doing IP related due diligence, Sook Eng’s non-contentious practice includes the drafting and vetting of various IP and IT related agreements. Sook Eng has also been actively involved in foreign trademark prosecution and has provided assistance to clients on the conduct of their foreign trademark portfolio. Some of these matters have also led to contentious disputes in various jurisdictions. In terms of her contentious portfolio, she has appeared as co-counsel in IP disputes at the High Court, Court of Appeal and Federal Court.

She has also been actively involved in IP enforcement through relevant government agencies. Apart from IP related issues, she also advises on compliance and related work in the areas of data privacy, competition and antitrust.

English, Malay, Chinese, Japanese

• Member, Malaysian Bar • Member, International Bar Association (IBA)

L.L.B (Hons), University of Hertfordshire Certificate in Legal Practice Advocate & Solicitor, High Court of Malaya

Publication

• Co-authored the Industrial Design chapter of the Thomson Reuters’ “Law and Practice of Intellectual Property in Malaysia” (2025) • Co-author: “Stamping Out Illegal Streaming Technology – Recent Amendments To The Copyright Act” – Legal Era Publication, July 2022 • Co-author: “Biscuits Bi’te Back!!!” – Legal Era Publication, January 2022 • News Analysis – According to a New Study, Malaysian Companies Likely to Experience Data Breach, September 2021 • Co-author: “Malaysia: Does the new Trademarks Act 2019 advantage plaintiffs?”, Managing IP, November 2019 • Co-author: “Malaysia: Cyberspace is the fastest growing sphere for counterfeit trade”, Managing IP, February 2019 • Industrial Design Rights: An International Perspective, Third Edition – Brian W. Gray (Malaysia Chapter) (Contributor) • Co-author: “Industrial Design Protection in Malaysia- An Update” Asia IP, November 2013 • Co-Author: “Blinding Colours: Should Single Colour Trademarks Be Registrable?” – The Law Review by Sweet & Maxwell Asia [2023] LR 272 (April 2023) • Co-Author: “Intellectual Property Issues in the Unreal World” – Legal Era Publication (January 2023)