Shearn Delamore & Co

Intellectual Property, Personal Data Protection and Privacy Laws, Telecommunications, Media & Technology

Partner

Khai Jian’s practice is largely contentious in nature and is involved in litigation matters covering a wide spectrum of IP including patent, trademark, copyright, design infringements, passing-off cases, geographical indication related cases, and breach of confidential information.

Khai Jian’s non-contentious practice covers IP advisory, enforcement, trademark prosecution work including opposition procedures, personal data protection, advertising, domain names, licensing, franchising, gaming and regulatory approvals for food and drugs.

English, Chinese, Malay

• Member, Malaysian Bar

LL.B (Hons), University of Malaya Advocate & Solicitor, High Court of Malaya

Co-authored the Industrial Design chapter of the Thomson Reuters’ “Law and Practice of Intellectual Property in Malaysia” (2025) Co-author: “Trade Mark Litigation in Malaysia: Overview” – Practice Law, 2017 and 2022 Assisted in the research and editing of “Trademarks Act 2019 with Overview by Indran Shanmuganathan” – Sweet & Maxwell (2020) Co-author: “Trademark Litigation Handbook” – Thomson Reuters (2013, 2017 and 2022) Co-Author: “The Fate of “Digital Libraries” and Lending of E-Books by Libraries – A Study on the US District Court Case of Hachette Book Group v Internet Archive” – The Law Review by Sweet & Maxwell Asia [2023] LR 572 Co-Author: “ChatGPT: The Pandora’s Box Opened?” – Legal Era Publication (October 2023) Co-Author: “ChatGPT: The Next Step in Evolution or an Intellectual Property Minefield?” – The Law Review by Sweet & Maxwell Asia [2023] LR 133 (July 2023) Co-Author “Dependent Claims Fully Restored (Merck Part 2)” – Legal Era Publication (November 2021) Co-author: “Viability of Celebrity Endorsement Restored” – INTA Publication (August 2021) Interview: “Selling of Unauthorized Streaming Gadgets Declared Illegal by Malaysia’s Intellectual Property High Court” – AsiaIP (July 2021) Co-author: “The Rise and Fall of SKB Shutters Case: A Brief Look at the Recent Federal Court Case of Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp v Hovid Berhad” – Legal Era Publication (November 2019) Co-author: “Merck Finally Shuts the Door of SKB Shutters” – Managing IP-IP Stars (October 2019) Co-Author: “Malaysia – Dorpan, S.L. and Melia Hotels International, S.A. v Nusajaya Rise Sdn Bhd [Johor Bahru Civil Suit No.: JA-22IP-05-09/2017]” – Conventus Law (March 2019)