Shearn Delamore & Co

Intellectual Property; Healthcare and Life Sciences; Technology, Media & Telco; Personal Data Protection & Privacy Laws

Partner since 2003

Timothy Siaw is a partner in the IP and Technology Department of Shearn Delamore & Co. He has degrees in science and law from Monash University, Australia.

Tim has been in practice for nearly 30 years as an IP and Technology lawyer and is a registered patent agent.

Tim has extensive experience in all areas of Intellectual Property and Technology with a focus on Patents, Life Sciences, IP Litigation, IT contracts, Technology Licensing, Cybersecurity and Data Protection.

English, Malay

Intellectual Property
• International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys (FICPI) – Country Delegate (Alt), International Patent Matters Committee
• International Trademark Association (INTA) – Right of Publicity, Digital Asia, Parallel Import, Internet, Emerging Issues and many other past Committees
• Asian Patent Attorneys Association – Member
• International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI) – Member

TMT
• International Technology Law Association (ITechLaw) – Cybercrime, Data Protection and Interactive Entertainment Committees
• Licensing Executives Society Malaysia – Member

• Barrister & Solicitor, Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia (non-practising)
• Advocate & Solicitor, High Court of Malaya
• Registered Patent, Trade Mark and Industrial Design Agent, Malaysia

Publications:

Intellectual Property
• Trademark Country Guide – Malaysia (INTA, 2014–2024)
• Atkin’s Court Forms Malaysia – Patents, Trademarks, Copyright, Industrial Designs
• LexisNexis Annotations to Malaysian IP Laws
• Malaysian Precedents & Forms for Patents, Trademark, Copyright and Industrial Designs
• Chambers Guide to Patent Litigation – Malaysia
• Patent Litigation – The European Lawyer Reference
• International Comparative Legal Guide to Patents – Malaysia

TMT
• International Comparative Legal Guide to Fintech (2017–2025)
• International Comparative Legal Guide – Cybersecurity 2025
• International Comparative Legal Guide – Telecoms, Media and Internet
• Asia Video Industry Association Policies in Asia (2015–2025)

Life Sciences
• Chambers Global Guide – Life Sciences
• Thomson Reuters Practical Law Global – IP Protection for Pharmaceuticals (Malaysia)