May Tan > Yusarn Audrey LLC > Singapore 068807, Singapore > Lawyer Profile

May Tan

65 63582865 may@yusarn.com

Work Department

Head of the Trade Marks Practice of the Intellectual Property Department

Position

Director

Career

May is a Director and Head of the Trade Marks Practice of the Intellectual Property Department of Yusarn Audrey LLC. May commenced practice in Singapore in the Corporate and Litigation Department of a mid-size law firm where she handled litigation and other contentious matters before joining Yusarn Audrey in May 2000 as a partner.

Her areas of practice include contentious and non-contentious Intellectual Property matters as well as trademarks and design registration, copyright infringement and passing off cases. May handles various intellectual property related litigation, including obtaining injunctions preventing importation of infringing materials, copyright infringement actions etc.

In the area of trademarks, May’s practice includes advising and prosecution of trade marks, both nationally and internationally for clients in the area of pharmaceuticals, information technology and telecommunication, food & beverage, manufacturing, fashion, wellness and beauty. May is also involved in assisting clients in maintaining, protecting and enforcing trademark rights which includes conducting trade mark oppositions, revocation and invalidation actions and drafting of IP-related agreements including assignment agreements for trademarks.

May’s area of practice also includes design prosecution and registration, both nationally and internationally and providing general advice to clients as regards issues relating to copyright and passing off matters.

She is also experienced in the various forms of execution proceedings for example, Companies Winding-Up, Bankruptcy, Writs of Seizure and Sale (for both movable and immovable properties), and Garnishee proceedings.

May is a member of the Law Society of Singapore and the Singapore Academy of Law. She is also a member of the Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA) Singapore Group, Franchising and Licensing Singapore (FLA) and the International Association for the Protection of Industrial Property (Singapore Group).

May is also an accredited SCOPE IP consultant for the Scope IP programme of the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS).

Languages

English

Memberships

• Member, Asian Patent Attorneys Association (Singapore Group)
• Member, Franchising And Licensing Association Singapore (FLA)
• Member, International Association of the Protection of Industrial Property (Singapore Group)
• Member, Law Society of Singapore
• Member, Singapore Academy of Law

Education

LL.B (Hons)
Advocate & Solicitor, Supreme Court of Singapore
Barrister of England & Wales