Dentons Rodyk

Commercial Agreements, Communications, Intellectual Property and Technology, Intellectual Property Litigation, Privacy & Cybersecurity

Foo Maw Jiun is a Senior Partner in the Dentons Rodyk’s Intellectual Property & Technology practice group and Co-Head of the Patents practice. He is also Co-Head of the Data Privacy & Protection and Cybersecurity practices.

Maw Jiun's areas of practice encompass worldwide registration of intellectual property, infringement and counterfeiting actions, commercial litigation involving intellectual property, commercialization of intellectual property rights (such as licensing and assignment agreements) and compliance with data protection and cybersecurity laws.

Maw Jiun has extensive experience negotiating and drafting commercial agreements, RFPs and tenders in relation to IT. Maw Jiun has acted for and advised both customers (seeking to procure IT resources) and IT service providers, for IT infrastructure projects, data centers, hardware, software licensing, software development, software escrow, managed services and maintenance. Maw Jiun’s clients include public and private healthcare institutions, statutory bodies, fashion retailers, financial institutions and IT service providers.

Maw Jiun's IP litigation experience includes copyright suits, trademark infringements and revocation, patent infringements and breach of confidentiality cases. Maw Jiun has represented a variety of clients (including global pharmaceuticals, a Japanese semi-conductor packaging company, tobacco manufacturers and local enterprises) at various levels including the Singapore Trade Mark Registry, the Singapore High Court and the Singapore Court of Appeal.

Maw Jiun is also experienced in advising on data protection and cybersecurity issues and has assisted clients in various industries, including finance, healthcare, media, automotive, aerospace, property development, logistics, postal, hospitality, education and retail, on data breaches, data protection impact assessments, and developing data protection policies and compliance programmes.

Senior Partner, Dentons Rodyk & Davidson LLP (formerly Rodyk & Davidson LLP), 2009 – present

Member, Law Society of Singapore Member, Singapore Academy of Law Member, Asian Patent Attorney Association Member, ASEAN Intellectual Property Association

National University of Singapore, 2008, LLB (Hons)