Ghows LLC

Ghows LLC

Ghows LLC’s IP practice covers dispute resolution including domain name disputes and breach of confidential information, trade mark portfolio management, IP/brand protection commercialisation and strategy, regulatory advice, drafting of agreements such as licensing agreements.

The team serves clients from a diverse range of industries such as food and beverage, media, entertainment and publishing, luxury goods, biotechnology, automotive and others. The IP practice expertise strength in particularly in IP registration, portfolio management and trade mark contentious matters. The team manages a significant portfolio of trademark, patents and designs.

The lawyers at Ghows LLC have extensive experience in brand enforcement for well-known brands both online and at the retail level. The firm represents numerous brands in the fashion, health and beauty, food and beverage and technology industries in prosecuting as well as enforcing their IP rights against infringers.

Year established in Singapore: 2019

Top focus areas for IA/IP services: Patent Agent Service, Registered Design Agent Service, Trade Mark Agent Service, Contract Drafting, Dispute Resolution

Intellectual property awards received: Legal 500 Guide 2020-2023: Leading Firm in IP & TMT

Type of organization: SME

Address in Singapore: 10 Anson Road #26-06A International Plaza, Singapore 079903

Website: https://www.ghowsllc.com

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IA/IP service areas

Contract Drafting Services

  • Hourly rate: $401 to $800
  • Number of clients served in previous calendar year: 26 to 30
  • Number of Contract Drafting IP experts in Singapore: 6 to 10
  • Number of Contract Drafting IP experts overseas: 0
  • Project fee starts from (in Singapore dollars): $1,000

Dispute Resolution Services

  • Hourly rate: $200 to $800
  • Number of cases completed in previous calendar year: 16 to 20
  • Number of Dispute Resolution IP experts in Singapore: 1 to 5
  • Number of Dispute Resolution IP experts overseas: 0
  • Project fee starts from (in Singapore dollars): $1,000

Freedom-to-Operate Services

  • Hourly rate: $401 to $800
  • Number of projects completed in previous calendar year: 1 to 5
  • Number of Trade Mark Agents in Singapore: 1 to 5
  • Number of Trade Mark Agents overseas: 0
  • Project fee starts from (in Singapore dollars): $1,000

IP Due Diligence Services

  • Hourly rate: $200 to $400
  • Number of projects on database in previous calendar year: 1 to 5
  • Number of IP Database experts in Singapore: 1 to 5
  • Number of IP Database experts overseas: 0
  • Project fee starts from (in Singapore dollars): $1,000

Patent Agent Services

  • Hourly rate: $200 to $400
  • Number of files completed in previous calendar year: 101 to 200
  • Number of Patent Agents in Singapore: 1 to 5
  • Number of Patent Agents overseas: 0
  • Project fee starts from (in Singapore dollars): $1,000

Registered Design Agent Services

  • Hourly rate: $200 to $400
  • Number of files completed in previous calendar year: 1 to 15
  • Number of Registered Design Agents in Singapore: 1 to 5
  • Number of Registered Design Agents overseas: 0
  • Project fee starts from (in Singapore dollars): $1,000

Trade Mark Agent Services

  • Hourly rate: $200 to $400
  • Number of classes completed in previous calendar year: 251 to 500
  • Number of Trade Mark Agents in Singapore: 6 to 10
  • Number of Trade Mark Agents overseas: 0
  • Project fee starts from (in Singapore dollars): $1,000

Industry focus

  • Construction
  • Education
  • Electronics
  • Environmental Services
  • Financial Services
  • Food Manufacturing
  • Food Services
  • Healthcare
  • ICT and Media
  • Land Transport
  • Logistics
  • Precision Engineering
  • Professional Services
  • Retail
  • Security
  • Wholesale Trade

Office locations

  • Head office: Singapore

Client segments

Percentage of clients by country, based on previous calendar year:

  • Singapore - 50%
  • China - 20%
  • Japan - 10%
  • Other Countries - 20%

Key practice experts

Bryan Ghows

  • Job Title: Managing Director
  • Years of Experience: 39 years
  • Location: Singapore
  • IA/IP-Related Expertise: Contract Drafting, Dispute Resolution, IP Training
  • Certifications/Qualifications: LLB (Hons), Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore),
  • Awards/Accolades: Legal500 - ranked leading individual for IP and TMT (from 2016 to 2023), Chambers and Partners - ranked individual for IP (Litigation) (2023), Who’s Who Legal - Recommended for Data Security and Information Technology in 2020
  • URL of LinkedIn/Company Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bghows

Teresa O’Connor

  • Job Title: Director
  • Years of Experience: 40 years
  • Location: Singapore
  • IA/IP-Related Expertise: Trade Mark Agent Service, IP Due Diligence, IP Portfolio Management, IP Strategy Consulting, Dispute Resolution
  • Certifications/Qualifications: LLB (Hons), Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore)
  • Awards/Accolades: Legal500 - ranked individual (2023), Chambers and Partners - ranked individual for IP (Non-contentious) (2023)
  • URL of LinkedIn/Company Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/teresa-o-connor-03980613

Patsy Koh

  • Job Title: Director
  • Years of Experience: 29 years
  • Location: Singapore
  • IA/IP-Related Expertise: Patent Agent Service, Registered Design Agent Service, Trade Mark Agent Service, IP Portfolio Management, IP Strategy Consulting
  • Certifications/Qualifications: LLB (Hons), Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore), Registered Patent Attorney (Singapore)
  • Awards/Accolades: Asia IP Special Report 2014 - featured as one of the top 50 patent lawyers in 15 jurisdictions around Asia and the Pacific, Asia IP Experts (Patents & Enforcement) - 2013-2018, AsiaLaw Leading Lawyer (IP): 2007 to 2010, Euromoney’s Women in Business Law Expert Guide - Patent: 2012 to 2022, Euromoney’s Patent Expert Guide: 2009 to 2019
  • URL of LinkedIn/Company Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patsykoh

Wai Yeng Chan

  • Job Title: Patent Attorney
  • Years of Experience: 14 years
  • Location: Singapore
  • IA/IP-Related Expertise: Patent Agent Service, Registered Design Agent Service, Trade Mark Agent Service, Freedom-to-Operate (FTO), IP Due Diligence
  • Certifications/Qualifications: Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical) (Hons), Registered Patent Attorney (Singapore)
  • URL of LinkedIn/Company Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wai-yeng-chan

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Profile last updated on 11 April 2024