Kit Kuan is an Associate Director of Drew & Napier’s Intellectual Property (IP) Department who handles contentious and non-contentious IP matters.
Contentious IP matters which Kit Kuan handles includes trade mark opposition and revocation proceedings before the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS), as well as supervising equivalent work in other jurisdictions.
Non-contentious IP matters which Kit Kuan handles includes trade mark filing and prosecution work, supervising equivalent work in other jurisdictions, as well as general advisory work involving trade mark law and copyright law.
Kit Kuan represents clients from a wide range of industries including financial services, pharmaceuticals, technology, as well as the fashion and beauty industries.
Kit Kuan publishes regularly on IP-related issues in publications like Managing IP and SAL Practitioner. She also volunteers with Pro Bono SG to assist non-profit organisations with IP-related issues.
Before joining Drew & Napier, Kit Kuan worked at a boutique IP law firm in Singapore.
Below is a sample of matters which Kit Kuan has handled / handles:
- Outschool Inc v ALLSCHOOLS PTE LTD [2023] SGIPOS 12 – Successfully represented ALLSCHOOLS PTE LTD in defending consolidated oppositions to its 4 “ALLSCHOOL” marks in Singapore brought by Outschool Inc based on its “OUTSCHOOL” mark. The appeal against this matter was dismissed by the High Court of Singapore (no written decision available).
- Louis Vuitton Malletier v. Megastar Shipping Pte Ltd [2017] SGHC 305 – Acted in a landmark trademark infringement matter that involved the transshipment of counterfeit fashion merchandise through the Singapore ports.
- Representing a UK company in the beauty industry in multiple ongoing trade mark oppositions before IPOS.
- Representing an American fashion company in a trade mark opposition before IPOS.
- Representing a German pharmaceuticals company in a trade mark opposition before IPOS.