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Intellectual Property &Technology Lawyers |
Partner
Intellectual Property & Technology
lee.aiming@rodyk.com
+65 6885 3686
Lee Ai Ming is a partner in Rodyk & Davidson LLP and heads the firm's Intellectual Property & Technology Practice Group.
Ai Ming specialises in intellectual property, information technology and energy. One of the pioneers in the field, Ai Ming is credited with having started and built up the intellectual property and technology practice group at Rodyk to become a recognised name in the field in Singapore.
Her clientele includes notable domestic and multinational corporations, government bodies and tertiary institutions for whom she manages the intellectual property portfolios, advises on commercialisation strategies and litigates on disputes arising from the enforcement of intellectual property rights.
Ai Ming co-conducted one of the first franchising workshops for the government supported agency, Franchise Development Centre. Since then, she has helped to launch numerous home grown and foreign franchises in Singapore and the region. She continues to conduct seminars and serves on the judging panel of the biennial Franchise Awards in Singapore.
Ai Ming led the firm's energy practice team in the provision of legal consultancy services to the PUB (now known as the Energy Market Authority) for a pilot district cooling project which will serve as the model for future uses of district cooling in government land sales. As lead legal consultants, the energy team advised the Board on the establishment and implementation of a regulatory framework for a district cooling industry in Singapore. The mandate covered the following areas:
| - | recommend an industry structure and organisation appropriate for Singapore; |
| - | draft legislations based on Singapore law to regulate the D.C. industry; |
| - | draft licences and codes of practice for compliance by D.C. operators, users and end-users; |
| - | draft specimen contracts and agreements between D.C. operator and other relevant parties; |
| - | draft proposal on information disclosure requirements for the regulator |
| - | recommend a structure for the operation of the regulator's office |
Ai Ming has served on various domestic and international forums in the field of IP. She has written articles and delivered papers at numerous conferences hosted by the American Bar Association, the Asian Patent Attorney's Association, the Pacific Rim Advisory Council, Inter-Pacific Bar Association, International Trademarks Association and the Licensing Executives Association.
Ai Ming is cited in several international legal guides including "The Best of the Best" by Euromoney Legal Media Group's Guide to the World's Leading Trade Mark Law Practitioners, International Who's Who of Business Lawyers and Asialaw Leading Lawyers.
