In this evening seminar, members and guests were privileged to hear from Dr Stanley Lai, SC, who is a specialist in all forms of intellectual property / information technology disputes and has appeared as counsel in many reported decisions of the Singapore Courts in this area. Dr Lai delivered an engaging presentation on common challenges and emerging opportunities concerning intellectual property law and arbitration, with a particular focus on the issue of arbitrability of intellectual property disputes. Dr Lai also shared various statistics of various arbitral institutions which showed that the number of intellectual property law disputes referred to arbitration have been on a steady rise. The seminar closed off with a lively exchange of questions and answers led by Mr Goh Phai Cheng, SC who was also the Chairman of the evening’s proceedings.
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