Ruby Tham

Ruby Tham 

Director – Intellectual Property Practice Group 

Drew & Napier LLC 

 

Ruby is a Director in the Intellectual Property Practice Group at Drew & Napier LLC, with almost 2 decades of experience advising on all aspects of Intellectual Property (IP) law. 

She has significant experience in IP transactional work, including advising on, negotiating, and drafting agreements for IP transfers, mergers and acquisitions, IP-backed financing, and licensing. She regularly conducts IP due diligence and counsels clients on corporate IP ownership structures, as well as available government funding and tax incentive schemes involving IP. 

Ruby also has deep expertise in trade mark portfolio management, global brand strategy, trade mark clearance and prosecution, copyright advisory work and the implementation of best practices for IP protection and use. 

On the contentious front, Ruby acts in trade mark opposition, invalidation, and revocation proceedings, and has represented clients before the IP Office and the High Court. Her enforcement work spans trade marks, passing off, copyright, registered designs, and domain name recovery. 

With a strong interest in technology, Ruby enjoys working at the intersection of law and innovation. Her clients come from diverse industries, including telecommunications, media and entertainment, technology, engineering, financial services, chemicals, food and beverage, fashion, FMCG, cosmetics, education, and healthcare. 

Ruby is also a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators.