Mark is a Director and Chief Legal Counsel at IPOS (the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore), where he heads the Hearings & Mediation Department.
He has more than 25 years of experience in intellectual property law. Prior to joining IPOS in 2010, Mark was a lawyer in private practice for 15 years. His work encompasses all areas of intellectual property (“IP”) law. He also has experience in international arbitration proceedings.
Mark is regularly consulted on IP matters by various government agencies and invited to speak at both national and international IP conferences.
At IPOS International/ IP Academy (a wholly-owned subsidiary of IPOS), Mark oversees the development and curation of training programmes in the area of IP law for the legal community and IP professionals, as well as the public sector in Singapore.
Mark has published many articles in both local and international law journals. He is a co-author of the chapter on Copyright in Halsbury’s Laws of Singapore: Volume 13(3) – Intellectual property (2007 & 2018 Reissue, Lexis-Nexis, Singapore).
He is an Adjunct Professor at the National University of Singapore Faculty of Law. He co-teaches the module on Foundations of IP Law at the National University of Singapore’s Faculty of Law, where he covers the section on patents. He is also the Subject Coordinator for the Intellectual Property Module for Part B of the Singapore Bar Examinations conducted by the Singapore Institute of Legal Education.
• “Behind the Scenes at IPOS: Why Singapore is becoming the new global hub for IP dispute resolution”, World Trademark Review, 30 June 2020
• Halsbury’s Laws of Singapore: Volume 13(3) – Intellectual property (2018 Reissue, Lexis-Nexis, Singapore) (co-author with Gabriel Ong of chapter on Copyright)
• Commentary on Professor Rochelle Dreyfuss’ article “In Praise of an Incentive-Based Theory of IP Protection”, published in “Framing IP Law in the 21st Century: Integrating
