Gilbert Leong is a Senior Partner and Head of Dentons Rodyk’s Intellectual Property & Technology practice group. He is also Co-Head of the Patents, Tech, Media & Telecomms, Licensing, Data Privacy & Protection and Cybersecurity practices.
As commercial and IP counsel, Gilbert has extensive experience in negotiating and drafting commercial agreements in relation to distribution of goods/services, procurement and tenders, manufacturing arrangements, licensing, maintenance, acquisition of intellectual property such as trademark and patents, consultancy services and IP structuring. Gilbert's IP litigation experience includes copyright (software) suits, patent infringements as well as obtaining and executing search & seizure warrants. Additionally, he has prosecuted parties under a fiat from the Attorney General for offences under both the Trade Marks Act and Copyright Act. Gilbert also attends to hearings before the Trade Mark registry.
Leading the Technology practice, Gilbert provides counsel and advice to clients when they acquire IT hardware / systems, develop and market software or when they put out tenders for large scale IT / outsourcing projects.
Gilbert has also been very active in the field of data privacy/protection matters and is a pioneer in this field.
Gilbert has experience advising on high impact cyber breach incidents including those affecting major organisations in the insurance, higher education, social media, e-commerce, hotels, financial services, transportation/logistics, IT and telecommunications sectors.
