Yuen Kit Kuan

Associate Director, Intellectual Property

Key Practices

Qualifications

  • LL.B. (First Class Honours), University of Nottingham (2014)
  • LL.M. (Specialisation in IP Law), University of Cambridge (2018)
  • Advocate & Solicitor, Supreme Court of Singapore (2016)

Kit Kuan is an Associate Director of Drew & Napier’s Intellectual Property (IP) Department who handles contentious and non-contentious IP matters.

Contentious IP matters which Kit Kuan handles includes trade mark opposition and revocation proceedings before the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS), as well as supervising equivalent work in other jurisdictions.

Non-contentious IP matters which Kit Kuan handles includes trade mark filing and prosecution work, supervising equivalent work in other jurisdictions, as well as general advisory work involving trade mark law and copyright law.

Kit Kuan represents clients from a wide range of industries including financial services, pharmaceuticals, education, as well as the food and beverage industries.

Kit Kuan graduated with a Bachelor of Laws with First Class Honours from the University of Nottingham in 2014. She then obtained a Master of Laws with a specialisation in IP Law from the University of Cambridge in 2018.

Before joining Drew & Napier in 2019, Kit Kuan worked at a boutique IP law firm in Singapore.

Kit Kuan is fluent in English and Mandarin Chinese and has basic proficiency in the Cantonese dialect. 

Below is a sample of matters which Kit Kuan has handled / handles:

  • Outschool Inc v ALLSCHOOLS PTE LTD [2023] SGIPOS 12 – Successfully represented ALLSCHOOLS PTE LTD in defending consolidated oppositions to its 4 “ALLSCHOOL” marks in Singapore brought by Outschool Inc based on its “OUTSCHOOL” mark. This matter is pending appeal to the General Division of the High Court of Singapore.
  • Louis Vuitton Malletier v. Megastar Shipping Pte Ltd [2017] SGHC 305 – Acted in a landmark trademark infringement matter that involved the transshipment of counterfeit merchandise through the Singapore ports.
  • Represented a Singaporean government ministry in two related trade mark oppositions before the Intellectual Office of Singapore (IPOS), in which the ministry relied on its logogram in the oppositions. The parties reached settlement in this matter.
  • Represented an American investment services company in a trade mark revocation before IPOS, which was pursued against the company’s trade mark. The parties reached settlement in this matter.
  • Representing a Chinese sportswear company in two related matters before IPOS: a trade mark opposition and a trade mark invalidation.
  • Representing a Chinese Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) company in two related trade mark oppositions before IPOS.
  • Member, Singapore Academy of Law
  • Member, Law Society of Singapore
  • Member, Law Society of Singapore, Intellectual Property Law Committee
  • Member, Law Society of Singapore, Continuing Professional Development Committee