Patent, Trademark & Registered Design Attorneys
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Michael McLaughlin – Singapore Patent Attorney
Michael is a Singapore Registered Patent Attorney, qualified by professional examination to act before the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS). He is originally from the UK and is also a British Chartered Patent Attorney (CPA) and a (qualified) European Patent Attorney (EPA).
Michael has an honours degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow (UK) and practiced as an Electrical Design Engineer before becoming a patent attorney. He trained as a patent attorney in London, widely considered as a world centre of excellence in the profession. In 2005 he qualified as a CPA and an EPA while with a leading London firm.
His practice extends across a broad range of technologies, primarily in engineering & science, with around 25 years’ experience in software/ICT, electrical & electronic engineering and mechanical engineering and devices. He has experience providing custom advice and services to a diverse range of clients, from private individuals, SMEs, universities and government research institutes, to tech behemoths. Michael was instrumental in formulating patent drafting and filing strategies for a South-East Asian tech giant when implementing a quantum leap in the growth of its then-nascent patent portfolio.
Michael is consistently ranked as a leading practitioner for patent prosecution in Singapore. He features in Intellectual Asset Magazine’s IAM 1000 rankings for Singapore and was named by them as one of a handful of individuals in the top “gold tier”. This led to the honour of being named by IAM as an “IAM Global Leader” for patent prosecution every year since 2020. Michael been named an “IP Star” by Managing Intellectual Property every year since 2014. He has been rated as a Leading Individual Patent Attorney in Singapore by Who’s Who Legal and rated by them as “Most Highly Regarded” Patent Attorney in Singapore 2022.
Michael also speaks on intellectual property, and is a former guest lecturer in patent law and practice at the National University of Singapore.