Band 3
Provided by Sri Sarguna Raj
Sri heads the Intellectual Property, Media, Sports & Gaming practice group in Adnan, Sundra & Low, and focuses on intellectual property law in relation to both contentious and non-contentious work.
He represents and assists clients in relation to disputes relating to patents, copyright, privacy and trade secrets, trademark, passing off, industrial designs, advertising and domain name and also in relation to various aspects of enforcement of intellectual property rights. Over the years, he has represented many multinational companies from diverse range of sectors in litigation and in managing and implementing anti-piracy and anti-counterfeiting programmes for them.
His non-litigation work includes registration of IP rights and in relation to drafting and advising on IP issues in corporate and commercial transactions, particularly in relation to licensing, franchising, regulatory advice, media, entertainment, sponsorship and merchandising.
Sri holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) (Hons) Degree from King’s College London, United Kingdom. He was awarded the Malaysian Law Scholarship 1999, which is a full scholarship awarded by University of London to the student with the best results in Malaysia for the 1st year of LLB, to read law at King’s College London for the 2nd and 3rd year of the LLB degree.
Sri continues to be named in leading legal directories, namely ranked as a Leading Intellectual Property lawyer by Asia Pacific Legal 500, highly ranked in Chambers Asia-Pacific and recognised as an IP Star by Managing Intellectual Property.
Sri is also recognised as “Litigation Star” by Benchmark Litigation. He also received the accolade of “Top 40 Under 40” legal professionals in Asia in year 2017 by Asian Legal Business.
Member, Malaysian Bar
Member, Intellectual Property Committee, Bar Council, Malaysia
Committee, Licensing Executives Society of Malaysia (LESM)
Member of the International Trade Mark Association (INTA)
Member, Malaysian Intellectual Property Association (MIPA)
Member, Asian Patent Attorneys’ Association (APAA)
Member, Sports Committee, Bar Council, Malaysia
President, Sports Law Association of Malaysia (SLAM)
Committee, Results Management Committee, Anti-Doping Agency of Malaysia (ADAMAS)
The Malaysian Chapter, The Technology Disputes Law Review, Third Edition, 2023.
The Law Review 2022, Volume 1, Sweet & Maxwell, "Authorship or Inventorship versus Ownership under the Malaysian Patents and Copyright Regime for Works Created in the Course of Employment.
Chapter on Intellectual Property in Bullen & Leake & Jacob’s Malaysian Precedents of Pleadings, 2nd Edition & 3rd Edition.
Chapter on Entertainment Law in Bullen & Leake & Jacob’s Malaysian Precedents of Pleadings, 2nd Edition.
World Trademark Review, "Seven counterfeit hotspots in Malaysia that brand owners must be aware of", 15 April 2020.
G3 Magazine, International Association of Gaming Advisors (IAGA), “Malaysia: tax, licence and duty hikes add to operator pressure”, October 2020.
Trade Description Orders: Handle with care – Managing Intellectual Property, Malaysia IP Focus 2007 2nd Edition.
Federal Court puts an end to battle over ‘Mc’ prefix – World Trademark Review (September 22, 2009).
Provided by Chambers
Sri Sarguna Raj of Adnan, Sundra & Low in Kuala Lumpur has a robust practice representing clients in trade mark, copyright and patent disputes and advising on prosecution and franchising matters.
