Messrs. Loo Wai Hoong

Wai Hoong’s experience spans over a decade. He started out in one of Malaysia’s large prestigious law firms and was a Partner of an intellectual property specialist law firm. He commenced this practice to advocate for “a means to a commercially practical end”. Wai Hoong has been litigation counsel in Federal Court and Court of Appeal appeals as well as High Court trials, hearings and interlocutory applications. He supports and advises law enforcement authorities and public prosecutors procedurally and evidentially in criminal intellectual property prosecutions. He facilitates court orders to freeze infringers’ assets and co-ordinates brand owners’ expert witnesses to authenticate seized counterfeits in court. Wai Hoong conducts anti-counterfeiting and brand protection criminal enforcement actions for internationally well-known brand owners. His expertise involves raids with the Enforcement Division of the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living (MDT) to seize counterfeits within various industries and border control measures by the Royal Malaysian Customs Department against the importation of infringing goods. Wai Hoong executes Cease and Desist (C&D) Letter actions to enforce his clients’ rights for out-of-court settlements and recover damages. He takes down infringing local and cross-border e-commerce websites, stores and counterfeit product listings. He terminates infringing companies’ / businesses’ registrations and trade names from the Register of Companies / Businesses. Wai Hoong conducts investigations and collaborates with investigators to gather evidence of infringements and counterfeiting syndicates. Wai Hoong engages with governmental authorities. He proposed amendments and recommendations on enforcing laws including the Trademarks Act 2019, Consumer Protection (Electronic Trade Transactions) Regulations 2012, MDT’s Guidelines on the Lodgement of Trademark Enforcement Complaints and other regulations. He trains MDT and Customs officers.