Financial technology (FinTech) and blockchain technologies are rapidly developing and evolving. It is an area in IP which requires experience and an advanced understanding of the ever-changing regulations of each countries’ Patent Office to prosecute and manage patent portfolios. Spruson & Ferguson’s Engineering/ICT team, possess a combination of technical expertise and specialist local knowledge, and offer the advantages of integrated regional service delivery to our clients. Our team keeps up to date with developments in the FinTech industry as well as evolving IP laws across the Asia-Pacific region in order to help our clients navigate the prosecution landscape.

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Singapore, Singapore
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Serene Ong
Principal, ICT Practice Group Leader Asia
Patents: Engineering & ICT
+65 6333 7200 [email protected]
Serene Ong graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) with Honours and joined a reputable Japanese patent law firm based in Osaka as…
Serene Ong graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) with Honours and joined…
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Brisbane, Australia
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Andrew Cale
Principal
Patents: Engineering & ICT, Designs
+61 7 3011 2200 [email protected]
Andrew has more than 20 years of experience in patents, trade marks and designs specialising in the fields of information and communications technology, signal and data processing, mechanical engineering,…
Andrew has more than 20 years of experience in patents, trade marks and designs specialising in the fields of…
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Sydney, Australia
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Ayesha Lee
Principal
Patents | Engineering & ICT, Designs
+61 2 9393 0100 [email protected]
Ayesha is a Principal in Spruson & Ferguson’s EICT team. In 2010 she joined the firm from EP&T Global where she worked as a Sustainability Engineer. Prior to this…
Ayesha is a Principal in Spruson & Ferguson’s EICT team. In 2010 she joined the firm from EP&T Global…
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