Thank You

You are now registered for our Rouse Insights Newsletter

Kin Wah Chow

Principal

Jakarta

+62 21 769 7333

Biography

Kin Wah is a registered foreign lawyer with Suryomurcito & Co – a Rouse network firm for all activities reserved to Indonesian lawyers. He is also a Principal at Rouse.

He handles predominantly dispute resolution and enforcement matters.

Kin Wah brings to the firm a strong international experience in relation to both contentious and non-contentious IP matters after working for a long time in China, Hong Kong, and Singapore.  He regularly advises local and foreign clients on matters related to patent infringements, trade mark infringements, software contract disputes, and patent and trade mark oppositions. He also uses his experience to create a difference. Some of his publications are a testimony to that. He is also the Chairperson of EUROCHAM Indonesia IPR working group and is often invited by International associations to discuss the IP landscape in Indonesia and Southeast Asia.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Law, National University of Singapore (1988 – 1992)
  • Registered Foreign Lawyer, Indonesia
  • Advocate & Solicitor, Supreme Court of Republic of Singapore (1993)
  • Solicitor, England & Wales
  • Attorney-at-Law, New York, United States of America
  • Solicitor & Barrister, Western Australia Supreme Court

Memberships

  • Chairperson of EUROCHAM Indonesia IPR Working Group
  • Chairman of Training Sub-committee, Law Society - Information & Technology Committee

Awards

  • IAM Patent 1000, 2020: Listed as “Recommended Individual”
  • Chambers and Partners, 2016, 2018 - 20: Listed as 'Notable practitioner'
  • Chambers Asia-Pacific, 2017 and 2016: Listed as a 'Notable practitioner' and Ranked as ‘Foreign Legal Consultant’
  • World Trademark Review 1000, 2020 and 2019: Listed as ‘leading individuals and recommended for notable work’
  • World Trademark Review 1000, 2016 and 2015: Listed as 'Leading individual'
  • Legal 500 Asia Pacific, 2020: Listed as ‘Key lawyer in Tier 1’
  • Legal 500 Asia Pacific, 2015: Listed as a 'Recommended Individual’
  • Who’s Who Legal Patents 2020: Nominated among Indonesia lawyers
  • MIP IP Star 2019: Recognized for notable work

Insights Written

Designing a Trade Secret program

By Kin Wah Chow and 3 others 04/01/2025

E-commerce and Social Media Platform Liability in Singapore

By Kin Wah Chow and 2 others 03/24/2025

IP developments in Indonesia in 2024

By Kin Wah Chow and 2 others 03/10/2025

Outcomes from the AI Action Summit held in Paris

By Kin Wah Chow and 1 others 02/25/2025

印尼:电子交易时代:如何守护企业商业秘密

By Kin Wah Chow and 3 others 12/13/2024

Balancing Data Scraping and IP Rights in the Age of AI

By Kin Wah Chow and 1 others 12/10/2024

印度尼西亚社交媒体:品牌所有者须知

By Kin Wah Chow and 3 others 10/04/2024

印度尼西亚:临时禁令

By Kin Wah Chow and 2 others 09/26/2024