Nga Nguyen

Biography

Nga Nguyen is a senior associate of Hogan Lovells in Vietnam. She has 22 years of experience in advising international companies on all aspects of IP. As a Vietnam-qualified lawyer and licensed IP Agent, Nga has been handling hundreds of IP infringement cases and acting for numerous well known clients. Nga is involved in all types of intellectual property matters, including trade mark and patent prosecution, searching, freedom-to-operate opinions, administrative and court enforcement, as well as general strategic advice. Specific patent enforcement work includes acting for Honda on infringements of its design and invention patents, as well as advising major pharmaceutical companies on their patents and a patent infringement action for Bayer where local agro-chemical producers infringed the client's pesticide patents. For highly technical matters, she has worked with qualified patent agents and technical experts appropriate to the technology in issue. Nga is a member of the Asian Patent Attorneys Association, ASEAN Intellectual Property Association, Vietnam Lawyers' Association, Vietnam Industrial Property Association and Hanoi Bar Association. Apart from her legal practice, she participates in special studies of IP and lecturing in Vietnam. Nga currently chairs the IPR Sector Committee of the European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam. Nga is recognised as a leading lawyer in intellectual property in Vietnam by various legal directories, including Chambers Asia Pacific, Asia IP, Asialaw & Practice, PLC Which Lawyer?, Legal 500 Asia Pacific, World Trademark Review and Managing Intellectual Property.

Research Interest

Pharmaceutical Sciences & Emerging Drugs