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April 10, 2019

Somboon Earterasarun to Speak at ASEAN IP Association Conference

On April 27, 2019, Somboon Earterasarun, a partner in Tilleke & Gibbins’ intellectual property group, will speak at the ASEAN Intellectual Property Association’s 2019 Conference & Council Meeting, which this year is themed “Tech, Trade & Transformation: ASEAN’S Future.” During the second day of the conference, Somboon and a panel of other senior industry figures from Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, will discuss developments in technology and trade, consider the future of ASEAN’s IP ecosystem, and discuss how that future might impact those developments.  

The conference will be held at the Shangri-La, Singapore, on April 26 and 27, 2019. For more information, please visit the conference website.

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