Gregory Marimuthu is the Director of Gateway IP Services in Kuala Lumpur, managing a team of lawyers and intellectual property professionals, with special focus on protection and enforcement in Southeast Asia.

With extensive experience in advising various clients on branding strategies, clearance searches, filing and prosecution of trademarks, patents, designs and domain names, he also assists with intellectual property transactions including IP audits, policies and procedures, due diligence, trademark acquisitions, licensing, assignments, settlement, consent and coexistence agreements.

Gregory has years of experience developing and managing global intellectual property portfolios, his work in any given day will find him assisting clients with matters which require a certain knack in dealing with local authorities and registries across the region.

Gregory also assists clients with franchising and licensing requirements, and have successfully advised and registered many franchises in Malaysia, and in the region.