Monthly Archives: January 2015

“In Regard to Patent Systems Hong Kong is in the Same League as Fiji and the Seychelles”

  Another panel was discussing “Hong Kong’s Response” on patent reform chaired by Mr. Thomas Tsang (photo: left), Assistant Director (Patents), HKIPD. First speaker of that panel was Ms. Charmaine Koo (photo: right), Partner and Co-Head of Deacons IP Department: … Continue reading

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Prof Yahong Li Provides Overview of How China Put Innovation on Agenda, But “Patent Quantity Does Not Automatically Translate Into Quality Patents”

  Dr. Yahong Li (photo: middle), Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong, demonstrated how innovation has been prioritised in the People’s Republic of China during the years. – National Medium and Long Term Plan for Science and … Continue reading

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Professor Bryan Mercurio on Patent Law: “One Size Does Not Necessarily Fit All”

  Professor Bryan Mercurio (photo), Vice Chancellor’s Outstanding Fellow of Faculty of Law of the Chinese University of Hong Kong discussed “Amending the TRIPS Agreement to Promote Innovation” and posed some interesting What if… questions. Professor Mercurio went directly to … Continue reading

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Hong Kong Patent Practitioners Divided Over Original Grant Patent in Hong Kong

  After Dr. Marcelo Thompson (photo), Deputy Director, HKU Law & Technology Center chaired the panel discussing the Worldwide Patent Law Reform. Mr Timothy Hancock, President of Asian Patent Attorneys Association Hong Kong Group looked back the last three decades, … Continue reading

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Professor Randall Rader Preaches the Blessings of Patents for Innovation at Hong Kong University

  Professor Randall Rader (George Washington University School of Law), former Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, who is now busy working as an arbitrator gave the keynote speech “US Patent System and … Continue reading

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Hong Kong will probably get independent patent, China’s SIPO will teach HK how to examine

  After some welcome words of Professor Michael Hor (photo middle), the relatively new Dean of the Faculty of Law of HKU, Professor Paul Cheung (photo: right), Associate Vice President, Director of HKU Tech Transfer Office, talked briefly about the … Continue reading

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Worldwide Patent Law Reform and Hong Kong’s Response HKU Workshop

  University of Hong Kong Law & Technology Centre and the Intellectual Property Department of Hong Kong organized the IP Forum 2015 on 16 January 2015 at HKU.  The topic was “Patent and Innovation: Worldwide Patent Law Reform and Hong … Continue reading

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