Custodians of Intellectual Property: A Sharing Session

Date: Thursday, April 4, 2019
Venue: Moot Court, 2/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower, Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong
Time: 6:30pm – 8:00pm

The University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law proudly presents this alumni sharing session as part of its 50th anniversary celebrations. The sharing session brings together five distinguished Intellectual Property (IP) experts and practitioners who will share their own experiences and advice on IP practice. As custodians of IP, they will speak about the IP developments in Hong Kong, IP arbitration and mediation, different career paths in IP practice, ways to accomplish well in IP practice, and major challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for IP practitioners nowadays.

Reception with refreshments will start at 5:45pm, April 4 before the sharing session.

Opening Remarks by Alice Lee, Associate Dean & Associate Professor of Law, The University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law.

Speakers:

Andrew Liao GBS, SC, JP
Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Review of the Patent System in Hong Kong; Former Non-Official Member of the Executive Council of the HKSAR

Peter Cheung
Former Director of Intellectual Property, Hong Kong, China

C. K. Kwong, JP
Senior Partner, Sit, Fung, Kwong & Shum; International Past President of the Asian Patent Attorneys Association

Anthony Tong
Managing Partner, Robin Bridge & John Liu

Kenny Wong
Counsel, Hogan Lovells (Hong Kong); Chairman of IP Committee of the Law Society

This event has been accredited with 1.5 CPD points by The Law Society of Hong Kong.  Please sign in at the 2/F reception if you need to claim CPD points.

All are welcome!

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