Our President and Managing Director, Ms. Jennifer Che, and Principal, Ms. Pauli Wong, have been invited by the HKUST, Office of Knowledge Transfer to be speakers at the IP seminar – ‘Bright Ideas, Strong Barriers: A Patenting Masterclass’ on June 26, 2024 (Wednesday) from 15:00-16:15 at the HKUST- Chow Tak Sin Lecture Theater G (LT-G).

The seminar will be divided into two parts and focus on the following topics:

1) IP Basics, Innovation Oversight and Tips: Patent 101 and Top IP Mistakes By Start-Ups & Entrepreneurs by Ms. Pauli Wong

2) MedTech & Healthcare Hurdles: IP Challenges for Innovations in the GBA and China by Ms. Jennifer Che

This seminar is designed to enhance the understanding and awareness on IP and its significance in the academic and research fields.



Our Past Events

Recommended Insights

China Top 50 Case of 2019: How a Functional Feature is Construed Greatly Impacts Protection Scope - Shimano KK v. SENSAH

20 July 2020
Every year in the spring The Supreme People’s Court of PRC announces its “Top 10 Intellectual Property (IP) cases” and “50 typical IP cases in Chinese courts” of the year. Although not having precedential weight, these cases serve as a reference and guide people's courts at all levels regarding their intellectual property trials. It’s always […]

China Releases Details on Patent Term Extension, Deferred Examination and More in the Latest Draft Implementation Rules of the New Chinese Patent Law

11 December 2020
The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) is moving forward at breakneck speeds aiming to get all the necessary pieces in place for the June 1, 2021 date when the new 4th Amendment of the Patent Law will come into effect. Most recently, this means a flurry of drafts coming out from CNIPA, including, but […]

CNIPA further clarifies how it counts “delays” when calculating Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) in the new Draft Examination Guidelines and how it affects international applicants

12 April 2023
At the end of October 2022, the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) released a new draft amendment of the Patent Examination Guidelines1 (hereinafter referred to as the “New Draft”) to the new Chinese Patent Law that came into effect in 2021. We highlight two key amendments below. 1. The starting date for calculating PTA […]

Announcement: Implementation Regulations (Rules) of the Chinese Patent Law have been Approved

10 November 2023
On November 3rd, 2023, the Premier of the State Council, Li Qiang, chaired a regular meeting where the "Implementation Regulations of the Patent Law of the People's Republic of China (Revised Draft)" was reviewed and approved. This is great news, as we have been waiting quite some time for these Regulations (Rules) to be approved (see […]
Top crossarrow-right