Last Friday (10/3), our Vice President Jennifer Che met with Grace S N Lau of the Institute for Translational Research of HKSTP and the HKSTP community to discuss the fundamentals of IP and how “common” early-stage business/R&D activities can hurt your IP.




Our Past Events

Dr. Jacqueline Lui, Ms. Pauli Wong, and Mr. Eddie Ho Named Patent Stars by ManagingIP

13 June 2025

Eagle IP Ranked Among Top Tier Firms in IAM Patent 1000

12 June 2025

Jennifer Che from Eagle IP to Attend BIO 2025 in Boston!

11 June 2025

Insights from HKSTP Market Discovery - BIO Connect

28 May 2025

HKMHDIA Medical Fair Forum

27 May 2025

Celebrating Innovation at the Asia Summit for Global Health

26 May 2025

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Introducing the New USPTO Cancer Moonshot Expedited Examination Pilot Program

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China Finally Clamps Down on Facial Recognition Technology

24 August 2021
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IP Strategies for the Newly Released Implementation Regulations of the 4th Amendment of the Chinese Patent Law: Part 2: Grace Period without Loss of Novelty

7 February 2024
Background As mentioned in our earlier article, the Implementation Regulations of the Chinese Patent Law (“Regulations”, similar to the CFR in the US) were approved in November, and the CNIPA finally made public the full text of the Regulations just before the arrival of the New Year. At the same time, the CNIPA also released […]
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How Far Can an Employer Reach to Own Employee-made “Service Inventions”?

30 July 2020
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