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

Jennifer Che has been Recognized in IAM Strategy 300 Global Leaders 2026

26 November 2025

Jennifer Che has been Recognized as IAM Global Leaders 2026

4 November 2025

Eagle IP is Coming to San Francisco and Washington DC!

15 October 2025

Jennifer Che has been listed on the IAM Strategy 300

15 August 2025

Eagle IP Recognized as Top Tier Firm (Tier 1) for Patent Prosecution in IP Stars 2025 Patent Firms Ranking List

3 July 2025

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

13 June 2025

Recommended Insights

Stealing Trade Secrets: How the Chinese Court Criminally Sentences Employees that Steal Trade Secrets - 2019 China’s Top 50 Representative IP Cases

11 June 2020
The theft of trade secrets has always been a deep concern of foreign companies thinking of doing business in China, whether it be sharing protocols with a manufacturing partner, providing technology details to a potential investor, or sharing results from an R&D collaboration. How can businesses ensure that employees do not steal secrets and share […]
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First Ever Successful Invalidation Challenge Due to Unauthorized Foreign Filing

8 March 2023
What does an invention “completed” in China mean? China and the US are similar in that both countries highly value national security, and thus have rules regulating the exportation of technology and information from within their borders. This includes new inventions that arise from within their respective borders. As such, both governments require inventors who […]
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SPC Upholds $2M RMB Award in China’s First Patent Case on a Biological Deposit

4 July 2022
On 28 Feb 2022, China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) issued its annual “Judgment Digests”, which includes a list of “48 typical cases” highlighting representative SPC decisions in 2021. The Judgment Digests help us understand more about the SPC’s judicial ideology, trial concepts, and adjudication methods in dealing with difficult and sophisticated legal issues as well […]
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Breaking News: China passes Fourth Amendment to the Chinese Patent Law

19 October 2020
After 12 years, the Fourth Amendment to the Chinese Patent Law has passed and will be in effect on 1 Jun 2021. After years of multiple draft amendments that moved in various directions, we FINALLY have some clarity on what patent protection is going to look like in China in the coming future. Many of […]
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