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Date and Time for the Module
Date: 12, 19, 26 Nov 2022 (Sat)
Time: 10:00 – 12:15; 14:00 – 16:15
Module Duration: 13.5 Hours
Venue
Online (Zoom)
Module Outline
- PRC patents system
- PRC patentability examination
- PRC re-examination, invalidity Proceedings
- Application via Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
- US Patent System
- UK & European Patent System
Medium
Cantonese, with training materials in English
Module Fee
$2,970
About the Lecturers
Mr Nathan WONG (PRC Patent Attorney)
Mr Nathan Wong is an experienced IP specialist and is now heading the Intellectual Property Centre of the Federation of Hong Kong Industries(FHKI). Starting from 2011, he has built extensive networks and accumulated ample experience in IP services. Mr Wong specialises in exploring the strengths of each IP and their contribution to enterprises. In 2016, he was qualified as a Patent Attorney in Mainland China. His wide-ranging practice covers all aspects of IP work, including assisting clients with managing, protecting and commercialising their IP portfolios and handling patent specification drafting, patent prosecution, examination report review and response, etc.
Mr Sum LAM (Solicitor Advocate, practicing PRC patent attorney, practicing patent litigator and qualified Chinese Attorney-at-Law)
Mr Sum Lam is a senior patent attorney and a solicitor advocate (both civil and criminal proceedings) in England and Wales. He has a wide range of practising experience in IP, IT, Media and Data. Up to this date, he has handled more than 8000 non-contentious and contentious, prosecution and litigation cases. Three of his cases were selected by Chinese courts and tribunals (including Chinese Supreme People’s Court) as “Model Cases”. Mr Lam is the first Hongkonger who passed the Chinese patent bar exam (2004) in history and is one of the very few Hongkongers nailing the tough Chinese bar examination with outstanding performance. He chairs the Tsinghua University Law School Hong Kong Postgraduates Association and the Hong Kong Chinese Patent Attorneys Association (HKCPAA) and is the Vice-President of the Hong Kong Institute of Patent Attorneys (HKIPA).
Mr Henry LUK (LL. B, MSc, PGDipCompL)
Mr Henry Luk possesses around a decade of experience in handling a full range of IP matters including the prosecution of patent and trademark applications worldwide. He is currently employed by Squire Patton Boggs, a full service global law firm with more than 1 500 lawyers in 45 offices across 20 countries. He holds a Bachelor of Laws from King’s College London and a Master of Science from the University of Warwick and is a Council Associate of the Hong Kong Institute of Patent Attorneys (HKIPA). He has rich training experience in patent, trademark and IP management and has been a
guest lecturer in relevant training programmes of HKPC, HKIPA and the University of Warwick.
Dr Man Chun LAW (MSc, PhD, PRC Patent Attorney)
Dr Joe Law is a patent attorney and is the Patent and Legal Director of GRST Holdings Limited, who specialises in providing IP strategic planning and enforcement for the company. As a patent attorney, and having received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in chemistry, he supervises the filing and prosecution of IP applications of GRST worldwide. Prior to joining GRST, Dr Law was associated with international law firm , Squire Patton Boggs, in its Hong Kong office, where he advised multinational clients on IP matters and enforcement of patent rights. He is a vice chairman of Hong Kong Chinese Patent Attorneys
Association (HKCPAA) and a secretary general of the Hong Kong Institute of Patent Attorney (HKIPA).
Dr Kam Wah LAW (PhD, HK Solicitor, US Patent Attorney)
Dr Kam Wah Law is a US patent attorney as well as a Hong Kong solicitor. He is the vice-president of Hong Kong Institute of Patent Practitioners (HIPP). He was a partner in Squire Patton Boggs, an international law firm with 45 offices in 20 countries. In 2018 he founded Draxtal IP consulting Limited, a company providing consultations and advice to clients in worldwide IP management and strategy. He can provide opinions regarding patentability, freedom to operate, infringement or non-infringement, invalidity or validity opinions. He also helps clients in applying for and prosecuting trademark and patent applications in the US and Hong Kong. Prior to his career in law he worked at 3M and Samsung Electronics as a scientist and then a patent manager. As a prolific inventor himself, he has obtained more than 200 patents worldwide for 3M and Samsung Electronics.
Mr Hans LEE (Chartered Patent Attorney & Solicitor)
Mr Hans Lee is an IP solicitor and a Chartered Patent Attorney of You Yi International Intellectual Property Services Limited. He was a partner heading the IP practices at FitzGerald Lawyers, Nixon Peabody CWL and ONC Lawyers. Mr Lee has been acknowledged as an Asia IP Expert by Asia IP, among the world’s leading patent professionals by IAM Patent 1000 and as an IP Star by Managing IP. He’s also been a finalist for the International Law Office Client Choice Awards in IP-Patents. He has particular experience in telecommunications, semiconductors, electronic devices, power tools, biotechnology, anti-counterfeiting technology and software.
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Full course – Certificate of IP Laws and Practice
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Module 1 – Hong Kong and PRC Trademark
Module 2 – Hong Kong Design and Copyright
Module 3 – Hong Kong Patent
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