INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Recognising that intellectual property rights are intangible but valuable assets to our clients, we deal with and advise on a wide range of contentious and non-contentious intellectual property matters in Hong Kong, China and other jurisdictions. Our practice includes:-

• Trade mark/service mark registrations, assignments, licensing and oppositions;
• Design registrations, assignment and licensing;
• Standard and Short-term patent registrations, assignments and licensing; and
• Copyright licensing.

We work with overseas trade mark agents/attorneys in relation to filing, prosecution and other registration matters in foreign jurisdictions. In addition, our litigation and intellectual property lawyers have experience in and are able to assist our clients to protect their intellectual property rights and prosecute any assist our clients to protect their intellectual property rights and prosecute any infringing activities.

Information technology has brought revolutionary changes to our daily life. Our clients in the IT industry increasingly look for legal advice regarding their businesses, which inevitably involves IP and IT issues. Combining our expertise in the areas of IP and IT, we provide various kinds of legal services to our clients including:-

• Software development, licensing and support
• Escrow agreements
• Website development
• Licensing of internet contents
• Data centres
• Registration and transfer of domain names