Intellectual Property for Tech Start-ups (October 2024)

1 mark for CIP assessment *[Learners will get certificate and 1 CIP Credit if they completed both Session 1 (Webinars) and Session 2 (One-on-one mentoring)] Learners will NOT be given any certificate, CIP credit and attendance record if they just attend the webinar, or they are late and absent from both webinar and mentoring sessions for more than a total of 15 minutes

About this course

Intellectual Property for Tech Start-ups

Session 1 – Live Webinars
Date: 17 October 2024 (Thursday)
Time: 10:00am – 12:00nn

Webinar Topic 1: Intellectual Property for Tech Start-ups
Speaker: Mr. Steven Fung, Principal – Registered Patent Attorney (AU, NZ), Real & Complex IP Services Ltd

Webinar Topic 2: A Roadmap for Startup Innovation and Growth: Navigating the Patent Landscape and Securing Funding Support for Startups
Speaker: Ms. Cody Yip, Associate Principal Consultant of Intellectual Property Management, Hong Kong Productivity Council

Session 2 (By Invitation)*
Time: 2:00pm – 4:30pm (each company has up to 15 minutes one-on-one mentoring discussion with Steven)
Topic: Intellectual Property for Tech Start-ups Clinic
Speaker: Mr. Steven Fung, Principal – Registered Patent Attorney (AU, NZ), Real & Complex IP Services Ltd
Registration Method: If you are interested in joining the discussion, you can complete the application form and select your preferred timeslot during Session 1.

*1 mark for CIP assessment *[Learners will get certificate and 1 CIP Credit if they completed both Session 1 (Webinars) and Session 2 (One-on-one mentoring)]

Learners will NOT be given any certificate, CIP credit and attendance record if they just attend the webinar, or they are late and absent from both webinar and mentoring sessions for more than a total of 15 minutes

Format: Webinar

Language: English

Fee:
1. Regular price:
- HK$420 per head.

2. Discount price to Smart-Space Tenants:
- HK$168 per head.
- Please obtain the discount code by sending email to training@cyberport.hk.

3. Refundable commitment fee to Cyberport community members (i.e. Cyberport incubatees, CCMF grantees, Cyberport Alumni:
- HK$100 per head
- 100% refund to eligible participants who comply to Cyberport Academy attendance policy
- Please obtain the discount code by sending email to training@cyberport.hk.

Use of Promotion Code

- In desktop version, you can input the code by clicking "Enroll Now" --> "Pay with Credit Card" --> "Add Promotion Code"

- In mobile version, You can input the code by clicking "Enroll Now" --> "Pay with Credit Card" --> "View details" --> "Add Promotion Code"

*Cyberport reserves the right to charge the original price if applicants use a discount code that does not belong to his/her category.
*All monies collected will be used for Cyberport’s public mission start-up events and activities.

COURSE DETAIL

Entrepreneurship

3 - 10 hours

Paid

1 credit

ENROLL

Deadline: 09 Oct 2024

training@cyberport.hk

COURSE DETAIL

Entrepreneurship

3 - 10 hours

Paid

1 credit

ENROLL

Deadline: 09 Oct 2024

training@cyberport.hk

By the end of this course, you will learn:

Intellectual property strategy for tech start-ups

How intellectual property help in fundraising

Intellectual property portfolio management

HK government’s funding for global patent protection – Patent Application Grant (PAG)

Provide an overview and cover aspects of patenting activities and innovation trends in Hong Kong, the Greater Bay Area and globally

Speakers

MR STEVEN FUNG

Principal – Registered Patent Attorney (AU, NZ), Real & Complex IP Services Ltd

Steven is a Registered Patent Attorney (AU/NZ) and has been practicing in the industry for over 15 years.

Steven started in the profession as a Patent Examiner with the Australian Patent Office where he became familiar with the procedures and thought process of the Examination centre. After a short time in the Examiner role, Steven moved into the Patent Attorney profession with a large Australian Patent & Trademark Attorney firm before joining an International Patent Attorney firm in Hong Kong in 2012 where he was an Associate, and later a Partner for 6 years.

Recognizing the uniqueness and strengths of the Hong Kong innovation community and his desires to increase his contributions to a golden moment of innovation and advancement in our history, Steven started Real & Complex IP to directly serve inventors, universities and companies in our growing ecosystem.

Steven is an expert Patent Attorney and works with a variety of technologies including computation, electronics and telecommunications. Steven has worked with a large range of clients, from multi-nationals to start-ups and has been involved in supporting some very large patent litigation cases. Steven is also heavily involved in the innovation and start up community with lectures, seminars and mentoring with different start up groups in Hong Kong.

Steven is fluent in Chinese (Cantonese) and English. If you are involved within the Hong Kong innovation community, chances are you may have come across Steven’s seminars or profile. We hope you had found these useful and please do reach out and say hello.

MS CODY YIP

Associate Principal Consultant, Intellectual Property Management of Hong Kong Productivity Council

Ms. Cody Yip is currently working as an Associate Principal Consultant of Intellectual Property Management, Hong Kong Productivity Council. She has over 10 years of experience as a patent practitioner. She was a Chinese patent agent of Hong Kong patent firm overseeing the team to handle patent applications filed for a wide range of technologies for companies including startups and listed companies. She also worked as a senior IP counsel of a multinational enterprise in formulating strategies on patent protection and enforcement, developing and managing patent portfolio, providing IP search and analysis for the R&D and the marketing team. Before her patent practise, she was a postdoctoral researcher in the French National Centre for Scientific Research. She was also a visiting lecturer at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.