Intellectual Property for Tech Start-ups (April 2025)

Content includes invention protection, best practice, commercialization and IP essential for fundraising. Learners will NOT be given any attendance record if they are late and absent for more than a total of 15 minutes.

About this course

Intellectual Property for Tech Start-ups

What to learn in this workshop?

1. Intellectual property strategy for tech start-ups

2. How intellectual property help in fundraising

3. Intellectual property portfolio management

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

5. Introduction to the new Technology and Innovation Support Centre (TISC)

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

Live Webinars
Date: 11 April 2025 (Friday)
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: Unlocking IP Potential for Startups in HK - Patent Trends and Success Tips
Speaker: Ms. Mia Wu, Senior Consultant of IP Management, Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC)

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$300 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

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*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

Under 2 hours

Paid

No credit

ENROLL

Deadline: 10 Apr 2025

training@cyberport.hk

COURSE DETAIL

Entrepreneurship

Under 2 hours

Paid

No credit

ENROLL

Deadline: 10 Apr 2025

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

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 MIA WU

Senior Consultant of IP Management, Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC)

Mia is a Lawyer and Patent Attorney qualified of PRC, as well as Associate Senior Title in Intellectual Property of PRC. She possesses a Master of IP law at the University of Melbourne . Mia has over 10 years of experience in IP law research, IP searches, and IP management, including 6 years at the CNIPA IP Search and Consultation Centre handling patent law research, patent searches and analysis; and 6 years as the IP Director at Skyworth, a leading Chinese manufacturing company, managing IP applications, protection, licensing, and litigation.