Intellectual Property for Tech Start-ups (Jan 2026)

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. Build an IP strategy tailored for tech startups

2. Leverage IP to strengthen your fundraising pitch

3. Manage and optimize your IP portfolio for long-term value

4. How courts interpret virtual assets and blockchain

5. Is cryptocurrency legally “property”?

6. Digital asset recovery litigation strategies

7. Comparing traditional fraud vs. crypto-fraud cases

8. Asset tracking and expert reports

9. Injunctions: Mareva vs. Proprietary

10. Tokenised court orders explained

11. Crypto exchanges and express trust issues

12. HKMA & SFC licensing regimes

13. AI-related IP challenges for startups

Date: 29 January 2026 (Thusday)

Time: 2:00pm – 05:30pm

Venue: Oval Room, Smart-Space FinTech 1, Level 6, Core E, Cyberport 3

Format: Lecture

Language: English

Session 1: Master Your IP Strategy for Start-up Success

Learning objectives:
Learn practical steps to turn your ideas into defensible assets and position your start-up for success in competitive markets.
Speaker:
Mr. Steven Fung, Principal – Registered Patent Attorney (AU, NZ), Real & Complex IP Services Ltd

Session 2: Unlock the Secrets of IP in the Digital Era

Learning objectives:
Gain practical knowledge from real-world cases and prepare your startup for the future of tech law.
Speaker:
Ms. Michelle CY Dou, Certified Public Accountant (HKICPA - CPA) and Barrister of the High Court

Fee:
1 Regular price:
- HK$735 per head.

2. 20% discount price to Smart-Space Tenants:
- HK$590 per head.

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 according to Cyberport Academy attendance policy
- Please obtain the discount code by sending email to training@cyberport.hk.

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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.

For further training enquiry, please contact Mr Rocky Lo at training@cyberport.hk

COURSE DETAIL

Intellectual Property & Blockchain

29 Jan 2026, 14:00 - 17:30

HK$735 (Refundable Commitment Fee HK$300)

No credit

ENROLL

Deadline: 23 Jan 2026

training@cyberport.hk

COURSE DETAIL

Intellectual Property & Blockchain

29 Jan 2026, 14:00 - 17:30

HK$735 (Refundable Commitment Fee HK$300)

No credit

ENROLL

Deadline: 23 Jan 2026

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

How courts interpret virtual assets and blockchain

Digital asset recovery litigation strategies

Asset tracking and expert reports

Crypto exchanges and express trust issues

Speaker

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 Michelle CY Dou

Certified Public Accountant (HKICPA - CPA) and Barrister of the High Court

Ms. Michelle CY Dou has obtained her qualifications of Certified Public Accountant (HKICPA - CPA) and Barrister of the High Court after working in PricewaterhouseCoopers (Financial Services Stream) and Cheng Huan QC SC Chambers respectively. Ms. Dou has worked in the financial markets for over 18 years with experience in dealing with reputable clients which include large financial institutions and listed companies. In her legal career, Ms. Dou has held the Legal Counsel position in various large financial institutions, and a Main Board listed company. She has also held the Legal Counsel position in a reputable Fintech company which issued a spectrum of originally minted cryptocurrencies to the market through blockchains.