Legal 101: Expanding Beyond Hong Kong - Protecting Your Invention

 

Recognized by Asian Legal Business (2015) as one of the top lawyers under the age of 40 in Asia, Alan has received more than 30 awards as a leading IP, Technology and Entertainment lawyer in in the Greater China Region. He was also named as one of the finalists of “Managing Partner of the Year” in the ALB Hong Kong Awards 2020. 

Alan has more than 18 years’ experience in advising both local and multinational companies on the full spectrum of both contentious and non-contentious intellectual property and technology work, including mergers, acquisition and commercialization of IP assets, internal IP audits, pre-IPO due diligence, joint ventures, research collaboration, licensing, franchising and distribution. He has also handled a number of high-profile IP litigation and cross-border enforcement of copyright, trademark, design and patent. His practice also covers data privacy, advertising law, competition law, entertainment law, e-commerce and cybersecurity matters.

Salina began her IP training at a large IP firm in Osaka where she served many leading multinational pharmaceutical companies and institutions. She is particularly experienced in helping individual clients, start-ups, government bodies and tertiary institutions in building up and managing their global IP portfolios.

 

She has extensive knowledge in worldwide patent practice and assisted clients in drafting original patent specifications, prosecuting patent applications, providing patentability searches and opinions, filing strategy and portfolio management. At ELLALAN, she focuses in handling patent licensing, technology transfer, patent invalidation and infringement analysis and assisting listed companies and conglomerates in patent litigation and invalidation proceedings in Hong Kong and the Mainland China.

 

Salina is a core member of our Life Science team. She has worked with a wide range of biotech related areas, namely technologies spanning biopharmaceuticals, biotechnology, microbiology, traditional Chinese medicine, nanotechnology, medical and mechanical devices.