Intellectual Property for Tech Start-ups (Jan 2026)
Learn how to build an IP strategy tailored for tech startups, leverage IP to strengthen your fundraising pitch, and manage and optimize your IP portfolio for long-term value.
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Cyberport Academy
- 29-Jan-2026
Training Overview
Learn practical steps to turn your ideas into defensible assets and position your start-up for success in competitive markets. Gain practical knowledge from real-world cases and prepare your startup for the future of tech law. Participants will learn how to build a tailored intellectual property (IP) strategy that strengthens fundraising pitches and optimizes IP portfolios for long-term value. Through real-world cases, attendees gain actionable insights into litigation strategies, fraud comparisons, and regulatory frameworks like HKMA & SFC licensing regimes.
Date: 29 January 2026
Time: 2:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Venue: Oval Room, Smart-Space FinTech 1, Level 6, Core E, Cyberport 3
Language: English
Topic 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
Topic 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
Training Fee:
Refundable commitment fee to Cyberport community members (i.e. Cyberport incubatees, CCMF grantees, Cyberport Alumni):
- 100% refund to eligible participants according to Cyberport Academy attendance policy
*Please obtain the discount code by sending email to training@cyberport.hk.
Regular price:
- HK$735 per head.
- The fee is non-refundable.
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*All monies collected will be used for Cyberport’s public mission start-up events and activities.
For further training enquiry, please contact Ms. Hazel Tsang at training@cyberport.hk
Speakers:
Mr Steven FUNG, Principal – Registered Patent Attorney (AU, NZ), Real & Complex IP Services Ltd
- 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. He 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. He 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.
- Ms. Dou is one of the very few barristers and accountants who truly has hands-on experience in issuing originally minted cryptocurrencies to the market through blockchains.
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Requirment
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Tech start-ups
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Anyone Interested in this topic
Outcomes
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1. Intellectual property strategy for tech start-ups
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2. How intellectual property help in fundraising
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3. Intellectual property portfolio management
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4. How courts interpret virtual assets and blockchain
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5. Digital asset recovery litigation strategies
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6. Comparing traditional fraud vs. crypto-fraud cases
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7. Asset tracking and expert reports
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8. Injunctions: Mareva vs. Proprietary
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9. Tokenised court orders explained
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10. Crypto exchanges and express trust issues
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11. HKMA & SFC licensing regimes
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12. AI-related IP challenges for startups
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