2021年4月23日星期五

HKIE Enginpreneurs Hub Webinar – Introduction to Intellectual Property

 The HKIE Enginpreneurs Hub webinar named “Introduction to Intellectual Property” was held on 23th April 2021. The seminar aimed to share the knowledge of patent together with other types of IP for succeeding in the innovation journey of intangible ideas and invention.  The guest speaker was Mr. Nathan Wong (IP Consultant, IP Centre under FHKI) and he addressed the normal practices for the IP registration in Hong Kong to establish a solid conception of how exactly an innovator could do to protect his or her own innovative endeavors.


Firstly, Mr. Nathan Wong briefed the definition among Intellect, Intellectual and Intellectual Capital and then explained the IP Right as the diagram from intelligent to intellectual asset.  Where IP is intangible property such as having a physical book vs Author.


Then he briefed different types of IP including Patent, Trade-mark, Industrial Design, Copyright, IC Topography, Trade Secret, etc. And then he mentioned the history of IP development including Paris Convention, Berne Convention, Trade-Related Aspects of IP Rights (TRIPS) and Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), as well as, Geographical Indications (GI). 


Geographical Indications (GI) is special regimes of protection; using collective or certification marks; and methods focusing on business practices, including administrative product approval schemes.


After that he briefed the protection for Copyright and explained some exemption such as fair use / fair dealing.  IC Topographies (not included PCB), Trade-mark, Patent and Industrial Design, as well as, Trade Secret were stated.  Where criterion for patent was highlighted into three factors and they were Novel, Useful and Inventive.


Finally, he discussed how to secure your IP and its ownership (e.g. IP created by staff in the course of employment is owned by the employer.). The following table showed the terms of protection among Trademark, Patent and Copyright.


Lastly, Mr. Nathan Wong briefed how to enforce IP rights including Civil Action, Criminal Prosecution, Assistance from Enforcement Division and Being Alert / Self-help.  Some useful websites and linkages were showed at the end of his presentation.


After the webinar, HKIE representative presented souvenir to Mr. Wong.


Reference:

HKIE - https://www.hkie.org.hk/en/

President's Message for 'The Enginpreneurs Hub' (EP Hub) - https://hkie.org.hk/en/discover/aboutpresident/

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