APAA Meeting 2009

The 15^th General Assembly of the Asian Patent Attorneys Association (“APAA”) was successfully held in Hong Kong from 18^th to 22^nd November 2009. Grace Chu, partner and Paris Hui, associate represented the firm to attend the APAA conference in Hong Kong.
 

The APAA has over 2,000 members from 17 Recognised Groups by geographical regions. The Groups take turn to host the Annual Meeting of APAA. The Annual Meeting brings together IP practitioners from different corners of the world. It is a major IP event during which latest developments in the IP law and practice in different jurisdictions will be discussed and shared.
 

Hong Kong played host for the Annual Meeting in 2009 which was also the 15^th General Assembly of APAA. The meeting programme included a diverse range of topics like Detecting and Preventing sales of counterfeit goods via the internet, Trademark conflict on the internet, How the hybrid of mediation and arbitration may resolve the IP disputes in Asia, How to make a better patent world in the future etc.
 

Hong Kong best known for its versatility provided a series of interesting and fun filled social activities and excursions to the conference delegates. Even the weather had spiced up for our conference delegates. As opposed to the usual mild weather in November, our conference delegates were met by fresh and gusty winds particularly on the excursion day. Paris braving the wind joined the hiking excursion at Dragon’s Back while Grace took the cable car to see the Buddha at Ngong Ping followed by a pleasurable visit to Tai O fishing village.  Needless to say, plenty of opportunities were provided for cultural and knowledge exchange amongst the delegates.

^  Picture taken at Dragon’s Back, a famous trekking trail in Hong Kong with associates from Canada, India and Japan