IP Experience Sharing Session

This sharing session is organized by Cyberport and supported by the International Intellectual Property Institute to be held on 24 January 2011 (Monday) at Cyberport IncuTrain Centre Solution Lab. Mr. Bruce A. Lehman, the president and board chairman of the International Intellectual Property Institute (IIPI), who has solid background in IP will discuss the problems on IP encountered by startup companies in developing ICT products and services. It will be a prime opportunity for you to meet with Mr. Lehman and network with other startup companies on IP issues.

Event Highlights:
- Understanding IP (Intellectual Property )
- Tips for operating an IP
- How to manage IP effectively
** It is highly appreciated for participants to join the sharing session and prepare to bring with their questions about IP.

Date :January 24, 2011 (Monday)
Time :4:30pm - 5:15 pm
Venue : Solution Lab, Cyberport IncuTrain Centre, Unit 518, Cyberport 3 (Core F), 100 Cyberport Road, Cyberport
Language: English
Fee:Free-of-charge

Agenda
4:30pm-4:45pm: Registration
4:45pm-5:15pm: Sharing with Mr. Bruce A. Lehman
5:15pm: End of event

To Register
If you are interested, please send your company name, participant's name, tel and email with subject "IP Experience Sharing Session" to training@cyberport.hk by January 20, 2011.

About Mr. Bruce A. Lehman
Bruce A. Lehman is the president and board chairman of the International Intellectual Property Institute (IIPI), a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, based in Washington, D.C. The Institute promotes the creation of modern intellectual property systems and the use of intellectual property rights as a mechanism for investment, technology transfer and the creation of wealth in all countries of the world. Concurrently, but separate from his responsibilities to IIPI, he serves as an expert witness in intellectual property litigation, and advises clients on intellectual property related legislation, litigation and policy, both domestically and internationally.
From August 1993 through December 1998 Mr. Lehman served as assistant secretary of commerce and U.S. commissioner of patents and trademarks. As the Clinton administration's primary representative for intellectual property rights protection, he was a key player on these issues, both domestically and internationally. At the request of the president, he served concurrently in the fall of 1997 as acting chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, which fosters and recognizes the work of America's artistic and creative community.
On February 7, 2006, Mr. Lehman was honored as one of 23 initial inductees to the newly created International IP Hall of fame, a project sponsored by the London-based, Intellectual Property Asset Management Magazine. He is one of ten living members of the Hall of Fame which includes historic figures such as Thomas Jefferson and Victor Hugo.

In 1994 The National Law Journal named Mr. Lehman its "Lawyer of the Year." In 1997 public-policy magazine National Journal named him as one of the 100 most influential men and women in Washington, noting, "In today's Information Age, the issue of intellectual property rights is no longer an arcane concern, but a vital part of U.S. trade policy. Since taking over his current posts in 1993, Lehman has been the Clinton Administration's outspoken voice on such matters here and abroad."

Serving as the leader of the U.S. delegation to WIPO's December 1996 Diplomatic Conference on Certain Copyright and Neighboring Rights Questions, Mr. Lehman concluded negotiations that resulted in the adoption of two treaties: the WIPO Copyright Treaty and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty; by updating international copyright law for the digital age, the treaties aim to facilitate the growth of online digital commerce over the Internet. Mr. Lehman's guidance on the development of the intellectual property provisions of the Uruguay Round Agreement, now known as TRIPS (Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property), has enabled American creators and inventors to more easily protect their creations from piracy throughout the world.

Mr. Lehman also chaired the Working Group on Intellectual Property Rights of the National Information Infrastructure Task Force. In September 1995 the Working Group released Intellectual Property and the National copyright protection of intellectual property in the networked environment of the information superhighway. These recommendations served as the basis for the WIPO treaties and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

For 10 years prior to joining the Clinton administration, Mr. Lehman was a partner in the Washington, D.C., law firm of Swidler & Berlin. There he represented individuals, companies and trade associations in the areas of intellectual property rights. His clients were drawn from the motion picture, telecommunications, pharmaceutical, computer software and broadcasting industries.

Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Lehman worked for nine years in the U.S. House of Representatives as counsel to the Committee on the Judiciary and chief counsel to the Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice. He was the Committee's principal legal adviser in the drafting of the 1976 Copyright Act, the 1980 Computer Software Amendments and the 1982 Amendments to the Patent Laws.

Mr. Lehman is holds both a B.S. and a J.D. degree from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.