The Sixth Business of IP Asia Forum took place on December 1^st and 2^nd, 2016. This event was jointly organized by the HKSAR government, the Hong Kong Trade Development Council and the Hong Kong Design Center. It was themed “Intellectual Property: Transforming Global Business”. The event attracted over 2,400 professionals. Among the attendees were HKSAR Chief Executive CY Leung, Deputy Executive Director of the World Intellectual Property Organization Wang Binying,; Deputy Executive Director of the World Trade Organization Yi Xiaozhun and Deputy Director of the SIPO Patent Office Zheng Yingjun.

As a leading IP service provider, Watson & Band Group set up a booth at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center. The representative team was comprised of W&B Executive Director and Partner Qian Junliang; W&B Partners Zhu Xiaosu, Liu Yizhou and Wu Yueqin; Patent Agent and Deputy General Manager of W&B Intellectual Property Agency Xu Yingcong; and Chen Chenzi, a Trademark Agent. The team shared expertise and exchanged experiences with professionals from around the world including representatives of high-tech businesses, technology incubator funds and venture capital funds, in an effort to display W&B’s knowledge, professionalism and excellence to Hong Kong, the “Pearl of the Orient”.

As an IP service provider specializing in IP-related business, W&B’s reputation for professionalism gives it a nationwide reach. The firm has also been recognized by a number of international law firm rating organizations and journals. In recent year, W&B has been honored as a “Top IP Law Firm”, a “Top Chinese Patent Litigation and Licensing Law Firm”, a “Top 50 Branded Chinese Law Firm” and a “Highly Recommended IP Law Firm” by Chambers and Partners, The Legal 500, IAM 1000, LEGALBAND and Asialaw Profiles. The firm has also received a silver medal in the field of Trademark Protection and Litigation from WTR 1000.

For the past twenty years W&B has enjoyed gradual but steady development as a result of its implementation of its motto “Integrity, Strategy, Professionalism and Dedication”. Although the road ahead remains long, the entire W&B crew will continue their concerted effort to build the firm into a large-scale professionalized and internationalized IP service brand, which in turn will become a building block for the construction of an innovative society.