Announcement

We have the pleasure to announce that C. K. Kwong, a Senior Partner of our firm, was elected as President of the Asian Patent Attorneys Association (“APAA”) for the term 2012-2015 in an open election which was conducted at the 61st Council Meeting of the APAA in Chiang Mai, Thailand on 31st October 2012.

Since its establishment 43 years ago in 1969, the APAA has grown into a broad based professional organization with over 2,300 intellectual property practitioners as its members from 24 jurisdictions and 18 Recognized Groups (Australia, Bangladesh, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Macau, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam).

This follows the appointment of Mr. Kwong as a Justice of the Peace (JP) by the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in 2008 in recognition of his contributions to community services and particularly in promoting intellectual property rights.

Mr. Kwong is qualified as a Chartered Arbitrator of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (London) and a CEDR (Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution) Accredited Mediator. He is a WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organisation) appointed neutral for Arbitration and Mediation and a Domain Name Panelist.

Mr. Kwong is committed to the protection and commercialization of our clients’ intellectual property rights.

We thank you for your continuous patronage.

SIT FUNG KWONG & SHUM