This summary version of “Practical Guide for IP Managers” prepares enterprises for protecting and managing their IP assets, and integrating IP commercialisation and IP trading into their overall business strategy. Copying and distribution could only be made for the purposes of personal reference and internal reference within their organisations. Please refer to the terms and conditions on the cover inner page.

This booklet is jointly published by the Intellectual Property Department and The Law Society of Hong Kong. It provides practical considerations and tax considerations on managing IP assets as well as suggestions for IP managers on issues concerning collaborative innovation.

This booklet is jointly published by the Intellectual Property Department and the Law Society of Hong Kong which aims to provide an understanding of the general contents of an IP licence and the preferences of Licensors and Licensees from their different perspectives.

(2nd edition, printed in 2023)

This booklet is jointly published by the Intellectual Property Department and the Law Society of Hong Kong with an aim to facilitate businesses, particularly SMEs, in understanding the process and the benefits that IP audit and due diligence would bring about prior to seeking IP finances and engaging in IP trading activities.

(2nd edition, printed in 2023)

(October 2007 edition)

(Revised June 2020)

(Revised Edition July 2022)