East Asia - Hong Kong

Norton Rose Fulbright

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Led by ‘consummate professional’ Justin Davidson, Norton Rose Fulbright’s Hong Kong-based team is particularly skilled at managing and enforcing large-scale IP portfolios for major local and international brands within the financial services, technology and life sciences sectors. In this context, as well as drawing upon deep local expertise, clients also benefit from the ability to leverage vast international resources from across its global network of offices. Other work includes advice on IP due diligence associated with corporate transactions handled by the firm, as well as an increasing volume of tech-related patent litigation in the PRC.

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  • 'Justin Davidson is a consummate professional who delivers practical advice.'

Key clients

  • BNP Paribas
  • A.Y. Laboratories Ltd
  • Antisense Therapeutics Limited
  • Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
  • De Motu Cordis Pty Ltd
  • Endogene Limited
  • Genus plc
  • Integrated Protein Technologies, Inc.
  • Neuren Pharmaceuticals Limited
  • Stembiosys. Inc.
  • University of Louisville Research Foundation Inc.
  • Crown Worldwide Holdings Ltd.
  • Global Futures & Options
  • ASTRI (Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology
  • Institute)
  • City University of Hong Kong
  • WaveTouch Limited
  • Stella McCartney Ltd

Work highlights

  • Advising Global Future & Options on the rollout and management of their global trade mark portfolio.
  • Advising the Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI) on the management, protection and commercialisation of their valuable IP portfolio assets.
  • Advising BNP Paribas on the management and enforcement of its global trade mark portfolio.

Lawyers

Leading individuals

Justin Davidson

Norton Rose Fulbright

Justin Davidson is a technology lawyer based in Hong Kong and heads the intellectual property team in Asia. Justin has extensive experience in intellectual property law and has a strong record advising both multinational and Asian businesses for more than 25 years on a wide range of contentious and non-contentious intellectual property and technology law issues across Asia. He regularly assists clients in protecting and exploiting their IP portfolios and is particularly active advising on complex IP litigation and managing multijurisdictional patent disputes. His practice includes advising on all aspects of IP from prosecution and litigation to licensing and the monetizing of IP. Justin has regularly been acknowledged as a leading IP lawyer by all the legal directories in the area of Intellectual Property and Life Sciences.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Justin Davidson

Other key lawyers

Stanley Ng, James Kwong