Kenny Wong

Recognized as a luminary, Kenny Wong has received well over 100 awards as a leading IP practitioner in Hong Kong and China. His experience covers the full spectrum of IP/IT laws. He also practices franchise law, advising clients on setting up franchised operations in Hong Kong and the PRC. Besides conventional IP/IT work, he enjoys an enviable gaming and entertainment practice acting for gaming operators, A-list artistes, film directors, film production companies, and record companies. He is unique in understanding and handling collaborations between the film industries in Hong Kong, China, and the U.S.

Besides his busy practice, Kenny is also a seasoned and popular lecturer. In addition to his part-time teaching, he has delivered over 130 lectures, seminars and presentations to judges, IP enforcement officers, lawyers, enterprises, universities, and members of the public on IP and IT subjects in Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, the Philippines, and the United States. He is currently as an Adjunct Professor of HKU and has taught courses on Cybercrime and Intellectual Property. He and an in-house counsel of a leading broadcaster have designed and are co-teaching a new Entertainment Law course for HKU.

Kenny publishes extensively too. He co-authored Intellectual Property Law and Practice in Hong Kong, a recommended text by the three universities in Hong Kong which offer IP courses. He is also the co-author of the IP chapters in the tort reference book Tort Law & Practice in Hong Kong. He wrote two booklets on IP Licensing and Due Diligence which were jointly published by the Hong Kong Government and the Law Society of Hong Kong.

Kenny serves on various professional committees. He is the chairman of the IP Committee of the Law Society of Hong Kong which is always busy making recommendations on the IP laws and practice in Hong Kong. Amongst other government appointments, he also serves as the Deputy Chairman of the Copyright Tribunal.