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AssociateHong Kong
Email charmaine.kwong@hoganlovells.com
Phone +852 2219 0888
Fax +852 2219 0222
LanguagesEnglish, Cantonese, Mandarin
Practice groupIntellectual Property, Media, and Technology
Charmaine Kwong assists brand owners in managing their global trademark and design portfolios, securing trademark registrations, and enforcing intellectual property (IP) rights through contentious proceedings, arbitrations, negotiations, or otherwise. She also advises clients on trade descriptions and personal data privacy and protection issues.
Charmaine assists brand owners with managing their global IP portfolio, registering their IPs and devising appropriate brand protection strategies. She also advises clients in litigation and arbitration proceedings involving IP rights and their enforcement. Having trained at Hogan Lovells, she also assisted the Technology, Media, and Telecommunications (TMT) team on matters including advisory work on commercial agreements and data privacy and protection.
Charmaine graduated with a first class honors law degree and was the president of the Undergraduate Law Society at university. She was awarded numerous scholarships, including the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government Scholarship, the Lee Quo Wei Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Golden Jubilee Scholarship, and our very own Hogan Lovells LLB prize.
Rising star 2020/21 (Hong Kong), IP Stars
Managing IP
Rising star 2019 (Hong Kong), IP Stars
Managing IP
Individual Silver Award; 2020 Pro Bono and Community Work Recognition Programme
The Law Society of Hong Kong
Individual Gold Award; 2019 Pro Bono and Community Work Recognition Programme
The Law Society of Hong Kong
Individual Gold Award; 2018 Pro Bono and Community Service Awards
The Law Society of Hong Kong
Individuals' Special Award; 2016/17 Recognition Scheme for the Provision of Pro Bono Legal Services
Home Affairs Bureau, HKSAR
Education
P.C.LL., The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2015
LL.B., The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2014
Court admissions
Hong Kong
Representing clients on company name hijacking matters.
Representing various clients with respect to domain name recovery proceedings.
Advising clients on issues of personal data privacy and protection.
Advising a Korean company in the setting up of data centers in Hong Kong.
Advising a global toys company in a trademark dispute in Hong Kong over its household character name.
Advising a cinema chain in handling customer complaints and false advertising issues.
Advising on complaints and regulatory investigations under Trade Descriptions Ordinance.
Advising a leading lingerie-maker in enforcing its intellectual property rights cross-border against infringers in mainland China.
Advising an Indian solar technology company in a US$285m arbitration regarding the sale and purchase of solar wafers (HKIAC, Hong Kong).
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