Read the full judgment text of HCMP 000897/2010 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 26 May 2010.
1. In 2005, a company called BeeLab Semiconductor Limited (“BeeLab”) applied for a grant to facilitate the registration of a patent in relation to a piece of power supply apparatus known as a charge pump. The application was made (pursuant to a Hong Kong Government funding scheme) to the Innovation and Technology Commission (“the ITC”). In order to evaluate the viability of the patent registration, the ITC in turn delegated this task to the Hong Kong Productivity Council (“the HKPC”).
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