Innovation Director, Satoshi Konno, from IP Bridge, Inc. (“IP Bridge”) joined the 9th edition of the Business of IP Asia Forum (“BIP Asia Forum”) held from December 5 and 6 in 2019 (hosted by Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, Hong Kong Design Centre). At this event, Konno exchanged opinions about how the intellectual property situation was developed in Asia and the intellectual eco system in Greater Bay Area where Hong Kong, the Pearl River Delta in Guangdong and Macao were merged with Mr. Soh Kar Liang, President of the ASEAN Intellectual Property Association, Mr. Hirohito Katsunuma, President at Asian Patent Attorneys Association, Mr. Hunk Li, Deputy General Manager and Chief Legal Officer of Guangzhou Shiyuan Electronic Technology Company Limited. Various media including ACM Newswire reported about BIP Asia Forum. .
■ You can find an article on BIP Asia Forum as below (in English)
https://au.finance.yahoo.com/news/business-ip-asia-forum-opens-070000105.html
■ You can also check the speech by the Chief Executive, Mrs Carrie Lam at BIP Asia Forum below (in English)
https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201912/05/P2019120500365.htm?fbclid=IwAR3AgjdtCwlyntxfL9QpBSf9cAIPCZpycVoeZ3XuHxOKZsR4iB1uEdSNVKU
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At IP Bridge, our focus is on promoting technological innovation and cooperation within Japan and around the world. We have worked with investors worldwide, from 26 major global corporations to the Japanese Government, to establish the first and largest fund in Japan (approximately $300M) aimed at global innovation and IP-related investments. Our mission is to discover, activate and leverage high-quality, under-utilized intellectual property assets to the benefit of a variety of IP owners based in and outside of Japan. Our vision is that these activities will stimulate economic development and a healthy growth of industries worldwide.
We actively engage leading technology companies, small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) and universities to build large and high quality portfolios of 3,500 worldwide patents that are growing. These portfolios are in the fields of wireless communications, semiconductors, video codecs, display technologies, automotive technologies, robotics, home appliances, electric devices, healthcare, environment and energy, food technologies, and medical engineering.
Our world class team includes experienced professionals from IP and corporate management of major technology companies, investment funds, financial institutions, and law firms. We have the global experience and relationships to provide comprehensive IP services, including IP-based business incubation, monetization, licensing and financing to generate revenue and fuel innovation and business expansion, syndicated transactions to remove potential IP risks to our clients, and IP consulting services to build IP strategies, maximize IP value, and best position our clients for success.