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Intellectual Property Assessment Business of IP Asia Forum 2016
Committee held its 2 Annual Meeting
nd

Date Date
2 Sep 2015 1 - 2 Dec 2016

Abstract Abstract

Pioneering the practices in knowledge transfer and intellectual PolyU is a supporting organization of BIP Asia 2016, which
property (IP) management in tertiary institutions, the gathers IP professionals and business leaders from all over
Intellectual Property Assessment Committee (IPAC) of PolyU the world, and co-organizes a breakout session on “Partnering
held its Second Annual Meeting on 2 September 2015. with Universities and Research Institutions in the Era of Open
Innovation” with Dr. Terence Lau, Director of ITDO as the
IPAC serves to enhance PolyU’s knowledge transfer activities moderator.
by improving IP assessment, the quality of PolyU’s patent
portfolio, as well as the commercialization potential of PolyU’s In addition, Mr. Trevor Chuang, Senior Manager, Intellectual
inventions. The Committee provides invaluable insights into Property Management Section of ITDO, spoke in the breakout
materializing the real-world application of PolyU’s research session “Fashion and IP: New Materials and Technology
and technologies. Applications” and shared with the audience on IP strategies
for textiles and apparel industry.
The launch of PolyU IP Portal was further announced at the
meeting that the Portal serves to streamline the invention ITDO arranged the visit tour for BIP participants to recognize
disclosure process at PolyU with web-based interfaces for PolyU’s expertise and advanced technologies to exchange
invention submission, access of information and records, some view on IP management and explore the collaboration
patent evaluation, as well as report generation. With the on IP commercialization and technology transfer between
transformation brought by the full-fledged operation of the Beijing government and PolyU.
Portal, PolyU envisions higher efficacy and capacity in IP
management.
Apart from the Portal, committee members also explored the
potential commercialization alternatives for PolyU’s IP at the
meeting. PolyU would further look into different mechanisms
for commercialization including the establishment of patent
pools and patent commons with the ultimate aim of benefiting
the society at large with its inventions.

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