Tim has lived and worked as a Solicitor in Hong Kong full-time since 1980, handling a very wide range of Intellectual Property matters.
He has drafted agreements and advised in relation to the commercial exploitation by way of assignment, licensing, joint venture and franchising of a wide range of Intellectual Property rights in the fields of patents, trademarks, designs, copyright and other related rights for clients in Hong Kong and around the world.
Tim has also provided advice in relation to issues of confidentiality concerning a wide range of intellectual property rights.
He has also been involved in numerous court cases in Hong Kong seeking to enforce IP rights as well as defending parties accused of infringing the rights of others.
He has also been involved in the enforcement of IP rights in China, other jurisdictions in Asia and elsewhere.
Tim has a very extensive international network of personal contacts in all areas of IP and has been a Council Member of the Hong Kong Group of the Asian Patent Attorneys Association since 1990, and President between 2009 and 2015.
He has also been appointed as a Notary Public since 1992.
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Tim Hancock is a long-standing name in Hong Kong’s IP market who comes equipped with over four decades of experience in trademark registration, enforcement and litigation. He is widely recognised for his strategic acumen in protecting brand rights across Asia and globally.