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Intellectual Property

In today’s knowledge economy, a large part of the value of your business is based on intangible assets and goodwill. Your intellectual property plays a key role in obtaining a competitive advantage. A cohesive IP strategy, including both commercialisation and enforcement, will ensure you get maximum value from your portfolio. We understand your business needs and have worked with some of the best-known brands, from banks to tech and media companies, pharmaceuticals and FMCG companies. This industry-specific approach can help you realise your commercial goals.

The right brands will win the hearts and minds of your customers. The right patents will prevent others exploiting your ideas or provide a substantial barrier to market access. Copyright, databases, know-how, domain names, trade secrets and designs also play a vital role. We focus on key sectors relevant to you such as life sciences, consumer products, financial services and TMT. This means you get in-depth industry knowledge as well as legal expertise for the protection of your IP. If you are involved in a dispute, we can guide you through the litigation process.

Our diverse team, who are fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese, are qualified to manage and enforce portfolios for some of the world’s biggest brand owners in Hong Kong and across the Asia-Pacific region; and handles the most complex and technically demanding IP disputes.  Costs can quickly escalate in contentious proceedings, so project management is key to our service, driving forward cases, narrowing issues, and managing other service providers.

Awards & Recognitions
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    "They are proactive in identifying and analysing business opportunities related to our intellectual property."
    Legal 500
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    "What sets the firm apart is its reliable advice on a wide range of legal matters and its deep expertise."
    WTR 1000

Intellectual Property Insights

CMS at INTA Leadership Meeting 2025

18 Nov 2025

Protection of Graphical User Interfaces as Registered Design

28 Oct 2025 2 min read

CMS Expert Guide on Preliminary Injunctions in IP

07 Oct 2025 1 min read

CMS toolkit series

02 Jul 2025 1 min read

CMS Expert Guide on Beauty

23 Apr 2025 2 min read

CMS Expert Guide to transferring IP rights

06 May 2024 2 min read

Technology Transformation – Media

08 Nov 2022 2 min read

CMS Expert Guide to trade secrets

07 Jun 2022 2 min read

Events

  • Hong Kong SAR, China
    08 Apr 2026

    CMS at Fordham IP & Policy Conference

  • Hong Kong SAR, China
    16 Apr 2026

    Green claims in focus

  • Hong Kong SAR, China
    21 Apr 2026

    On the Pulse webinar series 2026 - Spring/Summer

  • Hong Kong SAR, China
    28 Apr 2026

    IP Insights webinar series 2026

  • Hong Kong SAR, China
    02 May 2026

    CMS at INTA 2026

  • Hong Kong SAR, China
    05 May 2026

    Joint seminar with CMS and Tannenbaum Helpern - A global perspective on securing, maintaining, and enforcing...

  • Hong Kong SAR, China
    28 May 2026

    CMS International Crypto Forum 2026

Local market knowledge. Global outlook

We provide future-facing legal advice to help your organisation thrive. Combining local market knowledge and a global perspective, and with lawyers in locations worldwide, your organisation benefits from the expertise it needs, even across borders.

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