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Latest Novacourses

A selection of the latest CPD and free content

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New CPD novacourses

• Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in the PRC
This novacourse covers the enforcement of Intellectual Property (IP) rights in China by first briefly examining the overall legal and judicial system in China, then civil, criminal, then administrative remedies before finally covering preventative actions an IP Rights (IPR) holder can take.
• Computer Forensics For Legal Professionals
This course highlights some of the key points a legal professional should know about the acquisition of digital data.
• ADR in Asia Update
Asian business interests are certain to see a rise in the popularity of dispute resolution in the current economic climate. This course investigates four of the region's rival arbitration centres to assess how well they are positioned to handle the potential resulting surge in actions.
• Intellectual Property Valuation
As economies have transformed from a manufacturing base manned by laborers to a service base driven by knowledge workers, intellectual capital has emerged as a leading asset class among industrialized countries worldwide. Many companies, especially technology companies, have significant intangible assets that constitute valuable IP.

This novacourse, along with the follow up novacourse Intellectual Property Valuation: Legal and Commercial Concerns provides an introduction to the key methods of IP valuation of patents as well as relevant issues.
• Intellectual Property Valuation: Legal and Commercial Concerns
The value of IP can be profoundly affected by both legal and business factors yet current valuation schemes lack mechanisms to screen out potentially worthless IP on the basis of critical legal or commercial aspects.
• Ongoing obligations under the AIM Rules for Companies
This novacourse will be of interest to NOMADS, directors of companies who are already listed, or are considering an AIM listing, and their advisors, including their internal and external counsel, as it examines the ongoing obligations set out in the AIM Rules for Companies.


New and notable novacourses

• Litigation Communications in the Internet Age
Richard S. Levick, Esq., of Levick Strategic Communications discusses how digital communications has changed everything in high profile cases. And the defense is far behind.
• An Introduction to the Legal System of the PRC: Sources of law, the legal hierarchy, the Judiciary
A brief introduction to Mainland China's legal system with particular emphasis on sources of law, the legal hierarchy and judiciary.
• Protecting trade secrets
Hill & Associates, Executive Vice President David Fernyhough discusses how firms can protect trade secrets in today’s competitive global environment.

• Corporate rescue with Chinese characteristics
Despite its long standing as a centre of international finance, Hong Kong legislation lags far behind that of the PRC in its approach to corporate rescue. In this month’s feature, we take a look at the features of insolvency and rescue provisions in each jurisdiction. As the full impact of the collapse of major financial conglomerates plays out on the global stage, which regime is better positioned to face challenges and seize opportunities?

• Asian M&A: A multipolar world and one large dragon
The simple days of inbound Western and Japanese investment are long gone. Asian mergers, acquisitions, and their legal issues now flow in a multitude of directions, with China setting the pace.
• A comparison of patent practice between China and the US
U.S. Patent Attorney Charles Ho of Barron & Young Intellectual Property compares patent practices in the PRC and the US covering differences in patent categories, patent professionals, application categories, post-issuance practices, novelty and prosecution (i.e. application) matters.
• An examination of proposed amendments to Hong Kong’s Domestic Violence Ordinance
With major amendments to the Domestic Violence Ordinance looming, Asian-Counsel magazine's Managing Editor, Sharron Fast, examines the proposed amendments noting areas of success and lacunae.
• The Internet, law and you
Partner, Rishwant Singh of Zul Rafique and Partners in Malaysia, takes a look at web-based legal issues from anonymity over the Internet to claims of online defamation, contempt and sedition.


New Free novacourses

• Marketing for law firms
Effective law firm marketing is no longer a luxury but rather a matter of survival. Patrick Dransfield, Publisher at Pacific Business Press, talks about how lawyers and marketing people can become more effective business generators.

• Lawyers are from Mars - Marketing people are from Mercury
Patrick Dransfield, Publisher at Pacific Business Press, talks about the differences between legal and marketing professionals and how lawyers and marketing people can work together to create new business.
• Step Six, Part 1: Relaying the message- External Media
What are the things a law firm should or should not do with their press releases? How should a firm use its press releases as part of an overall promotion program? Patrick Dransfield, Publisher of Asian-Counsel, examines this and other important issues.
• An Introduction to Computer Forensics
This sample novacourse provides a short introduction to the growing importance of computer forensics and describes some of the challenges faced by computer forensics investigator.
• Legal Mandarin (Putonghua)
A short introduction to some key legal terms in Putonghua.

• Using novacourses for pre-employment screening
A short overview of how novacourses can be used to increase the efficiency and cost effectiveness of the pre-employment screening process.


Some other novacourses of interest

• The Hong Kong Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance
A quick introduction to Hong Kong's Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Cap.486) .

• Analyzing Patent Infringement
Patent rights can be usurped through literal or non-literal infringement and approaches to infringement analysis can differ among jurisdictions. Gilkron's own Ronald Yu looks at the use of the Doctrine of Equivalents and Purposive Construction among different jurisdictions.

RvG: Objective recklessness in Hong Kong Criminal Law
What are subjective and objective recklessness and what has been the impact of R v G in Hong Kong?

This presentation provides an overview of covenants not to sue, their traditional applications and discusses how covenants not to sue are now being applied in IT law.  
 

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