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Intellectual property [2026] HKCFI 2741

WONG TO YICK WOOD LOCK OINTMENT LTD v. SUN ASCENT DEVELOPMENT LTD AND ANOTHER

法院裁定原告未能在毫無合理疑點下證明新昇公司及許華隆違反同意判令的披露責任,藐視法庭申請被駁回。

  • Disclosure orders
  • Trade mark revocation/non-use
  • Consent judgment compliance
  • Admissions in pleadings
  • Hearsay evidence in contempt proceedings
  • Director's potential liability for contempt
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Copyright [2026] HKCA 816

SKY KING MACHINERY ENGINEERING LTD v. CHINA HARBOUR ENGINEERING CO LTD

The Court of Appeal granted leave to appeal only on whether architectural works require artistic character under the Copyright Ordinance, and refused leave on the other proposed questions.

  • Authorship
  • Originality
  • Mere scribe
  • Artistic works v architecture
  • Substantial copying
  • Leave to appeal
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Civil procedure [2026] HKCFI 2519

WONG TO YICK WOOD LOCK OINTMENT LTD v. BENNY KONG & TSAI LLP formerly known as BENNY KONG & TSAI (A FIRM)

The Court granted leave to use disclosed affirmations in a Law Society complaint and ordered the respondent firm to pay HK$300,000 in costs, assessing the application summarily.

  • Norwich pharmacal order
  • Implied undertaking as to use of disclosed documents
  • Client due diligence and practice direction p (law society)
  • Consent to collateral use of disclosed documents
  • Summary assessment of costs
  • Norwich-pharmacal-order
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Civil procedure [2026] HKCFI 2376

DR SEYED MASOUD SAJJADI ALEHASHEM v. THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY AND OTHERS

The Court of First Instance refused leave to appeal against a security-for-costs ruling, finding no reasonable prospect of success and awarding costs against the plaintiff.

  • Leave to appeal
  • Security for costs
  • Residence for jurisdictional purposes
  • Enforcement of foreign judgments
  • Costs assessment
  • Joinder
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Intellectual property [2026] HKCFI 2010

HONG KONG ESPORTS LTD AND ANOTHER v. LING CHI HO also known as LING EDMOND

Assessment of damages for copyright infringement over a pirated livestream: general damages were set at HK$1.75 million, additional damages were refused, and costs were awarded with a reduction for exaggeration.

  • Damages assessment
  • Additional damages (s108)
  • Costs assessment
  • Notional licence valuation
  • Copyright-damages
  • Notional-licence
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Tort [2026] HKCA 372

KOO MING KOWN v. THE BAPTIST CONVENTION OF HONG KONG AND OTHERS

The Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal in a fraud and misrepresentation dispute over Pui Ching name-and-insignia ownership, finding no actionable representation, inducement, or timely claim.

  • Fraudulent misrepresentation
  • Duty to disclose
  • Limitation period/discovery rule
  • Construction of documents
  • Pleading particularity
  • Trademark ownership and control
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Intellectual property [2026] HKCFI 1448

NINTENDO CO., LTD v. CHEN YUAN NING AND OTHERS

Court assessed damages for Nintendo’s copyright-circumvention claim, accepted conservative profit-based estimates, awarded US$8,430,242, and granted release from the plaintiff’s undertaking.

  • Circumvention of technological protection measures
  • Damages assessment
  • Norwich pharmacal orders
  • Default judgment
  • Garnishee and interim payment
  • Limitation
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Intellectual property [2026] HKCA 11

SKY KING MACHINERY ENGINEERING LTD v. CHINA HARBOUR ENGINEERING COMPANY LTD

The Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal in a copyright dispute over construction drawings and a temporary public fill sorting installation at Tseung Kwan O.

  • Originality and authorship
  • Ownership of copyright
  • Infringement by substantial reproduction
  • Definition of artistic work / work of architecture
  • Statutory interpretation
  • Evidence and authenticity of documents
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Confidential information [2026] HKCFI 488

DIAGCOR BIOSCIENCE INCORPORATED LTD v. CHAN WAI HON BILLY AND OTHERS

The court found the defendants liable for misusing Diagcor’s confidential Y-test information to launch a competing test, and held the 3rd defendant negligent in one thalassemia report.

  • Breach of confidence
  • Misuse of trade secrets
  • Misappropriation of confidential markers
  • Credibility and inference
  • Laboratory test validation
  • Negligence in medical testing
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