18 Oct 2023
SILVER ACHIEVER INVESTMENTS LTD v. FRANK JOSEPH PRINEPPI AND OTHERS
- Citation
- [2023] HKCFI 2699
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA1377/2016
The court found on the balance of probabilities that the APA and TPA were executed before the 1st JVA and thereby effected the chain of title transferring the IP rights to the Company; patents filed in Frank's name were filed on legal advice and were held for the Company's benefit or later licensed to it; Silver Achiever did not prove fraudulent backdating or dishonest intent or unfairly prejudicial conduct by the Prineppis; warranties did not operate as separate actionable representations proved to have been relied on; accordingly both the petition (HCCW 203/2016) and the action (HCA 1377/20…