Kevin K H Pun
BSc(HK);
DipCS(
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF
COMPUTER SCIENCE
HONORARY ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF LAW
Dr Kevin Pun had
taught at the
Dr Pun is a co-director of the Law & Technology Centre jointly
established by the Computer Science Department and the Law Faculty, and is
currently in charge of two projects under the Centre - the Hong Kong Legal Information Institute (HKLII),
a website offering free access to primary legal materials in Hong Kong, and the
Community Legal Information Centre (CLIC),
a website providing free legal information specifically catered for the general
public in Hong Kong. He has been selected seven times for the Computer Science
Department annual Teaching Excellence Award since the award was introduced in
1996. In 2002, he became the first member of the Engineering Faculty to be
appointed as a University Teaching Fellow, an honour awarded in recognition of
his teaching excellence and contribution to university education. During
2000-2011, apart from teaching in the Computer Science Department, he also
taught in the Law Department lecturing in Intellectual Property Law and
Information Technology Law.
Dr Pun is the
author of Software and copyright (Joint Publishing Hong Kong, 1996, in
Chinese), the first book on the subject of copyright protection for computer
software in
Dr Pun was called
to the Hong Kong Bar in 1999. His legal practice has since covered copyright,
registered design, trademark, passing-off, patent, trade libel, contract,
conveyancing, adverse possession, company and employment disputes. He was the
defence counsel before the Court of Final Appeal in Chan Nai Ming v HKSAR [2007] 3 HKC 255, the first criminal case in
the world involving the use of BitTorrent on the Internet. Since 2007, he has
been appointed by the Chief Executive to sit on the Unsolicited Electronic
Messages (Enforcement Notices) Appeal Board.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS
Kevin K H Pun, The Annotated Ordinances of Hong Kong: Patents
Ordinance (Cap 514),
Butterworths, 2005, xxx + 464 pp
K H Pun, Software and copyright, Joint Publishing (
ARTICLES
Alex Y H
Fung, Kevin K H Pun, Philip Chung and Andrew Mowbray, Searching in Chinese: the
experience of HKLII, Law via the Internet Conference
2011, June 2011,
Anne S Y Cheung and Kevin K H
Pun,
Comparative study on the liability for
trademark infringement of online auction providers, European
Intellectual Property Review, 2009, 31(11): 559-567
A S Y Cheung and K H Pun, Shooting the
messenger? ISPs & intermediaries caught in the crossfire, Global Forum
Intellectual Property, 2009, IP Academy, Singapore
Kevin K H Pun et al, An unexplored legal issue for the provision
of free legal information in Hong Kong, Proceedings of the 9th
International Conference "Law via the Internet", October 2008,
Kevin K H Pun, BitTorrent - to what extent is the
user liable under the copyright laws? Hong Kong Lawyer, May 2005,
58-68
K H Pun et al, Cross-referencing for bilingual
electronic legal documents in HKLII, 6th Conference on
Computerisation of Law via the Internet,
K H Pun, Reform of copyright law in Hong Kong: time
to redraw the balance,
Hong Kong Law Journal, 2002, 32(1): 83-102; revised and reproduced in Hochelaga
Lectures 2002, Sweet & Maxwell
K H Pun et
al, Processing legal
documents in Chinese: the experience of HKLII, Fifth Conference on Computerisation of Law via the Internet,
K H Pun et
al, Review of the
Electronic Transactions Ordinance: can the personal identification number
replace the digital signature? Hong Kong Law Journal, 2002, 32(2): 241-257
K H Pun, Intellectual property protection of integrated
circuits: international developments and the case of
Du Juan and K H Pun, Legal remedies for software copyright
owners in
Du Juan and K H Pun, Practical aspects of software copyright in
Tian Furong and K H Pun, Patent protection for computer software:
an under-explored avenue in
K H Pun,
K H Pun, Computer software as intellectual property: the case of
K H Pun, Five years since the Software Regulations:
K H Pun, Protection of well-known goods in
K H Pun, Anti-unfair competition law in
K H Pun, Patentability of computer software in
K H Pun, The case for decompilation - a response to the Law Reform
Commission's report on copyright, Hong Kong Law Journal, 1995, 25(1):
15-32.
K H Pun, A critique of copyright protection for computer software in the
People's Republic of China, European Intellectual Property Review, 1994,
16(6): 227-238.
K H Pun, Copyright protection for computer software - does
POSITION PAPERS
Submission to the Commerce and Industry Bureau on the review of certain
provisions of the Copyright Ordinance, position paper on behalf of the Task
Force on Reprographic Rights Licensing, Heads of Universities Committee,
February 2005
Submission to the Bills Committee on Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2001 and
Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2003, position paper on behalf of the Task Force on
Reprographic Rights Licensing, Heads of Universities Committee, June 2003
Submission to the Information Technology and Broadcasting Bureau
regarding the use of personal identification number for satisfying the
signature requirement under the Electronic Transactions Ordinance, position
paper on behalf of the Center for Information Security and Cryptography,
Submission to the Commerce and Industry Bureau regarding permitted acts
for educational purposes, position paper on behalf of
the Task Force on Reprographic Rights Licensing, Heads of Universities
Committee, December 2001