Dr K H Pun
BSc(HK); DipCS(
HONORARY
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
With a unique background in computer
science and law, Dr Pun is an expert on legal issues
arising from information technology and electronic commerce. He is the pioneer
of the course "Legal Aspects of Computing" in the Computer Science
Department, the first of its kind in Asia when it was launched in 1993. He is a
seven-time recipient of the Department's Teaching Excellence Award. In 2002, he became the first teacher
in the Engineering Faculty to receive the honour of
University Teaching Fellow for his teaching excellence and contributions to
university education. From 2002 to 2014, he was a founding co-director of the Law & Technology Centre jointly established
by the Department and the Law Faculty. He had also taught in the Law Department
during 2000-2011, 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 Hong Kong, and Annotated
Patents Ordinance (Butterworths, 2005). His other academic works have
appeared in journals including European Intellectual Property Review, Computer
and Telecommunications Law Review, Intellectual Property Quarterly, International
Review of Industrial Property and Copyright Law and Hong Kong Law
Journal. He has been interviewed and invited to speak on many occasions
regarding intellectual property and information technology issues.
Dr Pun was called to the Hong Kong Bar
in 1999. He had appeared as counsel in cases involving copyright, registered
design, trademark, passing-off, patent, trade libel, contract, conveyancing,
adverse possession, company matters 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 concerning the use of BitTorrent
on the Internet. From 2007 to 2013, he was appointed by the Chief Executive as
a member of the Unsolicited Electronic Messages (Enforcement Notices) Appeal
Board, a statutory body constituted under the
Unsolicited Electronic Messages Ordinance (Cap. 593).
Dr Pun retired from his full time
position at the Computer Science Department in July 2016. He is currently an
Honorary Associate Professor in the Department teaching at both the
undergraduate and postgraduate levels, as well as a private legal consultant
providing advice to law firms, corporate bodies and individual clients.