Thanks to:
- X-Tech Foundation
- University of Hong Kong
- MassMutual
- Quant Global Foundation

Rules & Legal Issues

BPC Claims on Student-developed Technology

Students who develop new technologies and/or new ventures while this competition can be assured that the HNK does not have a claim on the intellectual property of the student's technology or venture unless one of the following applies:

The student has worked with compensation under the direct supervision of a faculty member or researcher whose costs are being borne at least in part by the HNK

The student has worked under a research grant or other research sponsorship

The student is commercializing a technology or discovery that was made by a faculty member or other researcher

The student has engaged services of a HNK and has agreed otherwise as a condition of receiving such services

These provisions do not apply to individuals who are paid salaries by HNK.