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I Feel Young

Peter Kam Fai Cheung SBS

FADE IN:

INT. LIBRARY - NIGHT

Quiet. At a corner, Peter reads thick books but is distracted by his watch movements.

PETER (V.O.)

The dinner is 7:00pm for 7:30pm.

I've to be quick...

EXT. LADDER STREET - NIGHT

As Peter climbs the stone steps, colonial premises are in sight.

PETER (V.O.)

Wow. I frequented the area when

I was a kid... now, the ambiance is

so different.

EXT. RESTAURANT BALCONY - NIGHT

Peter mingles with the HOST (69) and GUESTS. He speaks to a KNIGHT (77).

PETER

Thank you for citing the recent

case of the European Court of

Justice in the Conference. It

illustrates the current judicial

thinking about the domain of

trade marks...

KNIGHT

The Conference was the best

ever in the field...

PETER

They all made reference to you...

The knight gestures dismissively.

INT. RESTAURANT - NIGHT

A square table. The knight and a LADY (72) sit on one side. The host and guests sit on other sides. Peter faces the knight and the lady.

KNIGHT

Do you know what brought us

together initially?

The host and guests are perplexed. The lady looks at the cutlery. The knight hesitates.

KNIGHT (Cont'd)

It was hate at first sight! She

was representing the other

side...

All laugh.

LADY

... People don't seem to

recognize Australia. Its world

GDP ranking is 14...

(Reflecting)

In the old days, my peers

dreamed to get to Oxbridge...

Peter listens actively.

PETER(V.O.)

I dreamt to study at HKU only.

When I got the Foreign Office

scholarship, I wanted to be

placed at Cambridge, but

was placed at UCL instead.

The lady continues to share her story.

LADY (Cont'd)

When my husband chose

Harvard rather than Oxbridge,

his peers weren't agreeable.

That jots Peter's memory.

PETER (V.O.)

In the late 1990s, I had a

career development

opportunity to study a MPA

there. But for operational

reasons, I missed the

opportunity. Later, I joined

some executive educational

programs and found I

learned more there.

The lady carries on.

LADY (Cont'd)

In US, they teach ... Space

Law.

Peter raises his hand enthusiastically.

PETER

I studied Space Law!

The lady is surprised.

PETER (V.O.)

At UCL, though ie where the British knight holds the

IP professorship. The Space

Law pioneer taught me then.

The lady carries on.

LADY

When I teach judges from

developing economies, I

focus on copyright and

trade marks only. Patents

are irrelevant. They don't

bother about the implications

of SEPs...

PETER

(Nodding)

Yes, Standard Essential

Patents.

The lady gets excited.

LADY

I once heard an arbitration

case for 200 days...

The eyes of the host and guests are wide open.

LADY (Cont'd)

After drafting a 1200-page

award, the parties settled!

The lady gets all the attention.

HOST & GUESTS

Wow!

English-speaking waitresses put dim-sum baskets and nicely presented Chinese dishes of food on the table. The host and guests raise their glasses.

EXT. ROAD - NIGHT

Junction. A limousine picks up the knight and the lady. Having bid farewells, Peter walks with GENTLEMAN#1 towards the MTR station.

PETER

We've known each other

for decades. I'm senior to

you. But tonight, mingling

with my seniors, I feel young!

Gentleman# 1 smiles.

FADE OUT. The End

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