FADE IN.
Act 1
INT. STUDY - MORNING
It's 7.15am. After checking the laundry racks from a window, PETER works on his laptop.
PETER (V.O): I'd better researching and drafting something while my mind is fresh.
Recalling.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): Having done my first year in Law School in 1982, I worked in the Attorney General's Chambers during the summer holidays. I was asked to discern the multipliers used in Personal Injury (PI) cases.
Phone in hand, Peter does his research, hitting the keyboard from time to time.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I mustn't forget to take part in the BIP Asia Web Forum at 10.am.
Beat.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Oh, it's time follow IP-related issues now. PI & IP, or IP & PI are quite symmetrical.
After switching on his computer on a desk, Peter peeps through the window.
Act 2
INT. STUDY - CONTINOUS
Seeing something, Peter is delighted.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): Oh, the couple are back again - 4 days in a row!
Peter continues to peep discreetly.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): I don't want to frighten the couple. I love them to be back.
Peter peeps the outside edge of the window.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): Oh, the little bits of biscuits I placed there are still there. So they aren't coming back for food.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): There're so many laundry racks in this high-rise block, why do they choose to hang around here?
Shrugging.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): Anyway, I love their company.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): I feel good to find that love is all around.
Peter then refocuses on the computer screen.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): Oh, the Professor-speaker is now in Xian. He has been contributing a lot on science and technology from HKUST.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): What I did was to design and develop the IP system which is a significant element of the research and development ecosystem.
Recalling.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): I also helped establish the bilateral IP relationship between Hong Kong, China, and New Zealand and regional IP relationships with the European Free Trade Association.
Recalling.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): The highlight of my IP career was to act as a WTO Dispute Settlement Panelist to settle trade-related IP disputes between US v European Communities, and Australia v European Communities from 2004-2005.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): And now, I'm just a passive participant of the IP Forum I helped start up.
Pausing,
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): Let me do some PI research in parallel.
Leaving his seat, Peter peeps through the window again.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): Oh, the couple have left.
INT. STUDY - AFTERNOON
Turning his head in the direction of a clock, Peter sees 2.45pm.
PETER (V.O.): Oh, I've been working for a couple of hours on PI. I need a tea break.
Peter goes out.
INT. STUDY - LATER
Sitting behind the computer, Peter is watching the Web Forum again.
PETER (V.O.): There hasn't been much development on IP dispute settlement. The market isn't supply-driven. Further, good innovation-IP management prevents that.
Peter sees an incoming email notification.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): OK, the materials of another domain-name dispute settlement have come.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): Such disputes are only marginally related to the proper domain of IP.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): But it is in this context that I got a death threat in Feb this year from afar. I believe the pandemic travel restrictions have prevented the "hiredkiller 12" from causing harm to me and my family.
Peter acknowledges receipt.
Act 3
INT. STUDY - LATE AFTERNOON
The Web Forum ends. Peter works on the computer.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): Well, I've got an urge to do a very rough draft of my decision of the domain-name dispute.
Peter carries on working.
EXT. PARK - NIGHT
Peter is jogging.
PETER (V.O.): Apart from my mind, I need to exercise my body too. My legs are adapting well of the new routine. The swimming pools are closed now.
INT. DINING ROOM - STUDY - LATER
It's 10.15pm. Peter is having dinner with his WIFE.
.PETER (V.O.): I've always insisted we've dinner together.
.Finishing dinner, Peter goes to the study to check the laundry racks again.
FADE OUT.
THE END
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