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Amendments to Hong Kong’s Trade Marks Ordinance paves the way for Madrid Protocol

By AWA | Posted on July 7, 2020

The Trade Marks (Amendment) Ordinance 2020 was gazetted on June 19, 2020. While the Amendment does not introduce any substantive changes to the underlying Hong Kong trademark laws, it does provide a basis in Hong Kong Law for the application of the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (Madrid...

Tags: Hong Kong, Intellectual Property, IP, Madrid Protocol, trademarks, WIPO

Hong Kong Launches New Patent System

By Ai-Leen Lim | Posted on December 20, 2019

The Hong Kong Intellectual Property Department (HKIPD) launches a new patent system on December 19, 2019. The system becomes effective through the Patents (Amendment) Ordinance 2016 and the Patents (General) (Amendment) Rules 2019, which will also come into force on the same date. The new system modernises and reforms Hong Kong’s patent regime to support...

Tags: HKIPD, Hong Kong, Innovation, IP, original grant patent, patents, regulation, short-term patent

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