Intellectual Property Department - Mainland enterprises

The following provides some useful information for Mainland enterprises.

Intellectual Property Protection in Hong Kong:

Intellectual Property in Hong Kong (PDF format)
A Concise Booklet on the Intellectual Property Rights of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao (PDF format)
Trademark Protection in Hong Kong (PDF format)
Patent Protection in Hong Kong (PDF format)
Design Protection in Hong Kong (PDF format)
Copyright in Hong Kong
Differences among Business Registration, Company Registration and Trade Mark Registration (PDF format)
Frequently Asked Questions related to intellectual property
Report on “An exchange programme on trade fairs for IP professionals of the two regions” (Chinese version only) (PDF format)
2007-2008 Agreement on Guangdong/Hong Kong Co-operation in the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights (PDF format)
Report on "Guangdong/Hong Kong Exchange Programme on Intellectual Property Management in Tertiary Inst(PDF format)
12th Plenary of the Hong Kong/Guangdong Co-operation Joint Conference held in Hong Kong

Intellectual Property Database for Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao ：

The “Intellectual Property Database for Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao” covers online information sources on intellectual property systems in Guangdong Province, Hong Kong and Macao. You can search for information including legislation, registration system and related government bodies in different intellectual property areas such as copyright, trademark, patent and registered design.

Online search ：

You can search our trademark, patent and design records at our Online Search System.
The Intellectual Property Department publishes the Hong Kong Intellectual Property Journal online every Friday (if the Friday is a public holiday, the Journal will be published one working day before). The Hong Kong Intellectual Property Journal contains information including the following:

registered trademarks/accepted trademark applications
granted patents/published patent applications
registered designs

Application for Guangdong Provincial Famous Trademarks ：

The Provisions for Identification and Administration of Guangdong Provincial Famous Trademarks (the “Provisions”) were promulgated by Decree No.124 of the People’s Government of Guangdong Province on 26 November 2008, and effective as of 1 January 2009. All Hong Kong-invested enterprises in Guangdong which are bodies corporate established in the administrative areas of Guangdong Province satisfy the requirements for “legal persons” stated in Article 6 of the Provisions. Therefore, Hong Kong-invested enterprises engaging in domestic sales of goods or provision of services in the Mainland and fulfilling the requirements stipulated in Article 6 of the Provisions can apply for Guangdong Provincial Famous Trademarks in accordance with the Provisions. (Details)

Seminars, talks and other activities:

23 June 2011
2011 Guangdong/Hong Kong Seminar on Intellectual Property (IP) and Development of Small and Medium Enterprises (Zhaoqing) - "Enhancing the competitiveness of Enterprises through IP"
Programme Rundown (Chinese version only)(PDF format)
Press release (PDF format)