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Asian Patent Attorneys Association Hong Kong Group (APAA)

The Asian Patent Attorneys Association ("APAA") is a non-governmental organisation consisting of intellectual property practitioners who are patent attorneys or attorneys-at-law in the Asian region. Founded in 1969, APAA now has over 1700 members and 15 Recognised Groups, namely, Australia, Bangladesh, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. While there are members from Brunei, Nepal and Sri Lanka, these jurisdictions have not yet constituted their respective recognised groups.

Established as a Recognised Group in 1974, the APAA Hong Kong Group now has over 100 members consisting of solicitors, barristers and registered patent agents who are recognised in Hong Kong for their intellectual property practice. The objective of the Group as provided in its statutes is "to foster ties of mutual friendship and understanding among those who are practising in the field of intellectual and industrial property law and through such ties to promote the protection of intellectual property law in Hong Kong and the Asian region".

For the purpose of achieving the above objectives, the Hong Kong Group is involved in the following activities :-

  1. In addition to participating in regional meetings organised by the APAA, the Group holds meetings for its members in Hong Kong for social and educational purposes.
  2. To facilitate exchange of information amongst members, the Hong Kong Group presents reports at APAA regional meetings which are published in the APAA News for distribution amongst all APAA members.
  3. Our 5 standing committees, namely, Patent, Copyright, Design, Trade Mark and Anti-counterfeiting committees represent Hong Kong in the corresponding committees of the APAA. They study and comment on current law and practice.
  4. Establishes and maintains close contact with governmental and non-governmental organisations concerning intellectual property.
  5. Considers and makes submissions in relation to proposed new legislations both in Hong Kong and in the Asian region.

Contact Particulars :-
Hong Kong Group of Asian Patent Attorneys Association
Address : c/o 6/F, Prince's Building, Chater Road, Central, Hong Kong
Fax No. : (852) 2527 9041
 
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