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20 October 2020
IP Training Programme Series
IP 101: IP Basics
Date:1 and 2 December 2020
Details and registration

20 October 2020
HKIAC Domain Name Webinar Series (Challenging a domain name, HKIAC Insights part two: A domain name holder’s “rights or legitimate interests”)
Organiser: Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre
Date: 26 October 2020
Details and registration

06 October 2020
2020 Guangdong/Hong Kong Seminar on Intellectual Property and Development of Small and Medium Enterprises (Online) - "Strategy for Development of Innovation: IP Protection and Exploitation for Enterprises in the Greater Bay Area"
Date: 23 Oct 2020
Details and registration (Chinese Only)

06 October 2020
HKIAC Domain Name Webinar Series (Challenging a domain name, HKIAC Insights part one: The “identical or confusingly similar” requirement)
Organiser: Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre
Date: 12 October 2020
Details and registration

28 September 2020
Inter-School Online Intellectual Property Quiz Contest 2020 - IP Detective Class
Date: 28 September – 15 November 2020
Details

24 September 2020
HKIAC Domain Name Webinar Series (Protecting your domain name: HKIAC insights)
Organiser: Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre
Date: 28 September 2020
Details and registration

14 September 2020
IP Training Programme Series
IP102: IP Management and Protection in the Mainland
Date: 15, 20, 22 and 27 Oct 2020
Details and registration

4 September 2020

With effect from 7 September, the Department will provide the following services as usual:

Services	Available days and hours
Online search	24 hours Mon – Sun
E-filing*	24 hours Mon – Sun
Publication of patent, design and trade mark cases in Hong Kong Intellectual Property Journal	Fri every week
Public Service Counter on 24/F, Wu Chung House^@	0900 – 1745 hours Mon – Fri
Enquiry Hotline at 2961 6901 / 2961 6820	0900 – 1745 hours Mon – Fri

For avoidance of doubt, documents can continue to be sent to the Patents, Designs and Trade Marks Registries on 24/F Wu Chung House by post.

IPD
4 September 2020

* Patent, design and trademark applications can be filed electronically via our E-Filing System. To use our e-filing service, please visit https://efiling.ipd.gov.hk.

^   (1) Anyone entering Wu Chung House is required to undergo body temperature check at the lobby of the building.

    (2) Members of the public with fever and/or symptoms such as malaise and cough should refrain from entering the building. They should access our services through our E-Filing System instead.

@  (1) The Department will put in place special measures to facilitate members of the public in using our Public Service Counter in a safe and efficient manner.

    (2) Members of the public requiring counter services are encouraged to do so during non-peak hours usually in the morning.

Notices issued by the Intellectual Property Department about the limited public services provided under the special work arrangements.

31 August 2020
Notice about the preparatory course for the National Qualification Examination for Patent Attorneys 2020 (Guangzhou examination centre) organised by the Guangdong Intellectual Property Administration (Simplified Chinese version only)

12 August 2020
Hong Kong Licensing Awards 2020
Hong Kong Licensing Awards 2020
Details & Registration (Chinese version only)
Launching Ceremony cum Creative Seminar (31 August 2020)
Details & Registration (Chinese version only)
The FIRST Style Guide Training Program for Licensing Industry (August 2020)
Details & Registration (Chinese version only)

4 August 2020
Abstract of the notice on the Qualification Examination for Patent Attorneys 2020 (Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese versions only)(PDF format)

3 August 2020
The Final of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area High Value Patent Portfolio Contest 2020 is to be held on 7 August 2020 at Zhuhai (Simplified Chinese version only)

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