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15 April 2019
Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area High Value Patent Portfolio Contest 2019 online voting is started
Details and vote (Simplified Chinese version only)

15 April 2019
24 Apr 2019
Free Retail Innovation Seminar
Details and Registration (Chinese Version Only)

11 April 2019
24 May 2019
The “Mediate First” Pledge 2019
Details and Registration

1 April 2019
Seminar on IP Management in Digital Entertainment Industry
Details and registration (Chinese version only)

29 March 2019
Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area High Value Patent Portfolio Contest 2019 Speaking Tour cum Training Session
Details and registration (Chinese version only)

26 March 2019
Hong Kong and Australia sign MOU on co-operation in the field of intellectual property
Press Release

18 March 2019
Notice of Interruption in the Operations of the Patents Registry, Designs Registry and Trade Marks Registry

15 March 2019
Patents (General) (Amendment) Rules 2019 (not yet in force)

14 March 2019
Data currency of Trade Mark Search

13 March 2019
Extension of Transitional Periods regarding Use of Specified Forms

7 March 2019
Senior appointment
Press release

26 February 2019
17 April 2019
International Dispute Resolution Conference 2019 - New Era of Global Collaboration
Details and Registration

22 February 2019
Notice of Interruption in the Operations of the Patents Registry, Designs Registry and Trade Marks Registry

22 February 2019
The Chapter on "Assignments of registered trade marks and applications" and "《Consent, honest concurrent use and other special circumstances" of the Trade Marks Registry Work Manual is updated (PDF format)

20 February 2019
Notice of Interruption in the Operations of the Patents Registry, Designs Registry and Trade Marks Registry

20 February 2019
17-18 Jun 2019
The seventh IP Manager Training Programme
Details and Registration

19 February 2019
The Chapters on “Amendment of applications”, “Applications for extension of time (other than under rules 13(3) and 13(6))”, “Certification and collective marks”, “Colour marks”, “Defensive trademarks”, “Deficiencies checking”, “Division of applications”, “Movement marks and holograms”, “Search”, “Shape marks” and “Sound marks” are updated (PDF format)

11 February 2019
Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area High Value Patent Portfolio Contest 2019 is now open for application
Official website
Online application
(Simplified Chinese version only)
Application deadline is extended to 12 Apr 2019

11 February 2019
Survey on Public Awareness of Intellectual Property Right Protection 2018
Press Release
Detailed Report (PDF format)
Summary of Findings (PDF format)

4 February 2019
Weekly update

1 February 2019
New set of Registries forms take effect from 14 February 2019 :
Trade Marks Ordinance (Cap.559) Notice of specification of forms
Patents Ordinance (Cap. 514) Notice of specification of forms
Designs Ordinance (Cap. 522) Notice of specification of forms

1 February 2019
Hong Kong Licensing Awards 2018 and Asian Licensing Awards 2018

28 December 2018
Major findings of Survey on Manpower in Intellectual Property Trading and Management
Press release
Summary of Survey Results

27 December 2018
With effect from 1 January 2019, the 2019 version of the Eleventh edition of the Nice Classification, which is designated as NCL(11-2019), shall be adopted for the purpose of classifying goods and services under the Trade Marks Ordinance (Cap. 559). For information on the Nice Classification published by the World Intellectual Property Organization, please visit the following website:-
http://www.wipo.int/classifications/nice/en/

13 December 2018
Copyright Licensing Bodies Forms have been updated. Please download the latest version of forms from here.

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