CONTENTS
Page
Chapter
1.
Summary
1*
2.
The Patents Steering Committee
11
3.
General introduction to patents
15
4.
Patent systems
27
5.
Patent systems - registering patents
37
granted elsewhere
6.
Hong Kong's present legal system for
48
protecting patents
7.
Trade and economic issues
8.
Trade, economic and legal
53
77
constraints on change
9.
Recommended patent system
84*
10.
Part I
Proposals for a Patents Bill
92
225
Part II
Outline of proposals for a Patents Bill
104
Part III
List of abbreviations used in
147
Parts I & II
11.
Does Hong Kong need a petty patent system
149
12.
Options for a petty patent system
161