tured; cigarettes and cigars', which had been refused registration under the provisions of Section 12(1) of the Trade Marks Ordinance on the ground that the Mark would be deceptive when applied to goods not manufactured in Hong Kong. The hearing was adjourned sine die to enable the Applicant to adduce evidence to establish to the satis- faction of the Registrar that the Mark in use would not be likely to deceive.
Statistics
102. Part I of Table XIX gives statistics of applications, registra- tions, renewals, removals and cancellations, for the ten years 1957-58 to 1966-67, and Part II gives statistics of miscellaneous other work done during the year with the corresponding figures for the previous year. It will be seen from Part I of this Table that the numbers of renewals and removals showed small increases at 1,715 and 805 respectively. The renewals effected were in respect of marks registered in 1952-53 under the old Ordinance (and therefore valid for 14 years) and of marks registered in 1959-60 under the present Ordinance, valid for seven years.
Fees
103. Fees collected during the year amounted to $404,742.40, $23,964 less than in 1965-66. The drop in revenue is attributable mainly to the decrease in the number of applications received during the year. Particulars of fees collected are given in Table XX.
PART V
PATENTS REGISTRY
Patents Registrable
104. There is no original registration of patents in Hong Kong, but patents granted in the United Kingdom may be registered under the Registration of United Kingdom Patents Ordinance. This provides that the grantee of a patent in the United Kingdom, or any person deriving his right from the grantee may, within five years from the date of issue of the patent, apply to have it registered here, and that such registration shall confer the same rights as though the patent had been issued in the United Kingdom with an extension to Hong Kong. Applications must be accompanied by a certified copy of the United
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