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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1990
TALKS LOOK FOR ANSWER TO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION PROBLEMS
NEGOTIATORS HONG KONG'S
AT THE URUGUAY
ROUND MULTILATERAL THE FINAL OUTCOME
WHICH FRAMEWORK INTELLECTUAL
TRADE NEGOTIATIONS ARE STRIVING TO MAKE SURE THAT WILL INCLUDE A COMPREHENSIVE
AND
EFFECTIVE
PROVIDE AN ANSWER TO TODAY'S PROBLEMS IN PROTECTION AS IT RELATES TO INTERNATIONAL TRADE.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR
TRADE AND
WILL PROPERTY
INDUSTRY, MR HONG KONG BRANCH
JOHN CHAN, WHEN HE SPOKE AT A LUNCH MEETING OF THE OF THE ASIAN PATENT ATTORNEY'S ASSOCIATION TODAY (FRIDAY).
"IN PRACTICAL TERMS, HE ADDED, "WHEN AN AGREEMENT IS THERE, THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL AND WHEN HONG KONG BECOMES A PARTY TO IT, RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS FOR US.
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THE RIGHTS WOULD BE MANIFESTED BY AND A BETTER PROTECTION OVERSEAS
NEED TO BE REGIME,
MR CHAN SAID THAT WHILE
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IMPROVED
WORLDWIDE,
WOULD THE OBLIGATIONS TRADING ENVIRONMENT REFLECTED IN HONG KONG'S OWN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION
AND IMPROVEMENTS BY WAY OF ENLARGING THE CURRENT SCOPE OF PROTECTION TO ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS.
"ALL THESE REQUIRE FORWARD PLANNING, NEW ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, HE SAID.
"
LEGISLATION
AND
OF
THE ON AND то KONG'S OWN
MR CHAN ADDED THAT, IN ANTICIPATION OF NEW COMMITMENTS, AND
MADE BY THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO BE
LAW REFORM COMMISSION INTENDED TO
RESOURCES CONCENTRATE SUBJECT, THE GOVERNMENT PROVIDE A FOCAL POINT FOR THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF HONG INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION REGIME.
TAKE THIS WILL
THE FORM OF A NEW INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
ON JUNE 1 THIS YEAR. DEPARTMENT WHICH WILL BE ESTABLISHED EXPECTED THAT THE NEW DIRECTOR WILL BE APPOINTED THIS APRIL,
"
IT IS HE SAID.
THE WORLD INTELLECTUAL MR CHAN SAID THAT DESPITE THE WORK OF
MANY INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY ORGANISATION (WIPO) AND THE EXISTENCE OF
PROPERTY
BASIC PROTECTION,
RULES CONVENTIONS ON INTELLECTUAL STILL LACKING IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE.
HAS
WERE
"THIS SITUATION
GIVEN RISE TO INCREASING TENSION AND OVER ISSUES RELATED CONFLICT IN THE INTERNATIONAL TRADING COMMUNITY TO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION, HE SAID.
י.
TO
PARTNERS DEAL
AS
PART
OF
HE SAID IT WAS FOR THIS REASON THAT THE MAJOR TRADING
THE UNDER
GATT OF THE WORLD HAD DECIDED TO INITIATE TALKS WITH THE TRADE-RELATED ASPECTS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, THE URUGUAY ROUND NEGOTIATIONS.
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