SUNDAY, JULY 1, 1990
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DEPT COMES INTO OPERATION
INTO OPERATION DEPARTMENT FOR GOODS
THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DEPARTMENT WILL COME TOMORROW (MONDAY) TO TAKE OVER FROM THE REGISTRAR GENERAL'S THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE REGISTRATION OF THE TRADE MARKS AND PATENTS AND OTHER RELATED MATTERS.
OF A
PROTECTION REGIME
NEW
WAS
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY THE ESTABLISHMENT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DEPARTMENT WAS PROMPTED BY A NEED TO ENSURE THAT HONG KONG'S INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COMMENSURATE WITH ITS STATUS AS AN INTERNATIONAL TRADING AND FINANCIAL CENTRE.
THE
"A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF HONG KONG'S INTELLECTUAL REGIME IS ALREADY UNDER WAY UNDER
AUSPICES OF THE LAW COMMISSION AND DIFFERENT GOVERNMENT BRANCHES AND DEPARTMENTS.
PROPERTY REFORM
TI
"THE NEW DEPARTMENT WILL PROVIDE A FOCAL POINT FOR THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG'S INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION REGIME, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
TASK, THE DEPARTMENT WILL CONSIDER THE SYSTEM OF REGISTRATION OF
FOR TRADE MARKS
PRIORITY AS A INTRODUCTION OF A NEW SERVICES.
COMPREHENSIVE
PROGRAMME
TO
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
A "THIS WILL BE THE BEGINNING OF MODERNISE AND LOCALISE
KONG'S EXISTING PROTECTION REGIME.
HONG
AS A LONGER TERM OBJECTIVE, THE DEPARTMENT WILL DEVELOP PROPOSALS FOR THE PROTECTION OF OTHER FORMS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SUCH AS INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS, INTEGRATED CIRCUITS AND PETTY PATENTS.
MS ALICE TAI YUEN-YING HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.
THE
DIRECTOR OF
REGISTRAR OF
"SHE HAS REPLACED THE REGISTRAR GENERAL AS THE
ALL THE PATENTS AND REGISTRAR OF TRADE MARKS, AND ASSUMED
STATUTORY PREVIOUSLY RESPONSIBILITIES AND POWERS
EXERCISED BY THE REGISTRAR ORDINANCE AND THE TRADE
GENERAL UNDER THE REGISTRATION OF PATENTS MARKS ORDINANCE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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DIRECTOR AND TWO ASSISTANT
MS TAI IS ASSISTED BY A DEPUTY DIRECTORS IN THE RUNNING OF THE NEW DEPARTMENT.
WAS
STAFFED BY A NEW
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE NEW DEPARTMENT PROFESSIONAL GRADE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY EXAMINERS WHO REPLACED THE ASSISTANT REGISTRARS IN THE TRADE MARKS AND PATENTS REGISTRY.
"THE CREATION