1
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1993
CHINA AND HK EXCHANGE VIEWS ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
*
ABOUT 50 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PRACTITIONERS FROM CHINA AND HONG KONG HAVE COME TOGETHER TO EXCHANGE VIEWS AND EXPERIENCES ON ISSUES OF COMMON INTEREST IN A TWO-DAY SYMPOSIUM THAT ENDS TODAY (TUESDAY).
THE SYMPOSIUM ON
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SYSTEMS IN MAINLAND CHINA AND HONG KONG IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE CHINA INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SOCIETY AND THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DEPARTMENT OF HONG
KONG.
AS HOST OF THE SYMPOSIUM THIS YEAR, THE DIRECTOR OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, MS ALICE TAL, SAID: "THE OBJECTIVE IS TO BRING TOGETHER ONCE A YEAR KEY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PRACTITIONERS OF CHINA AND HONG KONG SO THAT THEY CAN KEEP ABREAST WITH DEVELOPMENTS TWO PLACES.
+
1N THE
THEY MAY HAVE A REGULAR FORUM TO DISCUSS COMMON ISSUES AND то MAINTAIN PROFESSIONAL AND FRIENDLY CONTACTS, SHE ADDED.
THE FIRST SYMPOSIUM, HOSTED BY THE CHINA INTELLECTUAL SOCIETY, WAS HELD IN GUANGZHOU LAST NOVEMBER.
PROPERTY
THIS YEAR THE CHINESE DELEGATION COMPRISES 17 MEMBERS, HEADED BY DR GAO LU-LIN, PRESIDENT OF THE CHINA INTELLECTUAL SOCIETY AND DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE CHINESE PATENT OFFICE.
IS
AND PROPERTY
APART FROM ATTENDING THE SYMPOSIUM, THE DELEGATION WILL ALSO THE ΤΑΙ PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE AND MOTOROLA, A LEADING MANUFACTURER IN THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY.
VISIT
'ONE
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SYMPOSIUM, DR GAO SAID: "UNDER THE BASIC LAW, THE GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION SHALL, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLE OF COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS, MAKES LAWS AND POLICIES BY ITSELF то PROTECT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS.
"THIS IS THE LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH THE INTELLECTUAL
SYSTEMS IN HONG KONG WILL BE LAID.
PROPERTY
ᅥ
"I HOPE THE REFORM OF
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAWS WILL BE BENEFICIAL TO THE PROSPERITY AND STABILITY OF HONG KONG, HE ADDED.
H
OR GAO NOTED THAT THE SYMPOSIUM WAS A VALUABLE FORUM ΤΟ PROMOTE MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING,
то FURTHER CO-OPERATION AND EXCHANGE BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES AND TO WORK OUT TOGETHER ADVICE AND SUGGESTIONS FOR THE LOCALISATION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAWS OP HONG KONG IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN HONG KONG'S FUTURE PROSPERITY AND STABILITY.
THE SYMPOSIUM COVERED RECENT AND POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE PATENT, COPYRIGHT AND TRADE MARK FIELDS AND HOW INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IN THESE AREAS WERE ENFORCED.
/MS TAI
וי
2