XN000022-1989-01-18 — Page 21

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1989

20

VISIT OF PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES

*

THE FOLLOWING ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE BY THE BUCKINGHAM PRESS OFFICE TODAY (WEDNESDAY):

PALACE

ARE

"THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES TO PAY A VISIT TO CHINA AT THE INVITATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA FROM NOVEMBER 1-6, 1989.

"THEIR ROYAL

NOVEMBER 8-10,

1989."

HIGHNESSES WILL ALSO VISIT HONG KONG, FROM

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DEPARTMENT TO BE FORMED

ALL

A NEW DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR ADMINISTERING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LEGISLATION IN HONG KONG WILL BE SET UP UNDER THE TRADE AND INDUSTRY BRANCH, TENTATIVELY ON APRIL 1,

1990.

MACLEOD, MADE

THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR HAMISH THE ANNOUNCEMENT AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

BECAUSE OF THE GROWING IMPORTANCE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS INTERNATIONALLY, ESPECIALLY IN DISCUSSIONS OF TRADE-RELATED ASPECTS IN THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE (GATT), THE GOVERNMENT WAS KEEN TO CREATE THE NEW INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DEPARTMENT (IPD) TO PROVIDE SPECIALIST ADVICE AND NEW IMPETUS IN THIS AREA, MR MACLEOD SAID.

HE BELIEVED BETTER CO-ORDINATION AND EFFICIENCY WOULD BE ACHIEVED BY CONSOLIDATING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MATTERS UNDER ONE ROOF.

BRANCH,

THE EXISTING RESPONSIBILITIES FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY WITHIN

BY THE GOVERNMENT ARE SHARED

THE TRADE AND INDUSTRY

THE REGISTRAR GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT AND THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, MR NOEL GLEESON, SAID THAT THE NEW DEPARTMENT WOULD BE FORMED AROUND A NUCLEUS COMPRISING THE EXISTING TRADE MARKS AND PATENTS REGISTRIES IN HIS DEPARTMENT.

"THE MAJORITY OF EXISTING STAFF IN THE TRADE MARKS AND PATENTS REGISTRIES WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE NEW DEPARTMENT AND A NEW EXAMINER (INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY) GRADE WILL

MR

GLEESON SAID.

BE

PROPOSED,

/HE NOTED