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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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