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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