Notifying Member

Hong Kong, China

Details of the notified legal text

Title

Trade Marks Ordinance (Amendment of Schedule 1) Regulation 2024
(L.N. 171 of 2024)

Subject matter

Trademarks

Nature of notification

[X]     Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation_

[  ]     Other law or regulation_

Link to legal text[*]

https://ip-documents.info/2025/IP/HKG/25_02110_00_e.pdf

Notification status

[  ]     First notification

[X]     Amendment or revision to notified legal text

[  ]_     Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)

Previous notification(s) referred to

IP/N/1/HKG/T/9;

IP/N/1/HKG/T/8;

IP/N/1/HKG/T/7;

IP/N/1/HKG/T/6;

IP/N/1/HKG/T/4/Add.5;

IP/N/1/HKG/T/4/Add.4;

IP/N/1/HKG/T/4/Add.3;

IP/N/1/HKG/T/4/Add.2;

IP/N/1/HKG/T/4/Add.1;

IP/N/1/HKG/T/4;

IP/N/1/HKG/I/1/Add.1;

IP/N/1/HKG/I/1

Brief description of the notified legal text

Amendment of Schedule 1 to the Trade Marks Ordinance (Cap. 559)

To update the lists of Paris Convention countries and WTO member countries, territories and areas under the domestic legislation for meeting the international obligations under the Paris Convention and the TRIPS Agreement of affording to a person who has filed an application for registration of a trademark in a Paris Convention country or a WTO member country, territory or area a right of priority during a prescribed period for the purpose of filing a corresponding application in Hong Kong, China.

Language(s) of notified legal text

English

Entry into force

14 February 2025

Other date

Notification details

Submission date of notification

12 March 2025

Other information

Agency or authority responsible

Intellectual Property Department

Government of Hong Kong, China

Telephone:       (852) 2961 6901

Fax:                 (852) 2838 6082

Email:      enquiry@ipd.gov.hk