- TRADE MARKS ORDINANCE Ord. No. 35 of 2000
- CONTENTS
- ORDINANCE No. 35 OF 2000
- PART I - PRELIMINARY
- 1. Short title and commencement
- 2. Interpretation
- 3. Meaning of "trademark"
- 4. Meaning of "well-known trade mark"
- 5. Meaning of "earlier trade mark"
- 6. References to use of trade mark or sign
- 7. References to use likely to cause confusion
- 8. Meaning of "the register" and "registration"
- 9. Ordinance binds Government
- PART II - REGISTERED TRADE MARKS
- PART III - INFRINGEMENT OF REGISTERED TRADE MARKS
- PART IV - REGISTERED TRADE MARKS AS OBJECTS OF PROPERTY
- PART V - LICENSING OF REGISTERED TRADE MARKS
- PART VI - APPLICATION AND REGISTRATION PROCEDURES
- PART VII - PROCEEDINGS AFFECTING REGISTRATION
- PART VIII - DEFENSIVE TRADE MARKS, COLLECTIVE MARKS AND CERTIFICATION MARKS
- PART IX - PARIS CONVENTION AND WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION AGREEMENT: SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS
- PART X - ADMINISTRATIVE AND OTHER SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS
- The register of trade marks
- Powers and duties of Registrar
- Legal proceedings, appeals and related matters
- 76. Language of proceedings before Registrar
- 77. Procedure in case of option to apply to court or Registrar
- 78. Application of rules of evidence
- 79. Register is prima facie evidence
- 80. Registration is prima facie evidence of validity, etc.
- 81. Certificate of validity of contested registration
- 82. Burden in civil proceedings of proving use of trade mark
- 83. Registrar's appearance in proceedings involving the register
- 84. Appeals from decisionsor orders of Registrar
- 85. General powers of court
- 86. Costs of proceedings before court
- 87. Costs of proceedings before Registrar
- Miscellaneous matters
- PART XI - SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION
- PART XII - OFFENCES
- PART XlII - TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS, CONSEQUENTIAL AND RELATED AMENDMENTS AND REPEALS
- SCHEDULE 1 - PARIS CONVENTION COUNTRIES AND WTO MEMBERS
- SCHEDULE 2 - DETERMINATION OF WELL-KNOWN TRADE MARKS
- SCHEDULE 3 - COLLECTIVE MARKS
- General
- Signs of which a collective mark may consist
- Indication of geographical origin
- Mark not to be misleading as to character or significance
- Regulations governing use of collective mark
- Approval of regulations by Registrar
- Regulations to be open to inspection
- Amendment of regulations
- Infringement: rights of authorized users
- Grounds for revocation of registration
- Grounds for invalidity of registration
- SCHEDULE 4 - CERTIFICATION MARKS
- General
- Signs of whicha certification mark may consist
- Indication of geographical origin
- Nature of owner's trade or business
- Mark not to be misleading as to character or significance
- Regulations governing use of certification mark
- Approval of regulations, etc.
- Regulations to be open to inspection
- Amendment of regulations
- Consent to assignment of registered certification mark
- Infringement: rights of authorized users
- Grounds for revocation of registration
- Grounds for invalidity of registration
- SCHEDULE 5 - TRANSITIONAL MATTERS
- Preliminary
- Existing registered marks
- Effects of registration-infringement
- Infringing goods, material or articles
- Rights and remedies of licensee or authorized user
- Co-ownershipof registered mark
- Assignment,etc. of registered mark
- Licensing of registered mark
- Pending applications for registration
- Conversion of pending application
- Trade marks registered according to old classification
- Claim to priority
- Duration and renewal of registration
- Pending application for alteration of registered mark
- Revocation for non-use
- Application for rectification, etc.
- Regulations as to use of certification mark
- Certificate of validity of contested registration
- ANNEX - PROVISIONS OF THE REPEALED TRADE MARKS ORDINANCE (CAP. 43) REFERRED TO IN SCHEDULE 5 (TRANSITIONAL MATTERS) ANDOTHER RELEVANT PROVISIONS OF THE REPEALED ORDINANCE (AS IN OPERATION IMMEDIATELY BEFORE ITS REPEAL BY SECTION 99 OF THIS ORDINANCE)
- 2. Interpretation
- 9. Trade marks registrable in Part A
- 10. Trade marks registrable in Part B
- 14. Advertisement of application
- 15. Opposition to registration
- 16. Registration subject to disclaimer
- 19. Jointly owned trade marks relating to goods
- 19A. Jointly owned trade marks relating to services
- 22. Concurrent use
- 24. Associated trade marks
- 25. Combined trade marks
- 26. Series of trade marks
- 37. Removal from register and imposition of limitations on ground of non-use
- 43. Registration of assignments and transmissions
- 48. General power to rectify entries in register
- 49. Power to expunge or vary registration for breach of condition
- 50. Correction of register
- 51. Alteration of registered trade mark
- 56. Defensive trade marks to be registered as associated trade marks
- 58. Registration as a registered user Meaning of "permitted use"
- 59. Proceedings for infringement
- 60. Variation or cancellation of registration as a registered user
- 62. Registrar's decision subject to appeal to Court
- 63. Right to use not assignable or transmissible
- 64. Marks registrable as certification trade marks
- 65. Application for registration as certification trade mark
- 75. Certificate of validity
- 76. Trade usage, etc., to be considered
- 92. Transitional provisions relating to the Intellectual Property (World Trade Organization Amendments) Ordinance 1996
- SCHEDULE 6 - CONSEQUENTIAL AND RELATED AMENDMENTS
- Specification of Public Offices
- The Rules of the High Court
- Pesticides Ordinance
- Solicitors (Trade Marks and Patents) Costs Rules
- Federation of Hong Kong Industries Ordinance
- Trade Descriptions Ordinance
- 6. Interpretation
- 7. Offences in respectof trade marks
- 8. Prohibited import and export of certain goods
- 9. Disclosure of information, etc.
- 10. Section substituted
- 11. Application for detention order
- 12. Issuance of detention order
- 13. Enforcement of detention order
- 14. Variation or setting aside of detention order
- 15. Disclosure of information
- 16. Inspection of goods, release of samples, etc.
- 17. Costs payable
- 18. Compensation payable to importer, etc.
- 19. Trade marks containing trade descriptions
- Trade Mark (Border Measures) Rules
- Smoking (Public Health) Ordinance
- PART I - PRELIMINARY