HK Trademark Registration Services
Shenzhen hotline: 86-755-82147392 Email：info@citilinkia.com
Introduction
Trademarks are protected in Hong Kong by the Trade Marks Ordinance and by the Common law doctrine of passing off.
Trademark application in Hong Kong can be based on intent to use basis. No proof of use is required for the issuance of the trademark certificate or for renewal. Nevertheless, if a registered trademark is not used in Hong Kong for any continuous period of 3 years, any interested person can apply for its removal on the ground of non-use.
What counts as use include use in Hong Kong by the owner, its licensee or any person with the owner's consent. Registration of licensee is not mandatory but is advisable from the point of view of the licensee.
Foreign company or individual can apply to register their marks in Hong Kong without nationality restriction or residency requirement.
Benefits of Reg Trademark
Registration ensures that you can safely use your trademark without worrying about any unintentional infringement on third party's trademark.Trademark certificate is the best proof of your claim on the mark.Registration enables lawful use of next to your trademark.Registration blocks other people from registering an identical mark on your specified goods.Registration gives you a good ground to oppose any attempt by your competitors to register a confusingly similar mark.Registration empowers you to take legal action against counterfeiters.
Registered trademark is a corporate asset which is useful when making valuation of your company in M&A or IPO situations.Registration in an important city and trading centre like Hong Kong is essential for export or global marketing plans.
Indistinctive mark includes :
(1) marks consists solely of signs used in commerce to designate the kind, quality, quantity, intended purpose, value, geographical origin, time of production of goods or rendering of services, or other characteristics of goods or services;
(2) marks consists solely of the shape of the goods themselves, the shape of goods that is necessary to obtain a technical result, or the shape that gives substantial value to the goods.
However, indistinctive mark with "surplus" features or with long and extentive prior usage in Hong Kong may be registrable on an individual case basis.
Contact Us
For further queries, please do not hesitate to contact ATAHK at anytime, anywhere by simply calling China hotline at 86-755-82148419, 86-755-82143512, or emailing to info@citilinkia.com.