WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION 
ORGANISATION MONDIALE DU COMMERCE 
0RGANIZACION MUNDIAL DEL COMERCIO 
Council for Trade-Related Aspects 
of Intellectual Property Rights IP/N/1/HKG/D/1/ Add.3 
IP/N/1/HKG/D/2/ Add.2 
IP/N/1/HKG/P/1/Add.4 
IP/N/1/HKG/P/3/ Add.3 
IP/N/1/HKG/P/4/ Add.2 
26 July 2004 
(04-3202) 
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MAIN DEDICATED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAWS AND 
REGULATIONS NOTIFIED UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 
OF THE AGREEMENT 
HONG KONG, CHINA 
Addendum 
The present document reproduces the text' of the Intellectual Property (Miscellaneous Amendments) 
Ordinance 2001, as notified by Hong Kong, China under Article 63.2 of the Agreement (see document 
IP/N/1/HKG/l 0). 
Conseil des aspects des droits de propriete 
intellectuelle qui touchent au commerce 
PRINCIPALES LOIS ET REGLEMENTATIONS CONSACREES A LA 
PROPRIETE INTELLECTUELLE NOTIFIEES AU TITRE 
DE L'ARTICLE 63:2 DE L'ACCORD 
HONG KONG, CHINE 
Addendum 
Le present document contient le texte1 de l'Ordonnance de 2001 sur la propriete intellectuelle 
(modifications diverses), notifiee par Hong Kong, Chine au titre de !'article 63:2 de !'Accord (voir le 
document IP/N/l/HKG/10). 
Consejo de los Aspectos de los Derechos de Propiedad 
Intelectual relacionados con el Comercio 
PRINCIP ALES LE YES Y REGLAMENTOS DEDICADOS A LA PRO PIEDAD INTELECTUAL 
NOTIFICADOS EN VIRTUD DEL PARRAFO 2 
DEL ARTICULO 63 DEL ACUERDO 
HONG KONG, CHINA 
Addendum 
En el presente documento se reproduce el texto 1 de la Orden sobre propiedad intelectual ( diversas 
modificaciones) de 2001, que Hong Kong, China ha notificado en virtud del parrafo 2 del articulo 63 del 
Acuerdo (vease el documento IP/N/l/HKG/10). 
1 In English only./En anglais seulement./En ingles solamente. IP/N/1/HKG/D/1/ Add.3, IP /N/1/HKG/D/2/ Add.2, 
IP/N/1/HKG/P/1/Add.4, IP/N/1/HKG/P/3/Add.3, 
IP/N/1/HKG/P/4/ Add.2 
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 
(MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS) 
ORDINANCE 2001 IP/N/1/HKG/D/l/Add.3, IP/N/l/HKG/D/2/Add.2, 
IP/N/1/HKG/P/l/ Add.4, IP/N/l/HKG/P/3/ Add.3, 
IP/N/l/HKG/P/4/Add.2 
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (MISCELLANEOUS 
AMENDMENTS) ORDINANCE Ord. No. 2 of 2001 
Section INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (MISCELLANEOUS 
AMENDMENTS) ORDINANCE 2001 
CONTENTS 
1. Short title and commencement.. ...................................................................... . 
PART I 
PATENTS ORDINANCE AND ITS SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 
Patents Ordinance 
2. Interpretation ............ , ..................................................................................... . 
3. Filing of request to record .............................................................................. . 
4. Designated patent application based on international application ................. . 
5. Date of filing of request to record .................................................................. . 
6. Publication of request to record ...................................................................... . 
7. Compulsory licenses for standard patents ....................................................... . 
8. Priority right ................................................................................................... . 
9. Short-term patent application based on international application .................. . 
I 0. Costs and expenses in proceedings before court ............................................. . 
11. Registrar may specify forms to be used .......................................................... . 
12. Section added 
150A. Power to specify official journal, etc .............................................. . 
13. Amendment of Schedule 1 .............................................................................. . 
14. "official journal" substituted for "Gazette" .................................................... . 
Patents (Designation of Patent Offices) Notice 
15. Interpretation .................................................................................................. . 
16. Designation of patent offices .......................................................................... . 
Patents (General) Rules 
I 7. Interpretation ........... , ...................................................................................... . 
18. "State Intellectual Property Office" substituted for "Chinese Patent Office" 
19. "official journal" substituted for "Gazette" .................................................... . Al7 IP /N/1 /HK G/D/1/ Add.3, IP /N/1/HK G/D/2/ Add.2, 
IP/N/1/HKG/P/l/Add.4, IP/N/1/HKG/P/3/Add.3, 
IP /N/1 /HK GIP I 4/ Add.2 
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Section 
PART II 
REGISTERED DESIGNS ORDINANCE AND ITS SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 
Registered Designs Ordinance 
20. Interpretation ........ , .......................................................................................... . 
21.-Priority right .................. : ................................................................................ . 
22. Costs and expenses in proceedings befo1e court ............................................. . 
23. Hours of business and business days· .............................................................. . 
24. Registrar may specify forms to be .used .......................................................... . 
25. Section added 
84A. Power to specify official journal, etc .............................................. . 
26. "official journal" substituted for "Gazette" .................................................... . 
Registered Designs Rules 
27. "official journal" substituted for "Gazette'.,.: ......... , ...................................... . 
PART III 
REPEAL OF OBSOLETE RULES 
28. Repeal ........................ , .................................................................................... . IP/N/1/HKG/D/1/Add.3, IP/N/1/HKG/D/2/Add.2, 
IP/N/1/HKG/P/1/ Add.4, IP/N/1/HKG/P/3/ Add.3, 
IP/N/1/HKG/P/4/Add.2 
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HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION 
0RUINANCE N 0. 2 OF 2001 
G TUNG Chee-hwa 
Chief Executive 
15 February 2001. 
An Ordinance to amend the Patents Ordinance and the Registered Designs 
Ordinance, and to provide for related matters. 
[ ] 
Enacted by the Legislative Council. 
1. Short title and commencement 
( 1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Intellectual Property 
(Miscellaneous Amendments) Ordinance 2001. 
(2) This Ordinance shall come into· operation on a day to be appointed 
by the Secretary for Commerce and Industry by notice published in the 
Gazette. 
PART I 
PATENTS ORDINANCE AND ITS SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 
Patents Ordinance 
2. Interpretation 
Section 2(1) of the Patents Ordinance (Cap. 514) is amended-
(a) in the definition of "Paris Convention", by adding ", as revised 
or amended from time to time" after "1883"; 
(b) in the definition of "Patent Cooperation Treaty", by adding ", as 
revised or-amended from time to time" after "1970"; 
( c) in the definition of "World Trade Organisation Agreement", by 
adding ", as revised or amended from time to time" after "1994"; IP/N/1/HKG/D/1/Add.3, IP/N/1/HKG/D/2/Add.2, 
IP /N/1/HKG/P/1/ Add.4, IP/N/1/HKG/P/3/ Add.3, 
IP/N/1/HKG/P/4/Add.2 
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(d) by adding-
" "official journal" (1t:tr0¥1i) means the publication for the 
time being specified under section 150A as the official 
journal of record;". 
3. Filing of request to record 
Section 15(2) is amended-
(a) in paragraph (e), by repealing everything before subparagraph 
(i) and substituting-
"(e) where priority is claimed under section 98 in respect of 
a rig4t of priority enjoyed in the designated patent 
office on the basis of an earlier application as 
mentioned in that section, a statement that· indicates 
the details of-"; 
(b) in paragraph (f)-
(i) by repealing "a statement indicating whether or not" and 
substituting "where"; 
(ii) by repealing everything after "non-prejudicial disclosure" 
and substituting ", a statement that indicates the prescribed 
details relating to the previous disclosure; and". 
4. Designated patent application based on 
international application 
Section 16(c) is repealed. 
5. Date of filing of request to record 
Section l 7(l)(c)(ii) is amended-
(a) by adding "(if any)" after "number"; 
(b) by adding "(if any)" after "date". 
6. Publication of request to record 
Section 20(1)(c) is amended by adding "and" at the end. 
7. Compulsory licenses for standard patents 
Section 64(7)( b) is amended by repealing "the licence on". 8. Priority right IP /N/1/HKG/D/ 1/ Add.3, IP /N/1/HKG/D/2/ Add.2, 
IP/N/1/HKG/P/1/Add.4, IP/N/1/HKG/P/3/Add.3, 
IP/N/1/HKG/P/4/ Add.2 
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Section 110 is amended by adding-
"(3A) A right of priority arising as a result of the filing in or for any 
Paris Convention country or WTO member country, territory or area of 
an application for a patent or other protection in respect of an invention, 
or an application for a short-term patent under this Part, may be assigned 
or. otherwise transmitted, either with the application or independently; 
and the reference in subsection (1) to the person's "successors in title" 
shall be construed accordingly.". 
9. Short-term patent application based on 
international application 
Section 125 is amended-
(a) ih subsection . (3)(d) and (e), by repealing ''Chinese Patent 
Office" and substituting "State Intellectual Property Office"; · 
(b) in subsection (6), by repealing everything after "section," and 
substituting " "State Intellectual Property Office" (il*~~.ilf:l 
~) means the State Intellectual Property Office established 
under the laws of the People's Republic of China the functions 
of which include the granting of patents for inventions.". 
10. Costs and expenses in proceedings before court 
Section 136(1) is amended by repealing everything between "reasonable" 
and the full stop. 
11. Registrar may specify forms to be used 
Section 150 is amended by adding-
" (3) A notice published under subsection (1) shall not be regarded as 
subsidiary legislation for the purpose of section 34 of the Interpretation 
and General Clauses Ordinance (Cap. l).". 
12. Section added 
The fallowing is added-IP/N/1/HKG/D/1/ Add.3, IP/N/1/HKG/D/2/ Add.2, 
IP/N/1/HKG/P/1/ Add.4, IP/N/1/HKG/P/3/ Add.3, 
IP/N/1/HKG/P/4/ Add.2 
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"150A. Power to specify official journal, etc. 
(1) The Registrar may from time to time, by notice published in the 
Gazette, specify a publication to be the official journal of record for the 
purposes of this Ordinance, with effect as of the date specified in the 
notice. 
(2) Where a publication is specified under subsection ( 1 ); every 
n_otice, request, document or other matter required by this Ordinance or· 
the rules to be published in the official journal shall, from the effective 
date specified in the notice, be published in the publication so specified, 
and any reference in this Ordinance or the rules to the official journal 
shall be construed accordingly. 
(3) The Registrar may publish or cause to be published a journal in 
which there may be published such documents and information relating to 
a patent or an application for a patent as the Registrar thinks fit. 
( 4) For the avoidance of doubt, the Registrar niay specify the 
Gazette or the journal referred to in subsection (3) to be the official 
journal of record. 
(5) A publication specified under subsection (I) and the journal 
referred to in subsection (3) need not be .in a documentary form. 
(6) A notice published under subsection (1) shall not be regarded as 
subsidiary legislation for the purpose of section 34 of the Interpretation 
and General Clauses Ordinance (Cap. l).". 
13. Amendment of Schedule 1 
Section 153 is amended-
( a) in paragraph (b)(ii), by repealing the full stop and substituting 
"· and"· ' ' ( b) by adding-
"( c) otherwise amend Schedule I.". 
14. "official journal" substituted for "Gazette" 
Sections 20(l)(c), 27(3)(c), 29(3), 30(2), 34(2), 35(2), 39(l)(a), 40(3), 41(3), 
43(3)(b), 44(3) and (6), 46(5), 48(3), 64(4), 66(2)(a), ll8(2)(c), 126(l)(a), 148(1) 
and 150( 1) are amended by repealing "Gazette" and substituting "official 
journal". IP/N/1/HKG/D/1/ Add.3, IP/N/1/HKG/D/2/ Add.2, 
IP/N/1/HKG/P/1/ Add.4, IP/N/1/HKG/P/3/ Add.3, 
IP/N/1/HKG/P/4/ Add.2 
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Patents (Designation of Patent Offices) Notice 
15. Interpretation 
Section 2 of the Patents (Designation of Patent Offices) Notice (Cap. 514 
sub. leg.) is amended-
(a) by repealing the definition of "Chinese Patent Office"; 
( b) by adding-. 
" "State Intellectual Property Office" (llltm~~fif.u) means 
the State Intellectual Property Office established under 
the laws of the People's · Republic of China the 
functions of which include the granting of patents for 
inventions;". 
16. Designation of patent offices 
Section 3 is amended by repealing "Chinese Patent Office" and 
substituting "State Intellectual Property Office". 
Patents (General) Rules 
17. Interpretation 
Section 2(1) of-the Patents (General) Rules (Cap. 514 sub. leg.) 1s 
amended-
(a) by repealing the definition of "Chinese Patent Office"; 
( b) by adding-. 
" "State Intellectual Property Office" (11~~~.ilflfiu) means 
the State Intellectual Property Office established under 
the laws of the People's Republic of China the 
functions of which include the granting of patents for 
inventions;" .. 
18. "State Intellectual Property Office" substituted 
for "Chinese Patent Office" 
Sections 8(2)(d)(v), 15(1 )(c) and (2)(a), 36(a), 54(a) and 78( 1) are amended 
by repealing "Chinese Patent Office" wherever it appears and substituting 
"State Intellectual Property Office'.'. IP /N/1/HKG/D/1/ Add.3, IP /N/1/HKG/D/2/ Add.2, 
IP /N/1/HKG/P/1/ Add.4, IP/N/1/HKG/P/3/ Add.3, 
IP/N/1/HKG/P/4/Add.2 
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19. "official journal" substituted for "Gazette" 
Sections 31(5), 34(4), 40(1), 48(3), 88(l)(c)(iii) and 93(2) and paragraph 
2(4)(c) of Schedule 1 are amended by repealing "Gazette" and substituting 
"official journal". 
PART II 
REGISTERED DESIGNS ORDINANCE AND ITS SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 
Registered Designs Ordinance 
20. Interpretation 
Section 2(1) of the Registered Designs Ordinance (Cap. 522) is amended 
by adding-
" "official journal" ('§jf 0¥&) means the publication for the time being 
specified· under section 84A as the official journal of record;". 
21. Priority right 
Section 15(1)-is amended-
(a) by repealing "or his successor in title"; 
(b) by adding", or his successor in title," after "member". 
22. Costs and expenses in proceedings before court 
Section 62(1) is amended by repealing everything between "reasonable" 
and the full stop. 
23. Hours of business and business days 
Section 71 is amended-
( a) in subsection (1), by adding "and the days that are business days 
for that purpose" after "Ordinance"; 
(b) in subsection (2), by repealing "following" where it twice 
appears. 
24. Registrar may specify forms to be used 
Section 84 is amended by adding-IP/N/1/HKG/D/1/Add.3, IP/N/1/HKG/D/2/Add.2, 
IP/N/1/HKG/P/1/ Add.4, IP/N/1/HKG/P/3/ Add.3, 
IP/N/1/HKG/P/4/ Add.2 
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"(3) A notice published under subsection (l) shall not be regarded as 
subsidiary legislation for the purpose of section 34 of the Interpretation 
and General Clauses Ordinance (Cap. I).". 
25. Section added 
The fallowing is added before Part VIII-
"84A. Power to specify official journal, etc. 
(I) The Registrar may from time to time, by notice published in the 
Gazette, specify a publication to be the official journal of record for the 
purposes of this Ordinance, with effect as of the date specified in the 
notice. 
(2) Where a publication ,is specified under subsection (1), every 
notice, request, document or other matter required by this Ordinance or 
the rules to be published in the official journal shall, from the effective 
date specified in the notice, be published in the publication· so specified, 
and _any reference in this Ordinance or the rules to the official journal 
shall be construed· accordingly. · 
(3) The Registrar may publish or cause to be published a journal in 
which there may be published such documents and information relating to 
a registered design or an application for registration as the Registrar 
thinks fit. 
(4) For the avoidance of doubt, the Registrar may specify the 
Gazette or the journal referred to in subsection (3) to be the official 
journal of record. 
(5) A publication specified under subsection (1) and the journal 
referred to in subsection (3) need not be in a documentary form. 
(6) A notice published under subsection (I) shall not be regarded as 
subsidiary legislation for the purpose of section 34 of the Interpretation 
and General Clauses Ordinance (Cap. I).". 
26. ''official journal" substituted for "Gazette" 
Sections 25(d), 71(1) and 84(1) are amended by repealing "Gazette" and 
substituting "official journal". IP/N/1/HKG/D/1/ Add.3, IP/N/1/HKG/D/2/ Add.2, 
IP/N/1/HKG/P/1/Add.4, IP/N/1/HKG/P/3/Add.3, 
IP/N/1/HKG/P/4/Add.2 
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Registered Designs Rules 
27. .. official journal" substituted for "Gazette" 
(1) Sections 2(2).(a), 27(1), 30, 31(2), 32(5), 37(2)(b), 38(1), 46(2), 51(2) 
and (3), 56, 60(3) and 62(3) and (4) of the Registered Designs Rules (Cap: 522 
sub. leg.) are amended by repealing "Gazette" and substituting "'official 
journal". 
(2) Fee No. 9 of the Schedule is amended, in column 2, by repealing 
"advertisement in the Gazette" and substituting "advertisemerit in the official 
journal". 
PART III 
REPEAL OF OBSOLETE RULES 
28. Repeal 
The Registration of Patents Rules (Cap. 42 sub. leg.) and the Registration 
of Patents (Fees) Rules (Cap. 42·sub. leg.) are repealed.