WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION 
ORGANISATION MONDIALE DU COMMERCE 
ORGANIZACION MUNDIAL DEL COMERCIO 
Council for Trade-Related Aspects of 
Intellectual Property Rights IPIN/IIHKGID/2 
20 March 2000 
(00-1145) 
Original: English! 
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MAIN DEDICATED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 
LAWS AND REGULATIONS NOTIFIED UNDER 
ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE AGREEMENT 
HONG KONG, CHINA 
The present document reproduces the texe of the Registered Designs Rules, as notified by 
Hong Kong, China under Article 63.2 of the Agreement (see document IP/NIl/HKG/2). 
Conseil des aspects des droits de proprh~te 
intellectuelle qui touchent au commerce 
PRlNCIPALES LOIS ET REGLEMENTATIONS CONSACREES A LA 
PROPRIETE INTELLECTUELLE NOTIFIEES AU TITRE 
DE L'ARTICLE 63:2 DE L'ACCORD 
HONG KONG, CHINE 
Le present document contient le texte1 des Regles relatives aux dessins et modeles enregistn!s, 
notifiees par Hong Kong, Chine au titre de l'article 63:2 de l'Accord (voir le document 
IP/NIl/HKG/2). 
Consejo de los Aspectos de los Derechos de Propiedad 
Intelectual relacionados con el Comercio 
PRlNCIP ALES LEYES Y REGLAMENTOS DEDICADOS A LA PROPIEDAD 
INTELECTUAL NOTIFICADOS EN VIRTUD DEL P ARRAFO 2 
DEL ARTicULO 63 DEL ACUERDO 
HONG KONG, CHINA 
En el presente documento se reproduce el texto1 del Reglamento de Dibujos y Modelos 
Registrados notificado por Hong Kong, China en virtud del parrafo 2 del articulo 63 del Acuerdo 
(vease el documento IP/NIl/HKG/2). 
1 In English only.lEn anglais seulement.lEn ingles solamente. IP/NI1 IHKGID12 
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Chapter: 522A Title: 
Heading: REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES 
Empowering section 
(Cap 522 section 79, 80, 81 and 82) Gazette Number: 
Version Date: 30/0611997 
[27 June 1997] L.N. 368 of 1997 
(L.N. 340 of 1997) 
Chapter: 522A Title: 
Section: 1 Heading: 
(Omitted as spent) 
Chapter: 522A Title: 
Section: 2 Heading: 
(1) In these Rules-REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES 
(Omitted as spent) 
PRELIMINARY 
REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES 
Interpretation Gazette Number: 
Version Date: 
Gazette Number: 
Version Date: 
"Locarno Agreement" means the Locarno Agreement Establishing an International 30106/1997 
30106/1997 
Classification for Industrial Designs, signed at Locarno on October 8, 1968, as amended from time to 
time; 
"send" includes give; 
"statement of novelty" means a statement in accordance with section 8; 
"textile article" means textile and plastics piece goods, handkerchiefs, shawls and such other 
classes of articles of a similar character as the Registrar may from time to time decide, for which the 
protection under the Ordinance is limited to features of pattern and ornament only. 
(2) Any reference in these Rules-
Chapter: 
Section: (a) to a specified form shall be construed as a reference to the relevant form specified by the 
Registrar by notice published in the Gazette; 
(b) to an applicable fee shall be construed as a reference to the fee applicable in accordance 
with section 74 and the Schedule; or 
(c) to the filing of a document shall be construed as a reference to the filing of the document 
with the Registrar. 
522A 
3 Title: 
Heading: REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES Gazette Number: 
Prescribed case under Version Date: 
section 5(3) of Ordinance 
REGISTRABLE DESIGNS 
(SECTIONS 5, 9 AND 10 OF ORDINANCE) 3010611997 
The Registrar may exercise his powers under section 5(3) of the Ordinance in any case where a 
request for amendment of an application for registration of a design has been granted under section 21 of 
the Ordinance and in the opinion of the Registrar the amendment has the effect of significantly altering the 
design for which the application was initially filed. Chapter: 522A Title: 
Section: 4 Heading: REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES 
Designs excluded from 
registra tion IP/N/l/HKGID/2 
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Gazette Number: 
Version Date: 3010611997 
There shall be excluded from registration under the Ordinance designs intended to be applied to any of 
the following articles, namely-
Chapter: 
Section: (a) works of sculpture (other than casts or models used or intended to be used as models or 
patterns to be multiplied by any industrial process); 
(b) wall plaques, medals and medallions; 
(c) printed matter primarily of a literary or artistic character, including book jackets, calendars, 
certificates, coupons, dressmaking patterns, greeting cards, labels, leaflets, maps, plans, 
playing cards, postcards. stamps, trade advertisements, trade forms and cards, transfers and 
similar articles. 
522A Title: REGISTERED DESIGNS Gazette Number: 
RULES 
5 Heading: Industrial application of Version Date: 30106/1997 
designs 
A design is to be regarded for the purposes of section 10 of the Ordinance as "applied industrially" if it 
has been applied-
Chapter: 
Section: (a) to more than 50 articles which do not all together constitute a single set of articles; or 
(b) to articles manufactured in lengths or pieces, not being handmade articles. 
522A Title: REGISTERED DESIGNS Gazette Number: 
RULES 
6 Heading: Form and contents of Version Date: 30106/1997 
applications 
APPLICATIONS FOR REGISTRATION 
(SECTIONS 12, 13, 18,20 AND 21 OF ORDINANCE) 
Filing of applications 
(l) An application for registration of a design shall be made on the specified form. 
(2) The application shall include the information and documents referred to in section 12(2)(a) to (e) 
of the Ordinance, namely-
(a) a request for registration of the design; 
(b) a representation of the design suitable for reproduction, in accordance with sections 7 and 8; 
(c) the name and address of the applicant; 
(d) where the applicant is not the designer, a statement explaining the applicant's rights in 
relation to the design; and 
(e) an address in Hong Kong for service of documents. 
(3) In addition, the application shall include-
(a) a statement identifying the article or articles to which the design is intended to be applied, in 
both official languages; 
(b) a statement identifying the classification of the article or articles to which the design is 
intended to be applied, according to the class and subclass of the classifications established 
by the Locarno Agreement; 
(c) 6 additional representations of the design, in accordance with section 7(3); 
(d) any statements or evidence required by sections 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13, whichever are 
applicable; 
(e) a transliteration of the name of the applicant, if the name is not in Roman letters; 
(t) the signature of the applicant; and 
(g) any other information required by the specified application form. IPINIlIHKGIDI2 
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Chapter: 522A 
Section: 7 Title: 
Heading: REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES 
Representations Gazette Number: 
Version Date: 30106/1997 
(1) The representation of the design included with the application may be either a drawing or a 
photograph ahd shall be of a size of not more than-
(a) 210 mm by 297 mm, in the case ofa drawing; or 
(b) 160 mm by 160 mm, in the case of a photograph, 
and 1 side of the representation shall be not less than 30 mm in length. 
(2) Where the application is made for the registration of a design intended to be applied to a set of 
articles, the representation shall show the design as applied to each different article included in the set. 
(3) The application shall be accompanied by 6 additional representations of the design corresponding 
exactly to the originaL 
Chapter: 522A Title: 
Section: 8 Heading: REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES 
Statement of novelty Gazette Number: 
Version Date: 30106/1997 
(1) A statement describing the features of the design which the applicant considers to be new shall 
appear on each representation of the design filed under sections 6 and 7, in both official languages. 
(2) The statement shall appear on the front of each representation except where the Registrar is 
satisfied that its appearance on the front is impracticable, in which case the statement shall appear in a place 
satisfactory to the Registrar. 
(3) The statement shall appear separately from any other statement appearing on the representation. 
(4) This section does not apply in the case of an application for registration of the pattern or 
ornament of a design which is intended to be applied to a textile article, to wallpaper or similar wall covering 
or to lace or to sets of textile articles or lace. 
Chapter: 522A Title: 
Section: 9 Heading: REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES 
Statement relating to 
confidential disclosure Gazette Number: 
Version Date: 30(06/1997 
(1) Where an applicant wishes to claim that section 9 of the Ordinance applies in relation to the 
application. the application shall include a statement to that effect in accordance with this section. 
(2) Except in the case referred to in subsection (3), the statement shall-
(a) identify the provisions of section 9 of the Ordinance on which the applicant relies; and 
(b) describe the circumstances of the disclosure of the design including any relevant dates. 
(3) Where the disclosure of the design relates to an official international exhibition, the statement 
shall specify-
(a) the name of the exhibition and the place where it was held; 
(b) the opening date of the exhibition; and 
(c) if the first disclosure of the design did not take place on the opening date of the exhibition, 
the date of such first disclosure. 
(4) The applicant may file additional information or documents in support of the claim. Chapter: 522A Title: 
Section: 10 Heading: REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES 
Statement in respect of 
previously registered 
designs, etc. IP/NI1 IHKGID12 
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Gazette Number: 
Version Date: 30/06/1997 
(1) Where an applicant wishes to claim that section 11 of the Ordinance applies in relation to the 
application, the application shall include a statement to that effect in accordance with this section. 
(2) The statement shall specify the number or numbers of the previous registration or registrations 
and the number or numbers of the previous application or applications for registration. 
(3) The applicant may file additional information or documents in support of the claim. 
Chapter: 522A Title: REGISTERED DESIGNS Gazette Number: 
RULES 
Section: 11 Heading: Statement of priority, etc. Version Date: 30/0611 997 
(1) Where an applicant wishes to claim the priority of a previous application under section 16 of the 
Ordinance, the application shall include the statement of priority and copy of the previous application 
required by that section. 
(2) In addition to the statement of priority and copy of the previous application, there shall be filed 
with the application, or within 3 months of the filing date of the application, a certificate issued by it 
competent authority of the relevant Paris Convention country or WTO member verifying to the Registrar's 
satisfaction-
Chapter: 
Section: (a) the country, territory or area of filing of the previous application; 
(b) the filing date of the previous application and its filing number; 
(c) the representation of the design and the articles covered by the previous application. 
522A Title: REGISTERED DESIGNS Gazette Number: 
RULES 
12 Heading: Evidence relating to Version Date: 30/06/1997 
armorial bearings, etc. 
Where a reproduction of the armorial bearings, insignia, orders of chivalry, decorations, emblems or 
flags of any country, city, town, place, society, body corporate, institution or person appears on a design, 
the application shall include evidence satisfactory to the Registrar that such official or other person as is 
entitled to give consent to the registration of the design and to the use of the reproduction has given such 
consent. 
Chapter: 522A Title: REGISTERED DESIGNS Gazette Number: 
RULES 
Section: 13 Heading: Evidence relating to names Version Date: 30/06/1997 
or portraits 
(1) Where the name or portrait of a living person appears on a design, the application shall include 
evidence satisfactory to the Registrar that the person has consented to the registration of the design and to 
the use of his name or portrait. 
(2) Where the name or portrait of a recently deceased person appears on a design, the application 
shall include evidence satisfactory to the Registrar that the personal representative of the deceased person 
has consented to the registration of the design and to the use of the deceased's name or portrait. IPlNllIHKG/DI2 
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Chapter: 522A 
Section: 14 Title: 
Heading: REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES 
Samples Gazette Number: 
Version Date: 30/06/1997 
(1) Subject to this section, an application for registration of a 2-dimensional design intended to be 
applied to a textile article may be accompanied by a sample of the article to which the design reproduced in 
the representation is applied. 
(2) The sample must be contained in a single envelope or packet. 
(3) The dimensions of the sample must not exceed 30 cm and the weight of any such envelope or 
packet and its packing must not exceed 4 kg. 
(4) Samples of perishable articles or articles which are dangerous to store shall not be submitted. 
(5) Except where the Registrar requires, samples of other articles shall not be submitted. 
Chapter: 522A 
Section: 15 Title: 
Heading: REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES 
Specimens 
Except where the Registrar requires, no specimens shall be filed. 
Chapter: 522A 
Section: 16 Title: 
Heading: REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES 
Multiple applications 
Multiple applications Gazette Number: 
Version Date: 30/0611997 
Gazette Number: 
Version Date: 30/0611997 
Two or more designs may be the subject of the same application for registration if the designs relate to 
the same class of articles as classified in accordance with the classifications established by the Locarno 
Agreement or to the same set of articles. 
Chapter: 522A 
Section: 17 Title: 
Heading: REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES Gazette Number: 
Withdrawal of applications Version Date: 
Withdrawal and reinstatement of applications 30/0611997 
A notice of withdrawal under section 18 of the Ordinance shall be made on the specified form. 
Chapter: 522A Title: 
Section: 18 Heading: REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES 
Reinstatement of 
applications Gazette Number: 
Version Date: 30/0611997 
A notice requesting reinstatement of an application for registration of a design under section 20 of the 
Ordinance shall be made on the specified form. IP INIlIHK GID12 
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Chapter: 522A Title: 
Section: 19 Heading: REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES Gazette Number: 
Amendment of applications Version Date: 
Amendment of applications 30106/1997 
A request for amendment of an application for registration of a design under section 21 of the 
Ordinance shall be made on the specified form. 
Chapter: 522A Title: 
Section: 20 Heading: REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES 
Transactions affecting 
rights in applications 
Rights in applications Gazette Number: 
Version Date: 30106/1997 
(l) Subject to section 64(3) of the Ordinance, notice may be given to the Registrar on the specified 
form of particulars concerning any transaction, instrument or event affecting an application for registration 
of a design and to which sections 23 and 34 of the Ordinance apply. 
(2) Section 33(2) to (4) applies, with necessary modification, in relation to a notice filed under 
subsection (1) as it applies in relation to an application fiied under section 33. 
(3) Subject to section 64(3) of the Ordinance, notice may be given to the Registrar on the specified 
form of particulars concerning any transaction, instrument or event by virtue of which the ownership of, or 
any interest in, an application for registration of a design is purportedly affected. 
(4) A notice under subsection (1) or (3) shall contain full particulars of the transaction, instrument or 
event. 
Chapter: 522A 
Section: 21 Title: 
Heading: REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES 
Formal requirements Gazette Number: 
Version Date: 
Expanded Cross Reference: 
3,4,5,6, 7, 8,9, 10, 11, 12, 13 
EXAMINATION AND REGISTRATION 
(SECTIONS 24, 25 AND 26 OF ORDINANCE) 3010611997 
The following are specified as the "formal requirements" for the purposes of the Ordinance, namely­
(a) all of the requirements of section 12 of the Ordinance; and 
(b) all of the requirements of sections 3 to 13 of these Rules. <* Note-Exp. x-Ref: Sections 3, 
Chapter: 
Section: 4,5,6,7,8,9, 10,11, 12, 13 *> 
522A Title: 
22 Heading: REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES 
Deficiencies Gazette Number: 
Version Date: 30106/1997 
(1) Where the Registrar determines that there are deficiencies as regards the formal requirements, he 
shall give written notice of the deficiencies to the ~pplicant. . . 
(2) Deficiencies as regards the formal reqUIrements may be corrected WIthin 3 months after the date 
of the notice. 
(3) Subject to section 26 of the Ordinance, if the deficiencies are corrected within the period referred 
to in subsection (2), the Registrar shall proceed to register the design in accordance with section 25. IP/N/lIHKG/D/2 
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Chapter: 522A Title: 
Section: 23 Heading: REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES 
Refusal of applications Gazette Number: 
Version Date: 3010611997 
(1) Where the Registrar refuses an application for registration of a design under section 26 of the 
Ordinance, he shall give written notice of the refusal to the applicant. 
(2) The notice shall state the reasons for the Registrar's decision. 
(3) For the purpose of any appeal against the Registrar's decision under section 58 of the Ordinance 
the ?ate of the decision shall be the date when notice of the decision is sent to the applicant under this' 
sectIon. 
Chapter: 522A Title: 
Section: 24 Heading: REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES 
Classification of articles Gazette Number: 
Version Date: 30106/1997 
For the purposes of the registration of designs, articles shall be classified in accordance with the 
classifications specified in the Locarno Agreement. 
Chapter: 522A Title: 
Section: 25 Heading: REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES 
Registration Gazette Number: 
Version Date: 30/06/1997 
(l) The Registrar shall register a design under section 25 of the Ordinance by entering the following 
particulars in the Register-
(a) the date of registration; 
(b) the date of entry in the Register; 
(c) if applicable, the priority date and the name of the relevant Paris Convention country or 
WTO member; 
(d) the registration number; 
(e) the name and address of the owner of the design; 
(t) any address for service; 
(g) the number of the class and subclass of the Locarno classification of the article or articles in 
respect of which the design is registered. 
(2) In addition, the Registrar shall enter the following in the Register-
(a) a reproduction of the representation of the design included with the application; 
(b) any statement of novelty relating to the design; 
(c) particulars as to the article or articles in respect of which the design is registered; 
(d) particulars concerning any relevant transaction, instrument or event to which section 34 of 
the Ordinance applies; 
(e) if applicable, a statement that the design has been registered in accordance with section 11 
of the Ordinance in association with a design which has been previously registered. 
(3) The Registrar may at any time enter in the Register such other particulars in relation to the design 
as he may think fit. 
Chapter: 522A Title: 
Section: 26 Heading: REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES Gazette Number: 
Certificate of registration Version Date: 3010611997 
(1) On registration of a design the Registrar shall issue a certificate of registration to the registered 
owner. 
(2) In the case of a design which is registered in accordance with section 11 of the Ordinance in 
association with a design which has been previously registered, the certificate of registration shall contain a 
statement that the design has been registered in association with that previously registered design. Chapter: 522A Title: 
Section: 27 Heading: REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES 
Advertisement of 
registration Gazette Number: 
Version Date: IP/N/1IHKGID12 
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30/0611997 
(1) The advertisement of the registration of a design published in the Gazette under section 25( d) of 
the Ordinance shall contain-
(a) the date of registration; 
(b) if applicable, the priority date and the name of the relevant Paris Convention country or 
WTO member; 
(c) the registration number; 
(d) the name and address of the registered owner; 
(e) any address for service; 
(t) a reproduction of the representation of the design included with the application; 
(g) particulars as to the article or articles in respect of which the design is registered; and 
(h) the number of the class and subclass of the Locarno classification of the article or articles in 
respect of which the design is registered. 
(2) If a design is registered in accordance with section 11 of the Ordinance in association with a 
design which has been previously registered, the advertisement shall also contain the number or numbers of 
the previous registration or registrations and the number or numbers of the previous application or 
applications for registration. 
Chapter: 522A 
Section: 28 Title: 
Heading: REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES 
Reminder of renewal of 
registration Gazette Number: 
Version Date: 
DURATION OF REGISTRATION 
(SECTIONS 28 AND 30 OF ORDINANCE) 30/0611997 
Except where the period of registration of a design has already been renewed in accordance with 
section 28 of the Ordinance and section 29 of these Rules, the Registrar shall not earlier than 6 months nor 
later than 1 month before the end of the period of registration give written notice of the imminent expiration 
of the period to the registered owner and inform him that the period of registration may be renewed in the 
manner described in section 29. 
Chapter: 522A Title: 
Section: 29 Heading: REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES 
Renewal of registration Gazette Number: 
Version Date: 30/0611997 
(1) If the owner of a registered design wishes to renew the period of registration of a design under 
section 28(2) of the Ordinance, an application shall be made on the specified form before the end of the 
current period of registration but not earlier than 3 months immediately preceding the end of the current 
period. 
(2) If the owner of a registered design wishes to renew the period of registration of a design under 
section 28(5) of the Ordinance, an application shall be made on the specified form during the period of 6 
months immediately following the end of the period specified in section 28(4) of the Ordinance. 
(3) An application under subsection (1) or (2) shall be accompanied by the applicable fees. 
(4) If an application is filed and the applicable fees are paid in accordance with subsection (1) or (2), 
the Registrar shall renew the registration of the design by making the appropriate entry in the Register. IP/NIIIHKGID12 
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Chapter: 522A Title: 
Section: 30 Heading: REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES 
Notice of failure to apply 
for renewal Gazette Number: 
Version Date: 30106/1997 
If, at the end of the current period of registration of a design, an application is not filed or the 
applicable fees are not paid in accordance with section 29(1), the Registrar shall publish notice of that fact in 
the Gazette. 
Chapter: 522A Title: 
Section: 31 Heading: REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES 
Removal of registration Gazette Number: 
Version Date: 30106/1997 
(1) If an application is not filed or the applicable fees are not paid in accordance with section 29(1) or 
(2), the Registrar shall remove the design from the Register. . .. 
(2) Notice of the removal of the registration of a design from the RegIster shall be publIshed in the 
Gazette. 
Chapter: 522A 
Section: 32 Title: 
Heading: REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES Gazette Number: 
Surrender of registration Version Date: 30/06/1997 
(1) The registered owner of a design may surrender the registration of the design under section 30 of 
the Ordinance by filing a notice of surrender in the specified form. 
(2) A notice filed under this section shall not be valid unless the registered owner in the notice­
(a) states that the registration is to be surrendered in respect of either-
(i) all of the articles for which the design is registered; or 
(ii) articles specified in the notice; 
(b) gives the name and address of each other person having a registered interest in the design; 
and 
( c) certifies, in respect of every such person, that the person-
(i) has been sent not less than 3 months' notice of his intention to surrender the 
registration; or 
(ii) is not affected by the surrender or, if affected, consents to the surrender. 
(3) The surrender takes effect upon receipt by the Registrar of a notice which complies with 
subsection (2). 
(4) A surrender of the registration of a design has the same effect in respect of the articles for which 
the design is surrendered as the registration of the design ceasing to have effect in respect of those articles. 
(5) The Registrar shall, upon the surrender taking effect, make the appropriate entry in the Register 
and publish notice of the surrender in the Gazette. Chapter: 522A 
Section: 33 Title: REGISTERED DESIGNS Gazette Number: 
RULES 
Heading: Transactions affecting Version Date: 
rights in registered designs 
RIGHTS IN REGISTERED DESIGNS 
(SECTIONS 34 AND 64 OF ORDINANCE) IP/N/lIHKGID12 
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30/0611997 
(l) Subject to section 64(3) of the Ordinance, application may be made on the specified form for the 
registration of particulars concerning any transaction, instrument or event to which section 34 of the 
Ordinance applies and by virtue of which a person claims to have acquired a right in or under a registered 
design. 
(2) The application shall contain the name and address of the person claiming or stated to have 
acquired the right together with full particulars of the transaction, instrument or event. 
(3) The application shall be signed by or on behalf of-
(a) the assignee and the assignor, where it relates to an assignment referred to in section 
34(3)(a) of the Ordinance; 
(b) the mortgagor, where it relates to a mortgage referred to in section 34(3 )(b) of the 
Ordinance; or 
(c) the grantor, where it relates to the grant of a licence or sublicence referred to in section 
34(3)( c) of the Ordinance, 
or it shall be accompanied by such evidence as suffices to establish the assignment, mortgage or grant, as 
the case may be. 
(4) In any case not covered by subsection (3), the application shall be accompanied by such evidence 
as suffices to establish the transaction, instrument or event. 
Chapter: 522A Title: 
Section: 34 Heading: REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES 
Registration of other 
transactions Gazette Number: 
Version Date: 30/0611997 
(l) Subject to section 64(3) of the Ordinance, application may be made on the specified form for the 
registration of particulars concerning any transaction, instrument or event (other than one referred to in 
section 33) by virtue of which the ownership of, or any interest in, a registered design is purportedly 
affected. 
(2) The application shall contain full particulars of the transaction, instrument or event. 
Chapter: 522A Title: 
Section: 35 Heading: REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES Gazette Number: 
Cancellation of claim to be Version Date: 
mortgagee or licensee 30/0611997 
Where the name of a person is entered in the Register as mortgagee or licensee in respect of a 
registered design, such person may on making an application on the specified form have a notice entered in 
the Register that he no longer claims to be mortgagee or licensee, as the case may be. IPINIlIHKGID12 
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Chapter: 522A Title: 
Section: 36 Heading: REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES 
Furnishing of evidence Gazette Number: 
Version Date: 3010611997 
The Registrar may require any person who makes an application under section 33, 34 or 35 to furnish 
him with such evidence as he may require in connection with the application within such period as he may 
specify. 
Chapter: 522A 
Section: 37 Title: 
Heading: REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES 
Reference 
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS Gazette Number: 
Version Date: 
(SECTIONS 44, 45, 46 AND 63 OF ORDINANCE) 
References to Registrar 30106/1997 
(1) A reference to the Registrar under section 44 of the Ordinance of the question of whether, having 
regard to section 7 of the Ordinance, a design is a registrable design shall be made by filing in duplicate-
(a) an application in the specified form; and 
(b) a statement setting out fully the reference sought and the facts on which the applicant relies. 
(2) The Registrar shall-
Chapter: 
Section: (a) send the duplicates of the application and statement to the registered owner of the design; 
and 
Cb) enter a notice of the application in the Register and advertise the fact of the application in 
the Gazette. 
522A Title: 
38 Heading: REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES 
Notice of opposition Gazette Number: 
Version Date: 3010611997 
Expanded Cross Reference: 
39,40,41,42,43,44 
(l) If any person (including the registered owner) wishes to oppose an application under section 37, 
he shall. within 2 months from the date of the advertisement in the Gazette, file in duplicate a notice of 
opposition in the specified form setting out fully the grounds on which the opponent objects to the 
application and the facts on which he relies. 
(2) If a person files a notice of opposition under subsection (1), the Registrar shall forthwith send the 
duplicate to the applicant. 
(3) This section and sections 39 to 44 do not apply in any case where the Registrar refers the 
question to the court for determination in accordance with section 46. <* Note-Exp. x-Ref: Sections 39, 
40,41,42,43,44 *> Chapter: 522A Title: 
Section: 39 Heading: REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES 
Counter-statement Gazette Number: 
Version Date: IPINIl/HKGID12 
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3010611997 
(1) Within 3 months from the date of the sending of the duplicate of the notice of opposition un.der 
section 38, the applicant shall file a counter-statement in the specified form setting out the grounds on which 
he relies as supporting his application and the facts, if any, alleged in the notice of opposition which he 
admits. 
(2) The counter-statement shall be filed together with a duplicate which the Registrar shall send to 
the opponent. 
Chapter: 522A Title: REGISTERED DESIGNS Gazette Number: 
RULES 
Section: 40 Heading: Evidence in support of Version Date: 30106/1997 
opposition 
(l) Within 3 months from the date of sending of the duplicate of the applicant's counter-statement 
under section 39, the opponent shall file such evidence as he may desire to adduce in support of his 
opposition and shall send to the applicant a copy of that evidence. 
(2) If the opponent fails to file evidence in accordance with subseCtion (1), he shall, unless the 
Registrar otherwise directs, be deemed to have abandoned the opposition. 
Chapter: 522A Title: REGISTERED DESIGNS Gazette Number: 
RULES 
Section: 41 Heading: Evidence in support of Version Date: 30106/1997 
application 
If the opponent files evidence in accordance with section 40, the applicant shall, within 3 months from 
the date of sending of the copy of the opponent's evidence, file such evidence as he may desire to adduce in 
support of his application and shall send to the opponent a copy of that evidence. 
Chapter: 522A Title: 
Section: 42 Heading: REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES 
Evidence in reply Gazette Number: 
Version Date: 30106/1997 
(l) The opponent may file further evidence, confined to matters strictly in reply, within 3 months 
from the date of sending of the copy of an applicant's evidence under section 41, and if the opponent files 
such further evidence he shall send a copy to the applicant. 
(2) The applicant may file further evidence, confined to matters strictly in reply, within 3 months 
from the date of sending of the copy of an opponent's evidence, and if the applicant files such further 
evidence he shall send a copy to the opponent. 
(3) No further evidence shall be filed by any party except by leave or direction of the Registrar. IP/N/lIHKG/D/2 
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Chapter: 522A 
Section: 43 Title: 
Heading: REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES Gazette Number: 
Directions on subsequent Version Date: 
procedure 30106/1997 
The Registrar may give such directions as he may think fit with regard to the subsequent procedure on 
an application under section 37. 
Chapter: 522A Title: 
Section: 44 Heading: REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES 
Notice of decision Gazette Number: 
Version Date: 30106Jl997 
(I) After hearing the party or parties wishing to be heard on an application under. section 37. or, if n~ 
party so wishes, without a hearing, the Registrar shall decide the matter and shall notify all parties of his 
decision and, if any party so requests, shall give his reasons for the decision. . 
(2) For the purpose of any appeal against the Registrar's decision under section 58 ~fthe Ordmance, 
the date of the decision shall be the date when notice of the decision is sent under this sectIOn. 
Chapter: 522A Title: 
Section: 45 Heading: REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES 
Costs in unopposed cases Gazette Number: 
Version Date: 3010611997 
In the event that an application under section 37 is not opposed by the registered owner, the Registrar 
in deciding whether costs should be awarded to the applicant shall consider whether the proceedings might 
have been avoided if reasonable notice had been given by the applicant to the registered owner before the 
application was filed. 
Chapter: 522A Title: 
Section: 46 Heading: REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES 
Reference to court Gazette Number: 
Version Date: 3010611997 
(I) Where the Registrar receives an application under section 37 and decides to refer the question to 
the court for determination, he shall forthwith serve a certified copy of the reference to the court on the 
applicant and the registered owner of the design. 
(2) The Registrar shall enter a notice of the reference to the court in the Register and advertise the 
fact of the reference in the Gazette. 
Chapter: 522A Title: 
Section: 47 Heading: REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES 
Service on Registrar of 
applications 
Applications to court Gazette Number: 
Version Date: 30106/1997 
(1) Where application to the court is made under section 45 or 46 of the Ordinance for the 
registration of a design to be revoked, the applicant shall forthwith serve a certified copy of the application 
on the Registrar. 
(2) The Registrar shall enter a notice of the application in the Register. Chapter: 522A Title: 
Section: 48 Heading: REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES Gazette Number: 
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(I) Where any order or declaration is made or any certificate is granted by the court under the 
Ordinance, the person in whose favour such order, declaration or certificate has been made or granted or, if 
there is more than one, such one of them as the Registrar may direct, shall file a certified copy of the order, 
declaration or certificate with the Registrar and, if rectification of the Register is required, the specified fonn. 
(2) Where appropriate, the Register shall be rectified by the Registrar accordingly. 
Chapter: 522A 
Section: 49 Title: 
Heading: REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES 
Security for costs Gazette Number: 
Version Date: 3010611997 
(1) If a party in any proceedings before the Registrar neither resides nor carries on business in Hong 
Kong, the Registrar may require him to give security for costs in such form and in such amount as the 
Registrar considers sufficient. 
(2) If the Registrar requires security to be given by any party in respect of an application, request or 
notice of opposition filed by him and the party fails to give such security as required, the Registrar may treat 
the application, request or notice of opposition as abandoned or withdrawn. 
Chapter: 
Section: 522A Title: REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES Gazette Number: 
50 Heading: Service on Registrar of Version Date: 
applications under section 
66 of Ordinance 
ADMINISTRATIVE AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
(SECTIONS 66,67,68,70, 71, 72, 73, 75, 
76 AND 77 OF ORDINANCE) 
Register of designs 3010611997 
(1) Where application to the court is made under section 66 of the Ordinance for the rectification of 
the Register, the applicant shall forthwith serve a certified copy of the application on the Registrar. 
(2) The Registrar shall enter a notice ofthe application in the Register. IPINI1/HKG/D12 
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Chapter: 522A Title: 
Section: 51 Heading: REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES 
Correction of errors in 
Register Gazette Number: 
Version Date: 30/0611997 
(1) A request for the correction of an error in the Register under section 67 of the Ordinance shall be 
made on the specified form and shall clearly identifY the proposed correction. 
(2) The Registrar shall advertise the fact of the request and the nature of the proposed correction in 
the Gazette. 
(3) If any person wishes to oppose the request, he shall, within 2 months from the date of the 
advertisement in the Gazette, file in duplicate a notice of opposition in the specified form setting out fully the 
grounds on which the opponent objects to the request and the facts on which he relies. 
(4) If a person files a notice of opposition under subsection (3), the Registrar shall forthwith send the 
duplicate to the person making the request. 
(5) Within 3 months from the date of the sending of the duplicate of the notice of opposition under 
subsection (4), the person making the request shall file a counter-statement in the specified form setting out 
the grounds on which he relies as supporting his request and the facts, if any, alleged in the notice of 
opposition which he admits. 
(6) The counter-statement shall be filed together with a duplicate which the Registrar shall send to 
the opponent. 
(7) The Registrar may give such directions as he may think fit with regard to the subsequent 
procedure. 
Chapter: 522A Title: 
Section: 52 Heading: REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES 
Inspection of Register Gazette Number: 
Version Date: 30/0611997 
Subject to sections 70 and 77 of the Ordinance and section 53, a person shall have the right to inspect 
the Register during the normal business hours of the Registry upon application made on the specified form 
and payment of the applicable fee. 
Chapter: 522A Title: REGISTERED DESIGNS Gazette Number: 
RULES 
Section: 53 Heading: Designs relevant for defence Version Date: 30/0611997 
purposes 
Where the Registrar gives a direction under section 77(1) of the Ordinance, the representation of the 
design and any such evidence as is mentioned in section 77(2)(b) of the Ordinance shall not be open to 
public inspection in the Registry during the continuance in force of the directions. 
Chapter: 522A Title: 
Section: 54 Heading: REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES 
Certificates and copies Gazette Number: 
Version Date: 30/0611997 
(1) Subject to sections 70 and 77 of the Ordinance, an application for a certified or uncertified copy 
of an entry in the Register or a celtified or uncertified extract from the Register shall be made on the 
specified form and be accompanied by the applicable fee. 
(2) Subject to sections 70 and 77 of the Ordinance, upon application made on the specified form and 
payment of the applicable fee, the Registrar may supply the person making the application with-
(a) a celtified copy of any representation or other document kept in the Registry or a certified 
extract from any such document; 
(b) a certificate for the purposes of section 65(2) of the Ordinance; or 
(c) an uncertified copy of any representation or other document kept in the Registry or an 
uncertified extract from any such document. Chapter: 522A Title: 
Section: 55 Heading: REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES 
Information and inspection 
of documents Gazette Number: 
Version Date: IPINIlIHKGID12 
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3010611997 
(1) A request under section 70 of the Ordinance for information, or for permission to inspect 
documents, relating to an application for registration of a design or to a registered design shaIl be made on 
the specified form. 
(2) Subject to sections 70 and 77 of the Ordinance and subsections (4) to (6), the Registrar shall 
permit the inspection of such documents relating to a registered design as are specified in the request. 
(3) Subject to sections 70 and 77 of the Ordinance and subsections (4) to (6), the Registrar shall 
permit the inspection of such documents relating to an application for registration of a design as are specified 
in the request if the person making the request files such evidence as proves to the satisfaction of the 
Registrar-
(a) that the owner or applicant (as the case may be) consents to the inspection; or 
(b) that section 70(4) of the Ordinance applies in respect of the request. 
(4) The Registrar shall not be obliged to permit the inspection of any document under this section 
before payment of the applicable fee or before he has completed every procedure, or every stage in the 
procedure which is relevant to the document in question, which he is required or permitted to carry out 
under the Ordinance or these Rules. 
(5) The right of inspection under this section does not apply to-
(a) any document prepared in the Registry solely for use therein; 
(b) any document sent to the Registry, whether at its request or otherwise, for inspection and 
subsequent return to the sender; 
(c) any request for information under subsection (1); or 
(d) any document issued by the Registry which the Registrar considers should be treated as 
confidential. 
(6) Nothing in this section shall be construed as imposing on the Registrar the duty of making available 
for public inspection-
Chapter: 
Section: (a) any document or part of a document which in his opinion disparages any person in a way 
likely to damage him; or 
(b) any document filed with or sent to the Registry before the day appointed for the 
commencement of the Ordinance. 
522A Title: 
56 Heading: REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES Gazette Number: 
Business hours of Registry Version Date: 30106/1997 
Any directions given by the Registrar under section 71 of the Ordinance specifying the hours of 
business of the Registry and business days of the Registry shall be posted in the Registry and published in 
the Gazette. 
Chapter: 522A Title: 
Section: 57 Heading: REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES 
Publication and sale of 
documents Gazette Number: 
Version Date: 30106/1997 
The Registrar may arrange for the publication and sale of documents and information by the Registry. IP/N/lIHKGID12 
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Chapter: 522A 
Section: 58 Title: 
Heading: REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES Gazette Number: 
Signature of documents by Version Date: 
partnerships, etc. 
Documents 3010611997 
(1) A document signed for or on behalf of a firm shall be signed by its partners, by any partner 
stating that he signs on behalf of the firm or by any other person who satisfies the Registrar that he is 
authorized to sign the document. 
(2) A document signed for or on behalf of a body corporate shall be signed by a director or the 
secretary or other principal officer of the body corporate or by any other person who satisfies the Registrar 
that he is authorized to sign the document. 
(3) A document signed for or on behalf of an unincorporated body or association of persons other 
than a firm may be signed by any person who satisfies the Registrar that he is authorized to sign the 
document. 
Chapter: 522A Title: REGISTERED DESIGNS Gazette Number: 
RULES 
Section: 59 Heading: Translation of documents Version Date: 30106/1997 
(1) Except as expressly provided in these Rules, where any document or part of a document which is 
not in one of the official languages is filed at the Registry or sent to the Registry in pursuance of the 
Ordinance or these Rules, it shall be accompanied by a translation into the language of the proceedings and 
such translation must be verified to the satisfaction of the Registrar as corresponding to the original text. 
(2) For the purposes of section 12(2)( d) of the Ordinance, if any document supporting the statement 
under that section is not in one of the official languages, it shall be accompanied by a translation into the 
language of the proceedings. 
(3) The Registrar may, in respect of any document to be used for the purposes of evidence in 
proceedings before the Registrar and which is in a language other than the language of the proceedings, give 
directions as to-
Chapter: 
Section: (a) the filing of the document in that other language; 
(b) the filing of a translation of the document into the language of the proceedings. 
522A Title: 
60 Heading: REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES 
Service of documents on 
Registrar Gazette Number: 
Version Date: 3010611997 
(l) Any application, notice, form, evidence or other document required or authorized to be filed with 
the Registrar under the Ordinance or by these Rules must be filed by hand or by post. 
(2) Filing by post shall be deemed to be effected by properly addressing, preparing and posting a 
letter containing the document, and, unless the contrary is proved, shall be deemed to have been effected at 
the time at which the letter would be delivered in the ordinary course of post. 
(3) The Registrar may at his discretion permit, as an alternative to the filing by hand or by post, the 
filing of a document by electronic means subject to such terms as he may specifY either generally by notice 
published in the Gazette or in any particular case by written notice to the person wishing to file the 
document by such means. Chapter: 522A Title: 
Section: 61 Heading: REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES 
Service of documents on 
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Gazette Number: 
Version Date: 30106/1997 
(1) Any notice or other document required or permitted by the Ordinance or by these Rules to be 
sent to any person or place must be sent by hand or by post. 
(2) Sending by post shall be deemed to be effected by properly addressing, preparing and posting a 
letter containing the document, and the document shall be deemed to have been received at the time when 
the letter, properly addressed and the postage there on prepaid, containing it would be delivered in the 
ordinary course of post. 
Chapter: 522A Title: 
Section: 62 Heading: REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES 
Correction of errors in 
filed documents Gazette Number: 
Version Date: 30/06/1997 
(1) A request for the correction of any error of translation or transcription or of any clerical error or 
mistake in any document referred to in section 76(1) of the Ordinance (other than an address or address for 
service) shall be made on the specified form and shall clearly identify the proposed correction. 
(2) The Registrar may, if he thinks fit, require that the correction be shown on a copy of the 
document of which correction is sought. 
(3) The Registrar shall advertise the request and the nature of the proposed correction in the Gazette. 
(4) If any person wishes to oppose the request, he shall, within 2 months from the date of the 
advertisement in the Gazette, file in duplicate a notice of opposition in the specified form setting out fully the 
grounds on which the opponent objects to the request and the facts on which he relies. 
(5) If a person files a notice of opposition under subsection (4), the Registrar shall forthwith send the 
duplicate to the person making the request. 
(6) Within 3 months from the date of the sending of the duplicate of the notice of opposition under 
subsection (5), the person making the request shall file a counter-statement in the specified form setting out 
the grounds on which he relies as supporting his request and the facts, if any, alleged in the notice of 
opposition which he admits. 
(7) The counter-statement shall be filed together with a duplicate which the Registrar shall send to 
the opponent. 
(8) The Registrar may give such directions as he may think fit with regard to the subsequent 
procedure. 
Chapter: 522A Title: REGISTERED DESIGNS Gazette Number: 
RULES 
Section: 63 Heading: Amendments of documents Version Date: 30/0611997 
and rectification of 
irregularities 
(1) Subject to section 21 of the Ordinance, any document filed in any proceedings before the 
Registrar and any drawing or other representation of a design may, if the Registrar thinks fit, be amended, 
and any irregularity in procedure in or before the Registry may be rectified, on such terms as he may direct. 
(2) In the case of an irregularity or prospective irregularity-
(a) which consists of a failure to comply with any limitation as to any period oftime specified in 
the Ordinance or these Rules which has occurred, or appears to the Registrar is likely to 
occur, in the absence of a direction under this section; 
(b) which is attributable wholly or in part to an error, default or omission on the part of the 
Registry; and 
( c) which it appears to the Registrar should be rectified, 
the Registrar may direct that the period of time in question shall be altered, on such terms as he may direct. IP/N/1/HKG/D/2 
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Chapter: 522A 
Section: 64 Title: 
Heading: REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES 
Alteration of name Gazette Number: 
Version Date: 30/0611997 
(l) A request by any person upon the alteration of his name for that alteration to be entered in the 
Register or on any document filed at the Registry shall be made on the specified form. 
(2) Before acting on a request to alter a name, the Registrar may require such proof of the alteration 
as he thinks fit. 
(3) If the Registrar is satisfied that the request may be allowed, he shalI cause the Register or 
document to be altered accordingly. 
Chapter: 522A Title: 
Section: 65 Heading: REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES 
Address for service 
Address Gazette Number: 
Version Date: 30/06/1997 
(l) Every person concerned in any proceeding to which any of these Rules relate shall file with the 
Registrar an address in Hong Kong for service of documents. 
(2) In any case in which an address for service is filed at the. same time as a form is filed under these 
Rules which requires the filing of an address for service, the address for service shall be filed on that form 
and in any other case it shall be filed on the specified form. 
(3) Any address for service filed under this section shall, until another address (being an address in 
Hong Kong) is filed in place thereof, be treated for the purposes of the proceeding as the address of the 
person concerned. 
(4) Upon the registration of a design, the applicant's address for service shall be treated as the 
address for service of the registered owner of the design until another address (being an address in Hong 
Kong) is filed in place thereof. 
(5) Any person may withdraw his address for service by giving written notice to the Registrar and, 
upon such notification and until such time as another address (being an address in Hong Kong) is filed in 
place thereof, the Registrar may treat any previously filed address for service, or the address shown in the 
Register, as the address for service of that person. 
(6) Anything sent to any person at his address for service shall be deemed to be properly sent; and 
the Registrar may, where no address for service is filed, treat as the address for service of the person 
concerned his trade or business address in Hong Kong, if any. 
Chapter: 522A Title: 
Section: 66 Heading: REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES Gazette Number: 
Alteration or correction of Version Date: 
address 30/06/1997 
(l) A request by any person for the alteration or correction of his address or address for service 
entered in the Register or on any document filed at the Registry shall be made on the specified form and 
shalI identify the entry in the Register or the document to which the request relates. 
(2) If the Registrar is satisfied that the request may be alIowed, he shalI cause the Register or 
document to be altered or corrected accordingly. Chapter: 522A Title: 
Section: 67 Heading: REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES 
Recognition of agents 
Agents Gazette Number: 
Version Date: IP/NIl/HKGID12 
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(l) The Registrar may by notice in writing require an agent to produce evidence of his authority. 
(2) In any particular case the Registrar may require the personal signature or presence of any person. 
(3) Where, after a person has become a party to proceedings before the Registrar, he appoints an 
agent for the first time or appoints an agent in substitution for another, the newly appointed agent shall file 
the specified form on or before the first occasion on which he acts as agent. 
(4) The Registrar shall not be bound to recognize as an agent any person who has been convicted of 
a criminal offence or struck off the roll of barristers or roll of solicitors kept under and in accordance with 
the Legal Practitioners Ordinance (Cap 159) or to recognize as an agent, during the term of his suspension, 
any person who has been suspended from acting as an attorney, solicitor or proctor. 
Chapter: 522A Title: 
Section: 68 Heading: REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES 
Exercise of Registrar's 
discretionary powers 
Hearings Gazette Number: 
Version Date: 30/06/1997 
Before exercising adversely to any paIiy in a proceeding before him any discretion vested in him by 
the Ordinance or these Rules, the Registrar shall give that party at least 10 days' notice of the time when he 
may be heard unless the party consents to a shorter notice. 
Chapter: 522A Title: 
Section: 69 Heading: REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES 
Hearing in public, etc. Gazette Number: 
Version Date: 3010611997 
(1) Any hearing before the Registrar shall be in public unless he otherwise directs. 
(2) In inter partes proceedings-
(a) any party who wishes to be heard shall give notice in writing to the Registrar; 
(b) any party who intends to refer at the hearing to any document (other than a report of a 
decision of any court or of the Registrar) not already mentioned in the proceedings shall, 
unless the Registrar consents and the other parties agree, give at least 14 days' notice of his 
intention to do so and shall include with the notice details of, or a copy of, the document 
concerned. 
(3) The Registrar may refuse to hear any party who has not given notice under subsection (2)(a) 
before the day appointed for the hearing. 
(4) After hearing the party or parties wishing to be heard or, if no party so wishes, without a hearing, 
the Registrar shall decide the matter and shall notify all parties of his decision and, if any party so requests, 
shall give his reasons for the decision. 
(5) For the purpose of any appeal against the Registrar's decision under section 58 of the Ordinance, 
the date of the decision shall be the date when notice of the decision is sent under this section. IPINIIIHKG/D/2 
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Chapter: 522A Title: 
Section: 70 Heading: REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES 
Language of hearing Gazette Number: 
Version Date: 30106/1997 
(1) Any party in a hearing before the Registrar, or any witness or expert called to give evidence by 
such party, may use a language other than the language of the proceedings on condition that, at least 1 
month before the date laid down for the hearing, the party gives to the Registrar and to the other parties 
notice of his intention to use, or to call a witness or expert who intends to use, a language other than the 
language of the proceedings. 
(2) The Registrar-
(a) may require a party who gives notice under subsection (1) to make provision for 
interpretation into the language of the proceedings; and 
(b) may authorize interpretation into one of the official languages and may give directions as to 
who should bear the expenses thereof. 
(3) The Registrar may, subject to the consent of the parties concerned, give directions relating to the 
change of the language of proceedings on such terms as he may direct. 
Chapter: 522A Title: 
Section: 71· Heading: REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES 
Evidence 
Evidence Gazette Number: 
Version Date: 3010611997 
(1) Where under the Ordinance or these Rules evidence may be filed, it shall be filed by statutory 
declaration or affidavit. 
(2) The Registrar may if he thinks fit in any paIiicular case take oral evidence in lieu of or in addition 
to such evidence and shall allow any witness to be cross-examined on his affidavit or declaration, unless he 
directs otherwise. 
Chapter: 522A 
Section: 72 Title: 
Heading: REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES Gazette Number: 
Statutory declarations and Version Date: 
affidavits 30106/1997 
(l) Any statutory declaration or affidavit required by the Ordinance or these Rules, or used in any 
proceedings, shall be made and subscribed as follows-
(a) in Hong Kong, before any commissioner, notary, or other person authorized by the law of 
Hong Kong to administer an oath for the purpose of any legal proceeding; and 
(b) in any place outside Hong Kong, before any court, judge, justice of the peace, notary public, 
officer or other person authorized by law to administer an oath or to exercise notarization 
functions in that place for the purpose of any legal proceeding. 
(2) A person signing a declaration by virtue of the provisions of section 58 shall state thereon the 
capacity in which he makes the declaration. Chapter: 522A Title: 
Section: 73 Heading: REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES 
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Gazette Number: 
Version Date: 3010611997 
(1) The Registrar may, upon application made on the specified form by the person or party 
concerned and upon such notice to any person or party affected as he may direct, extend or further extend 
any period of time for doing any act or taking any proceeding under these Rules, other than the periods 
referred to in section 29, on such terms as he may direct. 
(2) An extension may be granted under this section notwithstanding that the period of time in 
question has already expired. 
Chapter: 522A Title: 
Section: 74 Heading: REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES 
Fees 
Fees Gazette Number: 
Version Date: 30/0611997 
(l) The fees to be paid in relation to any matter or proceeding under the Ordinance are those 
specified in the Schedule. 
(2) The fee to be paid in respect of a matter or proceeding shall be paid at the time specified in the 
Schedule in respect of that matter or proceeding. 
(3) Fees shall be paid by such means and in such manner as the Registrar directs. 
Chapter: 522A 
Section: 75 Title: REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES 
Heading: Transitional provisions 
TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS 
(SECTION 92 OF ORDINANCE) Gazette Number: 
Version Date: 30/06/1997 
(1) An application under section 92(2) of the Ordinance shall be made on the specified form. 
(2) On an application being made under subsection (1), the Registrar may, if satisfied that the design 
is deemed by section 91 of the Ordinance to be registered under the Ordinance, enter in the Register the 
particulars referred to in section 25(1). IP/N/l/HKGID12 
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Chapter: 522A Title: REGISTERED DESIGNS 
RULES Gazette Number: 
Schedule: 
Fee 
No. 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 1 Heading: FEES 
Matter or proceeding 
Application for registration of a 
design under section 12 of the 
Ordinance and section 6-1 design 
for articles not forming a set of 
articles 
Application for registration of a 
design under section 12 of the 
Ordinance and section 6-1 design 
for 1 set of articles 
Application for registration of a 
design under sections 12 and 13 
of the Ordinance and sections 6 
and 16-2 or more designs for 
articles not forming a set of 
articles 
Application for registration of a 
design under sections 12 and 13 
of the Ordinance and sections 6 
and 16-2 or more <iesigns for 
articles forming a set of articles 
Request to amend an application 
for registration of a design under 
section 21 of the Ordinance and 
section 19 
Request to correct an error in the 
Register under section 67 of the 
Ordinance and section 51 
Request to correct an error of 
translation or transcription or of 
any clerical error or mistake in 
any document under section 76 
of the Ordinance and section 62 
Notice requesting reinstatement 
of an application for registration 
of a design under section 20 of 
the Ordinance and section 18 Version Date: 3010611997 
Amount 
$1600 for each article to 
which the design is to be 
applied [sections 2(2) & 74] 
When payable 
On filing application 
$3200 On filing application 
$1600 for the first article On filing application 
to which the first design 
is to be applied and 
$1200 for each other 
article to which any of 
the designs is to be 
applied 
$3200 for the first design On filing application 
and $2400 for each 
other design 
$350 On filing request 
$350 On filing request 
$350 On filing request 
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9 For advertisement in the Gazette Such amount as is fixed On filing application 
of the registration of a design by the Registrar with the under section 12 of 
approval of the Financial the Ordinance and 
Secretary and published section 6 
in the Gazette 
10 For a certified copy of an entry in $350 On filing application 
the Register or a certified extract for copy 
from the Register under section 
69 of the Ordinance and section 
54 
11 For a certified copy of document $350 On filing application 
kept by the Registry, not for copy 
otherwise charged 
12 For an uncertified copy of an $6 per page On filing application 
entry in the Register or an for copy 
uncertified extract from the 
Register under section 69 of the 
Ordinance and section 54 
13 For an uncertified copy of a $6 per page On filing application 
document kept by the Registry, for copy 
not otherwise charged 
14 For renewal of the period of $2500 On filing application 
registration under section 28(3) or for renewal 
(5) of the Ordinance and section 
29-1st 5-year extension 
15 For renewal of the period of $3800 On filing application 
registration under section 28(3) or for renewal 
(5) of the Ordinance and section 
29-2nd 5-year extension 
16 For renewal of the period of $5600 On filing application 
registration under section 28(3) or for renewal 
(5) of the Ordinance and section 
29-3rd 5-year extension 
17 For renewal of the period of $8500 On filing application 
registration under section 28(3) or for renewal 
(5) of the Ordinance and section 
29-4th 5-year extension 
18 F or renewal of the period of $2500 On filing application 
registration under section 92(2) of for renewal 
the Ordinance and section 75 
19 Additional fee for the renewal of $1000 On filing application 
the period of registration under for renewal 
section 28(5) of the Ordinance 
and section 29 
20 Notice of particulars concerning $1200 On filing notice 
any transaction, instrument or 
event under section 20 IPINIlIHKGID12 
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21 Application to register particulars $1200 On filing application 
of any transaction, instrument or 
event under section 33 or 34 
22 Reference to Registrar under $700 On filing application 
section 44 of the Ordinance and under section 37 
section 37 
23 Counter-statement or notice of $1200 On filing 
opposition under section 38, 39, counter-statement or 
51 or 62 notice of opposition 
24 For certificate of Registrar under $350 On filing application 
section 65(2) of the Ordinance for certificate 
and section 54 
25 Request for information or $100 On filing request 
permission to inspect documents 
under section 70 of the Ordinance 
and section 55 
26 For inspecting or making a search $100 for each 30 Before inspection or 
of the Register minutes search 
27 For extending a period of time $800 On filing application 
under section 73 for extension