Hong Kong Trademark Registration Service
Hotline: 86-755-82143422 Email: anitayao@citilinkia.com
Hong Kong Trademark Registration is one of ATA Hong Kong Intellectual Property Services, which include trade marks, patents, copyright, designs, plant varieties and the layout design of integrated circuits.
What is Hong Kong Trademark
A Hong Kong trademark is a sign that distinguishes the goods and services of one trader from those of others. Typically a trademark can be words (including personal names), indications, designs, letters, characters, numerals, figurative elements, colours, sounds, smells, the shape of the goods or their packaging or any combination of these. A sign must be capable of being represented graphically in order for it to be registered as a trademark.
Why Register a trademark in Hong Kong?
Registering our trademark means that you have the exclusive right to use the trademark in relation to the goods and services for which the mark is registered. If other traders use it in Hong Kong, China in relation to the same or similar goods or services without your consent, they may be liable for infringement of your mark and you may take legal action. If you do not register your mark, it is harder to prove that you are the “owner” of the mark and as such your protection is limited.
The Right of Priority on Hong Kong Trademark Registration
An applicant may enjoy the right of priority on trademark registration in Hong Kong if he/she has filed an application for trademark registration for the same goods or service with a state party to Paris Convention or a WTO member state within six months before filing such application for trademark registration in Hong Kong.
Important information to consider before Filing an Application
Is the trademark distinctive (Distinctiveness: The trademark clearly sets the applicant’s goods and services apart from those of other traders)
Does the trademark show the distinctiveness of the applicant’s goods and services
Is the trademark a well known term in that line of business
Is the trademark the same or similar to other people’s trademarks
Required Documents for Hong Kong Trademark Registration
Copy of current Business Registration Certificate of the applicant, if the applicant is a corporation
Copy of Identification documents of the applicant, if the applicant is an individual person
Clear image of the trademark
List of goods or services
Preliminary Trademark Search
The Preliminary trademark search, while optional, to avoid legal complications in the future. The point of a trademark search is to ensure that the trademark is not already under application or registered by another entity in order to reduce the possibilities of the rejection or opposition raised.
Hong Kong Trademark Registration Flow
Trademark Search
Initial Application
Substantive Examination
Publication
Issuance of Certificate
Required Time
About 4-8 months
Period of Validity
Six months before the expiration of an application for renewal, renewal is valid for 10 years
Renewal upon Expiration
Renewable for another 10 years upon expiration of the Hong Kong trademark registration
Contact Us
If you have further queries, don’t hesitate to contact ATAHK anytime, anywhere by simply visiting ATAHK’s website www.3737580.net , or calling Hong Kong hotline at 852-27826888 or China hotline at 86-755-82143422, or emailing to anitayao@citilinkia.com