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Join our Online Trade Mark Search Workshop to explore the IPD's comprehensive system for searching and registering trade marks in Hong Kong, China. Learn best practices from the OHIM’s Benchmarking report, discover how to navigate our resources for absolute and relative grounds of search, and gain insights into effective strategies for ensuring successful registration. With experience reflected in user statistics and tool demonstrations, this workshop is essential for navigating the trade mark landscape.
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Search Workshop Online Trade Mark Search Hong Kong, China http://ipsearch.ipd.gov.hk launched in January, 2003
Landscape • Users of our search system Feb 2003: 47 Oct 2003: 64 country/ territory/ area
Landscape • Distribution of users of our search system Top ten users HK: No.1 in Feb 03 USA: No.1 in Oct 03
Landscape • Best Practices: OHIM’s Benchmarking report 2002
Preliminary advice • Form T1 services: -search of records -preliminary advice on registrability
Scope of search • s.11 and s.42 TMO search relating to absolute grounds • s.12 and s.42 TMO search relating to relative grounds
Search relating to absolute grounds • Dictionaries relating to different fields (see work manual) • Emblems protected under Article 6ter of the Paris Convention • Internet search
Search relating to relative grounds To bring up via our search system: • Earlier identical or similar mark • Identical or similar goods / services • Cross search list
References for search • Work manual • Online help • Help desk + information tabled
Way forward • Working together • More dialogue to ensure common values for registration of trade marks in HK, China • Comments: tmsearch@ipd.gov.hk
Live screen demonstration Online Trade Mark Search Hong Kong, China http://ipsearch.ipd.gov.hk
Summary of Search System HK UK JPO AIPO Colour TM Extract List Max. no. of records 500 2000 500 Device Search Search Options >10 >10 >10 >10
Search Workshop Q & A
Search Workshop THANK YOU!Intellectual Property Department Hong Kong, China http://ipsearch.ipd.gov.hk