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To start the New Year of the Rabbit right, it is a good idea to review your registered trade marks. Just like a health check-up, an annual trade mark portfolio review will give you confidence and clarity on what you need to work on. You may find this checklist useful from our Intellectual Property Consultant Benjamin Choi.
88% of Hong Kong population is using social media, and this number is growing every minute. It is no surprise that social media has become a lucrative business. Social media influencers (“Influencers”) or key opinion leaders (“KOLs”) are popular and powerful – they create tight bonds with their followers and have the ability to influence
Starting a new business adventure means managing multiple exciting activities simultaneously: product development, marketing, sales, etc. With so many things to get done, legal aspects usually tend to take a back seat. Many founders consider legal advice a luxury, assuming that their bootstrapped startups cannot afford it. Unfortunately, this leads to all sorts of legal
The Commerce and Economic Development Bureau of the Government of Hong Kong just released on 24 November 2021 a public consultation paper on updating Hong Kong’s copyright regime. This is brilliant news to copyright owners and fingers crossed with the passage of the new legislation! If you may wonder the meaning behind, the current Copyright Ordinance
The Intellectual Property Department granted the first ever original grant patent (OGP) on 4th June 2021, within 14 months after the date of filing of the original patent application by the applicant. The OGP was introduced as part of the patent system reform in 2019 to provide inventors an additional route to obtain standard patent
Crossover is a peculiar Hongkie term to describe “collaboration” merchandises co-designed, manufactured and marketed by two established brands only for a particular season and in a limited number of production rendering such items rare, iconic and sought after in the market, such as a Supreme x Louis Vuitton Monogram Box Logo Hoodie (Farfetch market value
Creating something new is almost always a labour of love and the result of hours of hard work. It can be immensely frustrating if another product, just like yours, beats you to market. Is it a coincidence? Perhaps not. The stealing of property is not confined to the robbing of physical equipment and the like, your