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This Department handles
contentious and non-contentious work.
The Department prosecutes trade mark
applications, patent applications and design
applications in most developed and developing
countries. The Firm regularly receives
instructions from both local and overseas
corporations to manage their intellectual
property portfolios on a regional or worldwide
basis. The Firm is a member of several reputable
international associations and works closely
with members of these associations on overseas
applications. |
The Firm handles large number of
registration applications not only in
Hong Kong
but also in many countries in the world, particularly in
Asian countries such as
China,
Cambodia,
Laos,
Vietnam,
Taiwan,
Singapore,
Malaysia,
Thailand,
Japan
and
Korea.
The
Department also handles contentious intellectual
property cases, including trademark opposition
proceedings, rectification proceedings, cancellation
proceedings and infringement proceedings. The Firm has
been instructed by a number of foreign corporations to
design and manage an anti-counterfeiting programme on
their behalf and such programme includes the use of
private investigative agencies to conduct market
monitoring, issue of legal proceedings, regular lobbying
with relevant government authorities, and organizing
educational seminars for the public and specific trade
bodies.
The evolution of the domain name registration system is
causing growing concern for trademark owners.
Many
infringers (most notably from China) register reputable
trademarks as their domain names with the intention of
misleading the public that they belong to the China
branch of or have business connection with the trademark
owners and thereby gain substantial commercial advantage
by selling goods in direct competition with the
trademark owners.
This Firm has been acting on
behalf of multinational organizations in various domain
name dispute cases before the Asian Domain Name Dispute
Resolution Centre and have been successful in all cases
so far.
The
Firm enjoys a strong reputation for its intellectual
property expertise amongst its fellow practitioners,
both locally and internationally.
Partner in Charge :
Grace H. W. CHU
Consultant :
William M. Catley
Solicitors/Paralegals
:
Paris S. K. HUI
Christopher WONG
Desmond
LEE
Ester CHUI |
