Intellectual Property

Author: Jang Sae-Pang

The Butterworths Hong Kong Copyright Law Handbook - Sixth Edition is a comprehensive and authoritative reference work, offering the latest materials pertaining to the Copyright Ordinance (Cap 528) alongside its relevant subsidiary legislation.

This is a verbatim text of the Ordinance, accompanied by elucidating annotations for each section, seminal judicial pronouncements, pertinent rules of court, and definitions of lexical constructs and phraseology, in addition to expert commentary and enactment notes. The sixth edition encompasses a thorough examination of the Copyright (Amendment) Ordinance 2020, along with comprehensive coverage of the Copyright Tribunal and cross-jurisdictional 
references.

The text is presented succinctly as an invaluable resource for legal practitioners, in-house counsels, executives in media and publishing companies, academics, students, and those engaged or interested in Hong Kong copyright law. Notably, the Handbook series has been cited as an authoritative source in over one hundred court cases in the Hong Kong Court of First Instance, Court of Appeal, and Court of Final Appeal.

Author: Stephanie Wong

Trade marks, be it registered or unregistered, are widely recognised of as integral components of an intellectual property portfolio, largely contributing to commercialisation strategies. The inherent commercial value of branding frequently leads to ambiguities that can give rise to disputes, which may substantially affect the competitive landscape and edge among market participants. For intellectual property practitioners in Hong Kong, trademark related matters often represent the most lucrative facet of their practise, underscoring the weight of diligent trademark management and enforcement.

This handbook aims to consolidate and update the Trade Marks Ordinance (Cap 559) in a convenient form. Its annotations cover significant judicial decisions, rules of court, definitions of words and phrases, discussions on practical aspects, contentious issues, and other authoritative materials. This handbook is critical to the arsenal of any IP lawyer, marketer, company director, IP professional, in-house counsel, PR company, company secretary, student and those engaged or interested in the design, preparation, registration and enforcement of trade marks in Hong Kong.

Author: Douglas Clark

As the Hong Kong government continues its commitment to making intellectual property protection better than any other economy in the world, the third edition of Intellectual Property in Hong Kong is the go-to tool for practitioners, academics, students and interested persons to stay on top of the latest developments in Hong Kong intellectual property law and issues.

Author: Sum Lam

Butterworths Hong Kong Patent Law Handbook – Fourth Edition includes important, new patent cases decided between 2019 and 2022 by the English courts and the courts of other common law jurisdictions such as Australia.  

Importantly, it also takes into account the Hong Kong Patents Examination Guidelines (PEG) published by the Hong Kong Intellectual Property Department in 2020. Although PEG is not binding, it is the most important and practical reference that patent attorneys actually rely on. 

The fourth edition further incorporates patent examination guidelines (as well as important case law considered by the guidelines) published by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), Australia, Mainland China, New Zealand, Singapore and the United Kingdom. 

Authors: Ronald Yu

This book will be an invaluable source of information for businesses, legal advisers, media, broadcasting agencies, students, and anyone interested in the evolving role of IP and competitive advantage.

Author Douglas Clark

This work will be a go-to tool for practitioners, academics, students and others interested in Hong Kong intellectual property law and issues.

Authors: Lincoln Cheung, Kin Lau, Jason Kung

The Butterworths Hong Kong Copyright Law Handbook (Fifth Edition) reproduces the text of the Copyright Ordinance (Cap 528) as is currently in force, together with subsidiary legislation and details on all amendments and repeals.

Authors: Dr Hans Mahncke, Hugh Kam, Douglas Kwok, Stephen Siu, Tracy Chu

Butterworths Hong Kong Media and Communications Law Handbook - Second Edition includes detailed coverage and analysis of various Ordinances relating to media and telecommunications in Hong Kong. 

Author: Stephanie Wong

This handbook aims to make available in a convenient and up-to-date form the consolidated text of the Trade Marks Ordinance (Cap 559). This book provides section-by-section annotations covering significant judicial decisions, rules of court, definitions of words and phrases, discussions on practical aspects, contentious issues, and other authoritative materials.

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Authors: Paul Stephenson, Alisa Kwan

Contributor: David Smith

Cyberlaw in Hong Kong is a comprehensive overview of the law in Hong Kong and is essential reading not only for lawyers but for anyone connected with the creation, storage and dissemination of material on the World Wide Web.

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