• Conduct trademark search and evaluation
• Give advice on trademark registration
• Apply for trademark registration
• Handle change of trademark, renewal or reissue of registration certificate, transfer or license of trademark
• Handle trademark review, rejection, defense, revocation, opposition and dispute
• Collect trademark registration certificate on behalf of the applicant
• Assist in filing the record to Customs and Excise Department for trademark protection
• Assist in rights protection against trademark infringement
• Assist in infringement litigation

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 in Hong Kong.

• Whether the trademark distinguishes the applicant’s goods or services from other traders
• Whether the trademark shows the distinctiveness of the goods and services
• Whether the trademark is a generic term in that industry
• Whether the trademark is identical or similar to other trademarks

• Corporation Applicant: Business Registration Certificate / Certificate of Incorporation
• Individual Applicant: Identity documents and address proof
• Application form
• Trademark image

• Trademark Search
• Initial Application
• Substantive Examination
• Publication
• Issuance of Certificate

• 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.

• 4-8 months

• The registration is valid for 10 years.

• Renewal application for 10 years may be submitted 6 months before the expiry.Note: Trademarks Registry does not accept P.O. box address or “care of” address. An applicant shall provide an address for service, telephone number, facsimile number and email address which can be provided by HSEC for the officers of Trademarks Registry to contact him/her at any time

• An applicant may enjoy the right of priority when applying for registration in China, in accordance with any agreement entered into between China and another country or an international treaty under which both of them are parties, for a period of 6 months immediately from the date on which the initial trademark application was made.
• The owner of a trademark may enjoy the right of priority for a period of 6 months from the first day on which the merchandises on which the trademark is first put are exhibited at any international exhibition recognized by the Chinese Government.

• Corporation Applicant: Business Registration Certificate / Certificate of Incorporation
• Individual Applicant: Identity documents and address proof
• Application form
• Trademark image
• Power of Attorney

• Trademark Search
• Initial Application
• Substantive Examination
• Publication
• Issuance of Certificate

The Preliminary trademark search, while optional, is 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.

12-18 months

The registration is valid for 10 years.

Renewal application for 10 years may be submitted 6 months before the expiry.

Nice Classification is adopted for trademark registration in most countries and regions, specifying classes 1-34 for goods and classes 35-45 for services.

• Prior application: China, Taiwan, France, Germany and etc.
• Prior use: Hong Kong, Singapore, the United Kingdom, the United States and etc.
• Both prior application and prior use: Canada

A corporation or an individual can also apply for registration.

Single Country or Region Trademark Registration
European Community Trademark Registration
Madrid Trademark Registration
UAE Trademark Registration
OAPI Trademark Registration

• Free to choose a particular country or region for registration based on the business expansion
• The legal procedures of trademark registration is specified according to the chosen country or region
• Flexible application procedures, low risk and convenient in use and protect the trademark right
• Low registration fees

An applicant may enjoy the rights of priority on trademark registration 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.

• Corporation Applicant: Business Registration Certificate / Certificate of Incorporation
• Individual Applicant: Identity documents and address proof
• Application form
• Trademark image

• Trademark Search
• Initial Application
• Substantive Examination
• Publication
• Issuance of Certificate

4-24 months（The processing time varies with each country and region, for example, 4-8 months in Hong Kong and 8-12 months in America.）

• The validity period of a trademark is 10 years in most countries and regions and the renewal upon expiration is also valid for 10 years
• Few exceptions include Canada (15 years) and Macau (7 years)

• Conduct trademark search and evaluation
• Give advice on trademark registration, review on rejection, defense of opposition
• Apply for trademark registration, deal with issues related to registration review and rejection, defense from opposition
• Change the trademark, renew or replace the registration certificate, transfer and assign license
• Handle revocation, dispute, taking legal action against trademark passing off and forestalling infringement of the trademark

• Lower fees: the force of a CTM once registered in a member state will be extended to all 28 EU member states
• No restriction on nationality of the applicant or on the country in which the company is incorporated
• Under protection by the laws of 28 member states of the European Union
• No restriction on the language in which an application is filed and any member state’s language can be used for application

• Corporation Applicant: Business Registration Certificate / Certificate of Incorporation
• Individual Applicant: Identity documents and address proof
• Application form
• Trademark image

• Trademark Search
• Initial Application
• Substantive Examination
• Publication
• Issuance of Certificate

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.

6-8 months

The registration is valid for 10 years.

Renewal application for 10 years may be submitted 6 months before the expiry.

Note: The member states of CTM do not include such European countries as Belarus, Iceland, Russia, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey and Ukraine. If you would like to have a wider protection of your trademark in European markets, we suggest you filing applications in those key European countries on a case-by-case basis in addition to CTM registration.

An applicant may enjoy the right of priority if he/she has filed an application for trademark registration for the same goods or service with a state party to Paris Convention within six months before filing such application for trademark registration at first. (The application date of first application will be also considered as the application date of the second application.)

• Numerous member states: Madrid Union currently has 102 member states in total
• Simple procedure: Applicant may enjoy protection from various specified countries with only one application submitted using one language
• Low fees: An applicant is just required to pay a one-time initial registration fee regardless that he/she designates one or all member states to provide the trademark protection

• Timeliness: An initial registration or application has first to be made in the country of origin before submitting the application to Madrid Union, which may cause a delay in time
• The contents of the trademark registration has to be the same as those under the initial registration
• Within five years of application under the Madrid System, the whole application may be void if the initial registration is revoked, rejected or invalid

• An applicant must be a corporation or an individual of a member state and has residence or place of business in the member state.

• Corporation Applicant: Business Registration Certificate / Certificate of Incorporation
• Individual Applicant: Identity documents proof
• Application form
• Trademark image
• Power of Attorney

• Trademark Search
• Initial Application
• International Application
• Examination by International Bureau
• Examination by Specified Countries
• Examination by Specified Countries and Treaty Member States (If no refusal was raised after 12 months under the Madrid Agreement and 18 months under the Madrid Protocol, the application will deemed to be registered)

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.

18-24 months

The registration is valid for 10 years.

Renewal application for 10 years may be submitted 6 months before the expiry.

Note: As the European Union as a whole became a party of the Madrid Agreement on 1 October 2004, an applicant may designate the European Union for his/her initial registration when he/she files his/her application for registration of trademark under the Madrid System. The protection of a trademarks registered in the European Union under the Madrid System also covers those 27 member states of the European Union. Citizens of Hong Kong and Macao are not qualified to be applicants for the trademark registration and holders of registered trademarks under the Madrid System as neither Hong Kong nor Macao are parties to the Madrid System.

• Corporation Applicant: Business Registration Certificate / Certificate of Incorporation
• Individual Applicant: Identity documents and address proof
• Application form
• Trademark image
• Power of Attorney (Notarised and legalised up to the Consulate)

• Trademark Search
• Initial Application
• Substantive Examination
• Publication
• Issuance of Certificate

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.

9-12 months

The registration is valid for 10 years.

• Renewal application for 10 years may be submitted 6 months before the expiry.

Note: The member states of OAPI do not include such African countries as South Africa and Tunisia. If you would like to have a wider protection of your trademark in the African markets, we suggest you filing applications in those key African countries on a case-by-case basis in addition to OAPI trademark registration.

• Corporation Applicant: Business Registration Certificate / Certificate of Incorporation
• Individual Applicant: Identity documents and address proof
• Application form
• Trademark image
• Power of Attorney

• Trademark Search
• Initial Application
• Substantive Examination
• Publication
• Issuance of Certificate

The Preliminary trademark search shall be conducted 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.

6-12 months

The registration is valid for 10 years.

• Trademark Tracking Services

Apart from trademark registration, we also provide Trademark Tracking Services. With the help of regularly checking whether the same or similar trademarks have been registered and being applied in the market, we can, therefore, provide comprehensive protection for the enterprises.

• Provision of Monitoring Report on Trademark

Once trademark infringement is identified, we will issue professional evaluation report, illustrating solution and advice on the issue.

• Covering 45 Classes of the NICE Classification of Goods and Services

We can track down 45 classes of the NICE Classification of Goods and Services, instantly and actively monitoring trademark registration in different areas.

• Trademark Search for Registrability

• Drafting of Patent Documents
• Patent Search
• Patent Application and Registration
• Patent Re-Examination and Related Proceedings
• Request for Patent Invalidity and Defense
• Payment of Maintenance Fee, Restoration, Modification
• Ownership Transfer, Licensing and Related Legal Issues

• Grant exclusive right of use to its owner for the protection of invention and innovative technology
• Encourage the research and development of new technologies and products
• Enhance enterprise’s competitiveness in the market
• Make earnings by giving authorisation to agents or producers
• Increase company’s market value in an assessment or a valuation

Most countries provide rights of priority for the application of patents under their laws. An applicant may enjoy such right of priority for an invention or an utility model in a country for twelve months immediately from the date the same is applied in another country. Such right of priority is generally effective for six months for a Registration of design.

• Patent Application in Hong Kong
• Patent Application in China
• International Patent Application

• Original Grant Patent system
  • Examination for according a date of filing to application
  • Examination on formal requirements of application
  • Publication of application
  • Substantive examination of application
  • Outcome of application: grant and publication of patent or final refusal of patent grant

• Re-registration system
  • Stage 1: Submission of a Stage 1 application to the Hong Kong Intellectual Property Department within 6 months upon the receipt of a formal examination notice after the submission of an application to the State Intellectual Property Office of the PRC, European Patent Office or the United Kingdom Patent Office.
  • Stage 2: Submission of a Stage 2 application to the Hong Kong Intellectual Property Department within 6 months upon the receipt of the authorisation notice from China, Europe or the United Kingdom.

• Short-term Patent
  A short-term patent may be applied directly in Hong Kong on the condition that a search report issued by one of the following authorities must be submitted together with the application:
  • State Intellectual Property Office of the PRC
  • European Patent Office
  • The United Kingdom Patent Office
  • Any international searching authority (such as: the United States, Japan, Korea and Spain) appointed in the “Patent Cooperation Treaty”

• Registration of Design
  • Once the Registration of design is granted, the owner has the right to prohibit the others from making, inputting, using, selling or renting his/her registered product. Registration of an appearance design protects the shapes, decoration and visual aesthetic feeling of a new design, but not including its functions and the method of usage.
  • Registration may be applied for the appearance designs of various kinds of products, such as computers, telephones, textiles, jewellery, watches, etc.

• Claim: describe the protection scope of the patented technology

• Abstract: provide the outline of the key technical aspect of the patent

• Specification: provide written details and features of the patented technology

• Drawings: illustrate structures or details of the patent

Hong Kong Innovation and Technology Commission promotes a “Hong Kong Patent Application Grant”, the Grant is a funding scheme to assist local companies and individuals to apply for patents of their own inventions and utility models. For an approved application, the applicant will be granted an amount of up to HK$250,000.

If you want to apply for this scheme, please contact us immediately. We will assist you in the preparation for the documents and materials for the application and provide you with free consultation services so as to help you successfully apply for the grant from the Hong Kong Government

• Invention Patent: products, methods or new technical plans proposed for its improvement
• Utility Model Patent: the shape or the structure of the product or the proposed applicable new technical plans developed from the combination of both
• Design Patent: the shape, pattern, colour of the product, or the new design which is applicable and may arouse aesthetic sensibilities developed form the combination of them.

A patent applicant may enjoy the right of priority, in accordance with any agreement entered into between an oversea country and China or an international treaty under which both of them are parties, for a period of twelve months (six months for Registration of Patent for Appearance Design) immediately from the date on which the initial patent application for the same invention or a utility model was made and such patent application was also made in China.

• Claim: describe the protection scope of the patented technology
• Abstract: provide the outline of the key technical aspect of the patent
• Specification: provide written details and features of the patented technology
• Drawings: illustrate structures or details of the patent

The Chinese government has set up a special fund to support Chinese applicants to apply for patents in foreign countries, and an applicant who successfully applies for a foreign patent may receive a grant of an amount up to RMB100,000.00.

Different countries and regions have different categorisation for patents. For example:

• China：Invention Patent, Utility Model Patent and Design Patent
• Hong Kong：Standard Patent, Short-term Patent, Registration of Design
• The United States：Utility Patent and Design Patent
• Japan：Invention Patent, Utility Model Patent and Design Patent
• Europe： European Patent and Design Patent

• Application form
• Name of the invention
• Name and address of the applicant
• Name and address of the inventor or designer
• Type of patent
• The application date and the application number of the international stage and the type of patent (if applicable)
• Power of Attorney
• Patent documents ^*

• Determination of Application Types
• Submission of Application (International stage)
• International Search and Examination
• Submission of International Application (National stage)
• Acceptance of Patent
• Issuance of Certificate

It varies with each country and region. Generally, the duration is 20 years for Invention Patent and 10 years for Utility Model Patent.

• Claim: describe the protection scope of the patented technology
• Abstract: provide the outline of the key technical aspect of the patent
• Specification: provide written details and features of the patented technology
• Drawings: illustrate structures or details of the patent

• Claim: it is the most important document among the patent documents and it describes the protection scope of the patented technology
• Abstract: it provides the outline of the key technical aspect of the patent
• Specification: it provides written details and features of the patented technology

Drawings: it illustrates structures and details of the patent by drawings

• Consultation on Copyright Protection
• Services Related to Copyright Transfer, Licensing and Pledge
• Application for Judicial and Administrative Protection of Copyright
• Assistance in Dealing with Internet Intellectual Property Rights Disputes

• 《The Berne Convention》
• 《Universal Copyright Convention》
• 《The Geneva Phonograms Convention》
• The World Trade Organisation -《Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights》
• 《The World Intellectual Property Organisation (“WIPO”) Copyright Treaty 》
• 《The WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty》

• To act as proof for settling copyright disputes
• To enable the works to be publicly performed, narrated, screened, broadcast, adapted, reproduced or translated into other languages and generate economic benefits therefrom
• To act as investment shares in form of technology and derive economic values
• To yield gains by various means such as authorised use and transfer

• Copyright Registration in China
• Copyright Registration in the United States

• Business Valuation
• Fixed Assets Valuation
• Intangible Assets Valuation
• Financial Instruments Valuation
• Business Advisory Services

• Listed Company

The management and board of directors of listed companies have a duty to exercise good judgment and conduct business in the best interest of the company’s investors; monitory authorities also request engagement of an independent appraiser to provide fair market value opinion for substantial transactions. Our appraisers collaborate with various parties and adopt comprehensive appraisal process on public transaction issues, which will assists enterprises in making quick decisions in accordance with the listing rules.

• Private Company

Fund raising is the most popular valuation purpose for private companies. Subject to the enterprise’s situation, we provide diversified and solid valuations as well as professional valuation services regarding fairness opinion of value.

• Individual/Owner of Startup

Our cross-disciplinary specialists provide valuation and business analytics services to high net-worth individuals and owners of startups with the aim of expanding wealth and capturing new investment opportunities.

• Government and Government Agency

Besides providing professional valuation services to enterprises and individuals, we, with proven track record of producing quality appraisal reports, offer wise and effective appraisal solutions to governments and government agencies.

• The immigration requirements are relatively lenient with no provision for language, educational background, skills, etc
• The immigration procedures are relatively simple and not affected by human factors such as the need to interview with Immigration officer
• Spouse and unmarried dependent children under the age of 18 can apply for immigration simultaneously
• Hong Kong SAR passport holders have been granted visa-free access to visit more than 150 countries and territories
• Before receiving the approval for permanent resident status, applicants may retain his/her origin identity without affecting his/her career and living in his/her origin
• Applicants will be entitled to the healthcare and educational services provided in Hong Kong upon granting of official approval to his/her application for immigration
• There is no birth restriction. Any children born in Hong Kong will be granted Hong Kong SAR passports and treated as Hong Kong citizens
• Hong Kong’s tax policy is simple and preferred

• Provision of assistance in the application for capital investment immigration
• Audit for Capital investment immigration
• Asset evaluation
• Provision of guides for investment in the financial market of Hong Kong

• Foreign nationals (other than those of Afghanistan, Cuba and North Korea)
• Macao residents
• Chinese nationals having overseas permanent residence status
• Stateless persons having overseas permanent residence status
• Taiwan residents

• Aged 18 or above and have no criminal record
• Have net assets of not less than HK$10 million to which he/she is absolutely beneficially entitled throughout the two years preceding his application
• Have invested within six months before submission of his/her application to the Immigration Department, or will invest within six months after the granting of approval in principle by the Immigration Department, not less than HK$10 million in investment asset classes permitted by the Hong Kong Government for a period of seven years, and will not withdraw his/her assets from Hong Kong within seven years

• Equities
• Bonds
• Certificates of Deposits
• Subordinated debt
• Eligible Collective Investment Schemes (CIS).

• Application Form
• Personal Identify Information
  • Identity Card
  • Passport of country or region of domicile
  • Photocopy of household certificate (For Mainland China & Taiwan residents)
  • Photocopy of marriage certificate
  • Notary certificate of marriage certificate (For Mainland China residents)
  • Photocopy of birth certificate
  • Notary certificate of child’s birth certificate (For Mainland China residents)
  • Personal Asset Information
    • Real estate: house ownership certificate, real estate evaluation report
    • Company: business license, memorandum and articles of association, audited report/financial statements
    • Bank deposits/equities/bonds: account statements for the past 24 months
    • Asset verification reports issued by certified public accountants in Hong Kong

• Assess the compliance of provision that the asset value was more than HKD 10 million over the pervious 24 months and issue report
• Change of status, applying for overseas permanent residence identity and documents (if applicable)
• Fill in the application form and submit relevant documents to the Immigration Department
• Receive the Approval-in-principle letter issued by the Immigration Department
• Obtain the Entry Permit with a valid term of 3 months
• Formulate an investment plan
• Declare the investment asset to the Immigration Department
• Obtain the Entry Permit with a valid term of 2 years and apply for Hong Kong Residence Identity Card after obtaing the approval from the Immigration Department
• Apply for extension in every 2 years and file the details of investment to the Immigration Department
• Applicant, his/her spouses and dependents may apply for Hong Kong Permanent Residents after the stay of 7 years