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Opening up of patent and trade mark agency services in the Mainland

Record of Consultations on Further Liberalization under the Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement with Annex 2 (Courtesy English Translation) (27 August 2004) (PDF format)

Patent Agency

Notice on the National Qualification Examination for Patent Agents 2008 (5 February 2008)(Courtesy English Translation) (Annex) (Simplified Chinese version only) (Summary) (PDF format)

Notice on the Preparatory Course for National Qualification Examination for Patent Agents 2008 issued by Intellectual Property Office of Guangdong Province (8 July 2008) (9 July 2008)

FAQs (17 March 2008)

Explanatory notes (27 August 2004)

Press release (26 April 2004)(PDF format)

Notice of State Intellectual Property Office (No. 101) (Courtesy English Translation) (26 April 2004) (PDF format)

Useful links

State Intellectual Property Office of the PRC

Trade Mark Agency

Explanatory notes (27 August 2004)

SAIC Framed Temporary Measures Concerning Trademark Agency by Service Providers from H.K. and Macao SAR in Mainland (25 November 2004)

Laws, regulations, rules and other provisions associated with the Temporary Measures Concerning Trademark Agency by Service Providers from Hong Kong and Macao SAR in Mainland (7 September 2006)(PDF format)

FAQs (28 April 2005)

Useful links

State Administration for Industry & Commerce of the PRC

Trademark Office, SAIC, the PRC

CEPA documents and topical issues

Trade and Industry Department of the HKSAR Government