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Opening up patent and trade mark agency services in the Mainland
Explanatory notes

Trade mark Agency Services

Following discussions between the HKSAR Intellectual Property Department and the Trademark Office of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (TMO), TMO has now agreed to allow, with effect from 1 January 2005, Hong Kong service suppliers to operate trade mark agency services in the Mainland after registering with the Administration for Commerce and Industry at the provincial level and acquiring the qualification of a statutory operating body.

The HKSAR Government is now having discussion with the relevant authorities of the Central People's Government on the substantive requirements and procedures that a Hong Kong service supplier needs to satisfy before they can register and establish as a statutory operating body in the Mainland.