• New Application
【Type】

Design Registration

【Duration】

25 years from the filing date

【Filing Requirements】

An application may include one or more designs, but the articles of such designs must be of the same kind or the same set of articles as prescribed by the Locarno Classification.

Multiple designs application or a set application are allowable in Hong Kong which enjoy a reduced fee.

A set application contains two or more articles of the same or similar designs and of the same general character that are usually sold together or are intended to be used together for a set

If the applicant requests that the design is associated to other prior designs under section 11 of the Designs Ordinance, the application/registration number of the associated design and its filing date must be stated. Once the earlier application associated to the design lapses, the subsequent associated designs will also lapse. In other words, the validity of the associated designs depends on the validity of its earlier application.

If a divisional design application is separated from an earlier application under section 22 of the Designs Ordinance, the number of the original design application and its filing date must be stated.

【Language of Proceedings】

Chinese or English

【Required Information and Documents】

  1. Applicant’s name and address;

  2. A clear copy of drawings or photographic representations of the article;

  3. Title of the designs in both Chinese and English;

  4. A statement of the features of the design for which novelty is claimed;

  5. Classification of the articles according to the Locarno Classification;

  6. If applicant is not the designer, details of the instrument, or events by which the applicant acquired the right to make the application (e.g. by employment or assignment) is required;

  7. If convention priority is claimed, country or region, application number and date on which the priority application is filed are required to state. A certified copy of the priority application document is required to submit to the Patents Registry. If the text of the certified priority application is not in Chinese or English, an additional Chinese or English sworn translation (a sworn translation is a document that has been signed and sealed by an authorized or sworn translator) is required;

  8. If the applicant claims that the design in the application has been disclosed without prejudice within 6 months before the filing date, the applicant must make a statement of non-prejudicial disclosure and submit relevant documentary evidence in accordance with the Designs Ordinance and Rules.
  • Renewal
【Renewal】

Renewal fee is payable by the end of each five years protection period. The design registration can be renewed up to 25 years.
The earlier application of an associated design must be renewed and remains in force in the Designs Register before renewing the associated design.

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