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IP/N/1/HKG/P/10  
 
24 January 2020  
(20-0604)  Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS  AND REGULATIONS  
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 O F THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
HONG KONG, CHINA : PATENTS (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE 2016 (ORD.  NO. 17 OF 2016)  
Notifying Member  HONG KONG, CHINA 
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title Patents (Amendment) Ordinance 2016 (Ord. No. 17 of 2016)  
Subject matter  Patents (including plant variety protection)  
Nature of 
notification  [X] Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
[  ] Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text* https://ip -documents.info/2020/IP/HKG/20_0566_00_e.pdf  
Notification status  [  ] First notification  
[X] Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
[  ] Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  IP/N/1/HKG/P/9, IP/N/1/HKG/29 ; IP/N/1/HKG/P/8, IP/N/1/HKG/25 ; 
IP/N/1/HKG/P/1/Add.10 ; IP/N/1/HKG/P/1/Add.9 ; IP/N/1/HKG/P/1/Add.8 ; 
IP/N/1/HKG/D/1/Add.5, IP/N/1/HKG/P/1/Add.7, IP/N/1/HKG/ P/5/Add.1 ; 
IP/N/1/HKG/P/1/Add.6 ; IP/N/1/HKG/P/1/Add.5 ; IP/N/1/HKG/D/1/Add.3, 
IP/N/1/HKG/D/2/Add.2, IP/N/1/HKG/P/1/Add.4, IP/N/1/HKG/P/3/Add.3, 
IP/N/1/HKG/P/4/Add.2 ; IP/N/1/HKG/C/1/Add.1, IP/N/1/HKG/C/2/Add.1,  
IP/N/1/HKG/P/1/Add.1 ; IP/N/1/HKG/D/1/Add.1, IP/N/1/HKG/D/2/Add.1, 
IP/N/1/HKG/P/1/Add.2, IP/N/1/HKG/P/3/Add.1, IP/N/1/HKG/P/4/Add.1 ; 
IP/N/1/HKG/P/1/Add.3 ; IP/N/1/HKG/P/1  
 
Brief  description of the notified legal text  
 
The Patents (Amendment) Ordinance 2016 amends the Patents Ordinance (Cap. 514) by providing 
for the fundamental legal framework for setting up a new "original grant " patent system, refining 
the pre -existing short -term patent system, and introducing an inte rim measure to prohibit use of 
certain misleading or confusing titles and descriptions relating to provision of patent agency services.  
 
Language(s) of 
notified legal text English  
Entry into force  19 December 2019  
Other date    IP/N/1/HKG/33 • IP/N/1/HKG/P/10  
 
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Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  16 January 2020  
Other information  Please also see the Patents (Amendment) Ordinance 2016 (Commencement) 
Notice (L.N. 134 of 2019) which appoints 19 December 2019 as the day on 
which the Patents (Amendment) Ordinance 2016 comes into force.  
 
https://www.gld.gov.hk/egazette/pdf/20192341/es220192341134.pdf  
 
Agency or 
authority 
responsible  Intellectual Property Department  
Government of Hong Kong, China  
 
Tel:   (852) 2961 6901  
Fax:   (852) 2838 6315  
Email:  enquiry@ipd.gov.hk  
 
 
* Links are provided to texts of laws and regulations notified under the TRIPS Agreement in the form 
supplied by the Member concerned; the WTO Secretariat does not endorse or revise their content.   