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Patents in Hong Kong

Hong Kong has for many years had only a deposit-type patent system. Applicants re-register patents covering China or the UK, (including European Patents designating UK) and they are granted without substantive examination. It is a simple and cheap 2 step … Continue reading

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How to protect your software in China?

In China software piracy is one of the big problems. What can be done to protect software? CopyrightSoftware is specifically mentioned in article 3 (8) Copyright Law as protectable subject matter. Although copyrights do not have to be registered, since … Continue reading

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