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The age of AI – Hong Kong plans consultation on copyright protection

Hong Kong is reviewing its copyright legislation in order to keep track of the latest developments in artificial intelligence (AI) and to ensure that Hong Kong's copyright regime...

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Affordable Innovation: Reduced official fees for design registration

The Hong Kong Designs Registry has recently announced a reduction in official fees relating to design registration and post-registration services. The reduction of fees is one of the...

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Hong Kong: Amended Television and Radio Codes of Practice

The Communications Authority of Hong Kong has recently amended the Television and Radio Codes of Practice on Programme and Advertising Standards (“Codes of Practice”). Among...

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Beijing Internet Court grants copyright protection for AI artworks, but copyrightability debate of AI-generated output continues

The copyrightability of AI-generated output has been a hotly debated topic before various Chinese courts since 2018. The latest Chinese judgment on this topic was issued recently by the...

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Cross-border enforcement of judgments – new mechanism comes into force 29 January 2024

A wide-ranging mechanism allowing for easier reciprocal enforcement of judgments in mainland China and Hong Kong will come into force on 29 January 2024. The new enforcement regime should...

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Cutting red tape: China joins Apostille Convention, simplifying recognition of foreign documents

Today, the 1961 Hague Apostille Convention enters into force in China. The Convention aims to abolish the requirement of legalization of foreign official documents, replacing it with the...

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TM111 tool: Trademark systems in 111 countries

For the 8th year running - with new content for 2023 - Hogan Lovells IP offers this comparative guide to various requirements in trademark systems across 111 countries/regions around the...

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What China’s new patent linkage and patent term extension systems mean for foreign pharma

Hogan Lovells’ Andrew Cobden takes a long, hard look at China’s new patent linkage system and its nascent Patent Term Extension ("PTE") regime, to work out the best...

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Hold on! China’s Trademark Office issues rules regarding the suspension of trademark review cases

The China National IP Administration (“CNIPA”) recently issued the "Specifications for Suspension of Trademark Review Cases" (“《评审案件中止情形规范》”,...

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