Trademark Registration Service

Jurisdictions

We help our clients protect their investments, increase their market share and strengthen their competitive advantage. We are true interactive partners with every client. We take an approach to today’s emerging issues in the development, protection and exploitation of intellectual-property assets.

We are uniquely positioned with a full-service IP practice that is fully integrated with other practices, providing anti-trust guidance on transactions and competition disputes and unsurpassed appellate capabilities before the federal courts, the Supreme Court/High Court and international tribunals. Because today’s economy transcends national borders, we offer comprehensive assistance in key business centres around the world.

This global capability encompasses a large team of IP practitioners, located throughout the United States, Europe and Asia, to help us meet our clients’ worldwide IP needs.

How To Register Intellectual Property & Trademark

Step 1

Transaction or event

Step 2

Source documents

Step 3

Analysis

Step 4

Recording & posting

Step 5

Trial balance

Step 6

Reporting

What is the difference between a holding company and an investment company?

  •  A Nominee service is a legal way of protecting the identity and anonymity of the company owner. The main function of nominee directors or shareholders is to maintain the anonymity of the real owner by taking their place in all public records relating to the company and non-governmental bodies.

Overview of nominee services

  •  A Nominee service is a legal way of protecting the identity and anonymity of the company owner. The main function of nominee directors or shareholders is to maintain the anonymity of the real owner by taking their place in all public records relating to the company and non-governmental bodies.

How does the nominee service work?

  •  A Nominee service is a legal way of protecting the identity and anonymity of the company owner. The main function of nominee directors or shareholders is to maintain the anonymity of the real owner by taking their place in all public records relating to the company and non-governmental bodies.

Fee Schedule of Nominee Service

  •  A Nominee service is a legal way of protecting the identity and anonymity of the company owner. The main function of nominee directors or shareholders is to maintain the anonymity of the real owner by taking their place in all public records relating to the company and non-governmental bodies.

Overview of nominee services

  •  A Nominee service is a legal way of protecting the identity and anonymity of the company owner. The main function of nominee directors or shareholders is to maintain the anonymity of the real owner by taking their place in all public records relating to the company and non-governmental bodies.

Fee Schedule of Nominee Service

  •  A Nominee service is a legal way of protecting the identity and anonymity of the company owner. The main function of nominee directors or shareholders is to maintain the anonymity of the real owner by taking their place in all public records relating to the company and non-governmental bodies.

Change Agent

Why change agent?

When you first incorporate an offshore company, you start with tax planning and legal matters. This does not mean you will not have any issues in the future. Issues may not just be related to finances, they may relate to supporting, maintaining and advising your company from year to year and dealing with some matters during the life of your business. You have to choose the proper provider or registered agent to serve your offshore structure during its lifetime. In case your company already had a Registered Agent but you do not like the way they support the company, they cannot provide the requested services. If you are not happy with your choice and you want to change, you want to choose another one, if so, we can help you change the Registered Agent (or Secretary).

How to change agent?

Fee Schedule of Agent Change Services

Company Renewal

Overview

As your Registered Agent/Company Secretary, it is our duty to remind & support you to renew and comply with any legal requirement asked by the Government. Renewal is a must for all companies, in order to keep their good standing status with the Government, and maintain the business and also the company bank account. Depending on each Jurisdiction, the annual due date will be different and we will remind you on time about this to avoid any penalty fee. To find out about the annual due date of your company, please see the below Fees Schedule for more information.

Scope of Services

Legal Action against non-renewal company

Fee Schedule

Penalty Fee Schedule

01 What is considered as a trademark under the trademark law of HKSAR ?

A trademark is a mark that is used to promote and identify the owner’s goods or services and to enable the public to distinguish them from the goods or services of other traders. It may be a logo or device, name, signature, word, letter, numeral, smell, figurative elements or combination of colors and includes any combination of such signs and 3-dimensional shapes provided that it must be represented in a form which can be recorded and published, such as by way of drawing or description.

02 What are the benefits of registration of a trademark ?

Registration of a trademark will give the owner of a trademark the right to prevent third parties from using his mark, or a deceptively similar mark, without his consent for the goods or services for which it is registered or for similar goods or services. For unregistered trademarks, owners have to rely on common law for protection. It is more difficult to establish one’s case under common law.

03 What trademark can be registered ?

  1. the name of a company, individual or firm represented in a special manner;
  2. the signature (except in Chinese characters) of the applicant;
  3. an invented word;
  4. a word that is not either descriptive of the goods or services for which the trademark is used or is not a geographical name or is not a surname; or 
  5. any other distinctive mark. 

04 Who can register trademark in Hong Kong ?

There is no restriction on the nationality or place of incorporation of the applicant

05 How long will my rights be protected?

The protection period of a trademark when registered will last for a period of 10 years and can be renewed indefinitely for successive periods of 10 years.

06 What information and documents are required for filing an application for a trademark?

  1. the name of the applicant
  2. the correspondence or registered address of the applicant
  3. a copy of Hong Kong Identity card or passport for individual applicant; a copy of business registration certificate or Certificate of Incorporation of the applicant;
  4. a softcopy of the proposed mark;
  5. desired class of registration or details of goods or services within those classes which are traded. 

07 Who can register trademark?

There is no restriction on the nationality or place of incorporation of the applicant.

08 What document will I receive after my trademark is registered?

You will get a Certificate of Registration for your trademark within 4-7 months, depending on the country and type of trademark you are registering.

09 Can I patent an idea of a new invention ?

No, an idea of a new invention alone cannot be patented. To qualify for patent protection, an invention has to be applied to a product or process and has to fulfil other criteria such as being new, involving an inventive step and be capable of industrial application.
 

10 Will the Trade Marks Registry advise me whether my trademark can be registered?

The Trade Marks Registry does not give any legal advice to applicants on any subject, including the registrability of your trademark. If you have any difficulty ascertaining the registrability of your trademark or other legal requirements, One CorpAgent’s  can give you professional advice about trademark-related matters.

11 What is considered as a trademark under the trademark law of Hong Kong or Singapore ?

A trademark is a mark that is used to promote and identify the owner’s goods or services and to enable the public to distinguish them from the goods or services of other traders.

It may be a logo or device, name, signature, word, letter, numeral, smell, figurative elements or combination of colors and includes any combination of such signs and 3-dimensional shapes provided that it must be represented in a form which can be recorded and published, such as by way of drawing or description.