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Hong Kong
Speeches
Yvonne Chua
Partner, Wilkinson and Grist / Hong Kong
S.A.R.
(The following is an excerpt from a speech given at
the Global Summit of Women 2001
in Hong Kong on September 15, 2001) Intellectual
property rights are territorial. Thus, it is advisable to draw up a priority
list. The first level of highest priority should cover the countries in which
the company is engaged in manufacturing, selling or marketing its products or
services. The second level should cover countries in which the company plans to
expand business and as the third level, countries in which the law protecting
and enforcing intellectual property may not be that satisfactory thus rendering
registration all the more important, e.g. Indonesia, Vietnam. Having drawn up
such lists, the company would know more readily the countries in which they
should register in order of priority and thus budget their resources
accordingly.
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