Hong Kong Ordinances

TRADE MARKS ORDINANCE - SECT 51

Division, merger and registration of series

Supplementary

(1) Provision may be made by the rules as to-

   (a)  the division of an application for the registration of a trade  mark
        into 2 or more separate applications, each of which claims the same
        protection under this Ordinance as the original application;

   (b)  the merging of separate applications for registration of a trade mark,
        each of which claims the same protection under this Ordinance, into a
        single application;

   (c)  the merging of separate registrations, each of which provides the same
        protection under this Ordinance in relation to the same trade  mark,
        into a single registration; and

   (d)  the registration of a series of trade marks.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), provision may be
made by the rules as to-

   (a)  the circumstances in which, and conditions subject to which, the
        division of an application for registration, the merging of separate
        applications or registrations, or the registration of a
        series of trade  marks, is permitted;

   (b)  the effect of a division of an application for registration or of a
        merger of separate applications or registrations; and

   (c)  the purposes for which an application for the registration of a
        trade mark is to be treated as a single application and those for
        which it is to be treated as a number of separate applications.

(3) In this section, "series of trade marks" (一系列的商標) means a
number of trade marks which resemble each other as to their material
particulars and differ only as to matters of a non-distinctive character not
substantially affecting the identity of the trade mark.

"series of trade marks" (一系列的商標)