Hong Kong Ordinances

TRADE MARKS ORDINANCE - SECT 55

Alteration of registered trade mark

(Past version on 04/04/2003).

Alteration and surrender

(1) Except as provided in this section, a registered trade mark shall not be
altered in the register.

(2) The Registrar may, at the request of any owner of a registered  trade mark
which contains or consists of the name or address of the owner or any previous
owner, allow the alteration of that name or address but only to the extent
that the alteration does not substantially affect the identity of the
trade mark. (Amended 10 of 2005 s. 36)

(3) Provision may be made by the rules-

   (a)  as to the effect of any such alteration;

   (b)  for the publication in the official journal of particulars of any such
        alteration; and

   (c)  for the making of objections by any person claiming to be affected by
        it.