Hong Kong Ordinances

TRADE MARKS ORDINANCE - SECT 63

Well-known trade marks: Article 6bis of Paris Convention

PART IX

PARIS CONVENTION AND WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION AGREEMENT: SUPPLEMENTARY
PROVISIONS

(1) Subject to section 59 (effect of acquiescence), the owner of a trade mark
which is entitled to protection under the Paris Convention as a
well-known trade mark is entitled to restrain by injunction the use in Hong
Kong of a trade mark which, or the essential part of which, is identical or
similar to his trade mark, in relation to identical or similar goods or
services, where such use is likely to cause confusion on the part of the
public.

(2) Nothing in subsection (1) affects the continuation of any use in good
faith of a trade mark which was begun before the commencement of this section.