Hong Kong Regulations

REGISTERED DESIGNS RULES - SECT 33

Transactions affecting rights in registered designs

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

RIGHTS IN REGISTERED DESIGNS (SECTIONS 34 AND 64 OF ORDINANCE)

(1) Subject to section 64(3) of the Ordinance, application may be made on the
specified form for the registration of particulars concerning any transaction,
instrument or event to which section 34 of the Ordinance applies and by virtue
of which a person claims to have acquired a right in or under a registered
design.

(2) The application shall contain the name and address of the person claiming
or stated to have acquired the right together with full particulars of the
transaction, instrument or event.

(3) The application shall be signed by or on behalf of-

   (a)  the assignor, where it relates to an assignment referred to in section
        34(3)(a) of the Ordinance; (L.N. 38 of 2004)

   (b)  the mortgagor, where it relates to a mortgage referred to in section
        34(3)(b) of the Ordinance; or

   (c)  the grantor, where it relates to the grant of a licence or sub-licence
        referred to in section 34(3)(c) of the Ordinance, or it shall be
        accompanied by such evidence as suffices to establish the assignment,
        mortgage or grant, as the case may be.

(4) In any case not covered by subsection (3), the application shall be
accompanied by such evidence as suffices to establish the transaction,
instrument or event.