Hong Kong Regulations

REGISTERED DESIGNS RULES - SECT 8

Statement of novelty

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) A statement describing the features of the design which the applicant
considers to be new shall be included in the application filed under section 6
in both official languages. (L.N. 38 of 2004)

(2)-(3) (Repealed L.N. 38 of 2004)

(4) This section does not apply in the case of an application for registration
of the pattern or ornament of a design which is intended to be applied to a
textile article, to wallpaper or similar wall covering or to lace or to sets
of textile articles or lace.