INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

As China’s foreign trade increasingly involve high value-added businesses, Mainland companies are suggested to make use of professional services to protect their corporate interests. They can also ride on Hong Kong’s financial and legal services to conduct valuation and investigation of their own rights, thereby increasing their readiness to embrace external challenges and explore opportunities to co-operate with foreign partners. More

Founded in Hong Kong in 2014, Rock Training Consultants Ltd set up Guangzhou and Shanghai subsidiaries in 2015 to serve the GBA and other mainland cities. Its corporate training courses mainly cover change leadership, sales and services, persuasive communication, and leadership development. Its co-founders spoke to HKTDC Research about their experience in providing corporate consultancy in the GBA and how corporate management consultancy service and training differ between HK and the mainland. More

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is proposing to amend its regulations pertaining to imports of goods that violate or are suspected of violating U.S. copyright laws in order to implement certain provisions of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act. Comments on this proposed rule are due no later than 16 December. More

The European Commission has released figures showing the increasing number of interceptions of fake goods entering the EU due to the rising number of small parcels, express and postal traffic. The report released by the Commission emphasises the importance of cooperation of the customs authorities with the rights-owners in order to maintain the competitiveness of European businesses. More