Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA)

Trade Mark Agency Services

Liberalisation Measures under CEPA

The Agreement on Trade in Services covers and consolidates commitments relating to liberalisation of trade in services provided in CEPA and its Supplements and also the Agreement between the Mainland and Hong Kong on Achieving Basic Liberalisation of Trade in Services in Guangdong. 
 

Agreement on Trade in Services
Liberalisation Measures under Cross-border Services (Positive List)
Sectors or Sub-sectors	1. Business services A. Professional Services k. Other (Patent agency, Trade mark agency etc.) (CPC8921-8923)
Specific commitments	To allow contractual service providers employed by Hong Kong service suppliers to provide services under this sector or sub-sector in the Mainland within the scope allowed by the relevant rules and regulations. To allow eligible Hong Kong permanent residents with Chinese citizenship to take the National Qualification Examination for Patent Attorneys in the Mainland. A Patent Attorney Qualification Certificate will be issued to those who pass the examination. Hong Kong permanent residents with Chinese citizenship who have obtained the Patent Attorney Qualification Certificates may practise in patent agencies established with permission in the Mainland.  Those who meet the prescribed requirements may become partners or shareholders of patent agencies established with permission in the Mainland.
Reserved Restrictive Measures under Commercial Presence (Negative List)
Sector	1. Business services
Sub-sector	A. Professional Services k. Other (Patent agency, Trade mark agency etc.) (CPC8921-8923)
Obligations concerned	National Treatment
Reserved Restrictive Measures	Commercial Presence Apply national treatment.

For details about the cooperation in trademark and branding under the Agreement on Economic and Technical Cooperation (Ecotech Agreement), please refer to the Ecotech Agreement.