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World Intellectual Property Day is celebrated annually on 26 April. The event was originally setup by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) back in 2000.
You can find out more from Wikipedia about the history of the event including about the past themes of the event. This year’s theme is ‘Designing the Future’
The WIPO Website also contains a lot of information about this year’s theme
Westlaw HK has a number of key resources for legal professionals related to Intellectual Property including:
Specialist Intellectual Property Journals
- WIPO Journal
- European Intellectual Property Review
- Intellectual Property Quarterly
- International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law
Specialist Intellectual Property Books
- Trademark Law in China
- Copinger and Skone James on Copyright, 15th Ed.
- Kerly’s Law of Trade Marks and Trade Names, 14th Ed.
- Terrel on the Law of Patents, 17th Ed.
- CIPA Guide to the Patents Acts, 6th Ed.
Intellectual Property is also extensively referenced in a number of other books and journals on Westlaw HK. Here we only list the specialist publications.
Westlaw HK also contains all the relevant primary law resources for an Intellectual Property lawyer.
For details about this content or how to gain access to any of these resources please contact us on +852 3762 3222 or email enquiries@westlaw.com.hk.
Westlaw HK would like to wish the Hong Kong legal profession a very Happy New Year and best wishes for a prosperous 2011!
2010 saw a lot of enhancements to Westlaw HK following its initial launch including:
- A new citator service with new easy to use icons, enhanced history and more case cross-referencing
- New browse functionality
- Addition of comprehensive PDF coverage for HKLRD and HKCFAR back to 1905 (The largest collection available!)
- Addition of The Law & Practice of Hong Kong Companies (Online Book)
- Addition of Chitty on Contracts: Hong Kong Specific Contracts (Online Book)
- Addition of Competition Law in China and Hong Kong (Online Book)
- Addition of Employment Law & Practice in China (Online Book)
- Addition of Principles and Practice of Civil Procedure in Hong Kong to core Westlaw HK Subscription (Online Book)
- Addition of UK Annotated Statutes as an add-on subscription
- Simplified Historical law searching and browsing back to 1997
- Simpler Alerts
- iPad, iPhone and Blackberry all supported
- Integration of Hong Kong, China, Regional and International News to the Hong Kong subscription
- Increase of UK journals coverage to 110 full text journals
- Addition of further UK law report series
- Addition of Hansard to UK Current Awareness
Add to this some of the fantastic UK commentary resources we made available on Westlaw HK including:
- The Common Law Library
- UK Civil Procedure Commentary (inc. The White Book & Bullen Leake & Jacobs Precedents of Pleadings)
- UK Corporate Business Commentary (inc. Palmer’s Company Law)
- UK Crime Commentary (inc. Archbold)
- UK Insolvency Commnentary (inc. Totty & Moss and Sealy & Milman)
- UK Intellectual Property Commentary (inc. Terrell on the Law of Patents, Copinger & Skone James on Copyright and Kerly on the Law of Trade Marks & Trade Names)
- UK International Commercial Aribtration (inc. Redfern & Hunter)
- UK Landlord and Tenant (inc. Woodfall)
We also have a lot in store for Westlaw HK in 2011 which we hope will help you to achieve your goals.
These enhancements will include (amongst other things):
- The addition of the full coverage of the Authorised Hong Kong Chinese Law Reports with Translations (HKCLRT) including PDFs to Westlaw HK’s Hong Kong Law Reports Database.
- All the Authorised Hong Kong Law Reports & Digest cases in 2011
- All the Authorised Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal Reports cases in 2011
- Comprehensive unreported judgments coverage.
- Hong Kong Civil Procedure (The Hong Kong White Book) 2011
- 3 Volumes of the Hong Kong Law Journal
- Plus much more…
Plus we have received some fantastic feedback from users of the new Westlaw HK and we are really pleased to know that legal research did get easier with the new Westlaw HK!
We are also taking on board customer suggestions for future enhancements so would like to thank those people who have fed back some suggestions.
So keep an eye on the blog and your Westlaw Edge emails for more details on our future developments
All our best wishes for a prosperous 2011!
The Westlaw HK Team
We are pleased to announce that we have added a series of UK Practice Area Commentary titles to Westlaw HK. The addition of these titles can help you to extend the reach of your online legal research by interlinking the case law and legislation to the analytical materials in which they are cited. No longer do you need to switch from book to book, with Westlaw HK you can now link directly in between the primary law and the analytical text. Our intuitive and easy to use new functionality also allows you to quickly and easily return to previous documents you have viewed within the same research session, making legal research even easier.
Packages now available include:
Intellectual Property
- Copinger & Skone James on Copyright
- Kerly’s Law of Trade Marks and Trade Names
- Terrell on the Law of Patents
Civil Procedure
- Bullen, Leake and Jacobs Precedents of Pleadings
- Civil Procedure (The White Book)
Criminal
- Archbold: Criminal Pleading, Evidence and Practice
- Current Sentencing Practice (including Current Sentencing Referencer)
- Renton and Brown: Criminal Procedure
- Renton and Brown: Criminal Procedure Legislation
Company Law
- Palmer’s Company Law
- Totty & Moss on Insolvency
Insolvency
- Totty & Moss on Insolvency
- Sealy & Milman: Annotated Guide to Insolvency Legislation
International Arbitration
- Redfern & Hunter on International Arbitration
Landlord & Tenant
- Woodfall: Landlord and Tenant
Specific individual titles are also available as add-ons. These include:
- C.I.P.A. Guide to the Patents Acts
- Sealy & Milman: Annotated Guide to Insolvency Legislation
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UK Practice Area Commentary Factsheet
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Existing Westlaw HK customers and those considering a subscription can request a trial of one or more of these packages.
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Looking for legal journals online? Westlaw HK has all you need!
Over the last year we have added a whole host of journals to the UK Journals collection on Westlaw HK. The largest collection of its kind in Hong Kong; many of these provide broad topical coverage, whilst many of these are more focused on a particular practice area.
With the legal journals available on Westlaw HK you can access analytical materials across the spectrum of legal issues and practice areas. More than just restatements of the law, these provide authoritative and current commentary on the legal issues of today. Their regularity ensures you are always up to date with the latest issues. The breadth of coverage ensures you have comprehensive legal analysis at your fingertips.
Contact us today to trial Westlaw HK and try out our Journals collections.
Tel: +852 3762 3222
Email: enquiries@westlaw.com.hk
Current Hong Kong, UK & European coverage:
The following cases from the Authorised Hong Kong Law Reports & Digest (HKLRD) service are now available on Westlaw HK:
- WLK v TMC, [2010] 1 HKLRD 495, FAMV 50/2009, 03-Dec-09
- Secretary for Justice v Herzberg, [2010] 1 HKLRD 502, CAAR 8/2008, 14-Dec-09
- Li Yuen Ling v Tang Kwong Wai Thomas, [2010] 1 HKLRD 522, HCMP 673/2009, 18-Dec-09
- Re Hawkins Development Ltd, [2010] 1 HKLRD 535, HCCW 215/2007, 18-Dec-09
- Host Hotels & Resorts LP v Registrar of Trade Marks, [2010] 1 HKLRD 541, HCMP 554/2009, 22-Dec-09
- Tiu Sum Fat v Shun Sing Development Ltd, [2010] 1 HKLRD 553, HCA 1746/2005, 28-Dec-09
- Urban Renewal Authority v Agrila Ltd, [2010] 1 HKLRD 578, CACV 49/2009, 15-Dec-09
- Hummingbird Music Ltd v Acconci, [2010] 1 HKLRD 587, CACV 40/2009, 05-Jan-10
- Takahashi v Cheng Zhen Shu, [2010] 1 HKLRD 603, CACV 316/2008, 24-Nov-09
- Diamond Jubilee Investment Ltd v Chan Yiu Chung Sidney, [2010] 1 HKLRD 638, CACV 228/2009, 06-Jan-10
- 香港特別行政區 訴 張慶民, [2010] 1 HKLRD 648, CACC 91/2008, 2009年1月23日
- HKSAR v Cheung Hing Man, [2010] 1 HKLRD 656, CACC 91/2008, 09-Jan-09
- 香港特別行政區 訴 林楚平, [2010] 1 HKLRD 667, CACC 217/2008, 2009年1月23日
- HKSAR v Lam Chor Ping, [2010] 1 HKLRD 670, CACC 217/2008, 23-Jan-09
- Re Hing Ming Gondola (HK) Co Ltd (No 2), [2010] 1 HKLRD B1, HCMP 418/2008, 11-Aug-09
- Re Hing Ming Gondola (HK) Co Ltd, [2010] 1 HKLRD B2, HCMP 418/2008, HCA 84/2007 30-Jun-09
- HKSAR v Or Wai Tong, [2010] 1 HKLRD B3, CACC 250/2009, 03-Dec-09
- HKSAR v Chong Heung Sang, [2010] 1 HKLRD B4, CACC 221/2009, 18-Nov-09
- HKSAR v Fung Kwai Ying,[2010] 1 HKLRD B5, HCMA 653/2009, 03-Nov-09
To access these cases please click on the HKLRD citation and login to Westlaw International with your username and password.
Westlaw HK News
Westlaw HK News has also provided 2 video summaries of the Hummingbird and Host Hotels cases
In this episode Heidi Chun, Assistant Editor of the Authorised Hong Kong Law Reports & Digest (HKLRD) provides an overview of this newly reported case.
HKLRD is uniquely available online through Westlaw HK.
Existing users can access the case at: Host Hotels & Resorts v Registrar of Trade Marks [2010] 1 HKLRD 541
To request a trial please contact us at +852 3762 3222 or email enquiries@westlaw.com.hk
David Brown, president of Thomson Reuters IP Solutions, took a few moments out on his recent trip to Beijing to share his thoughts on global growth in the patent and trademark industry.
In this podcast, he discusses how law firms are capitalising on these growth opportunities, especially in China and Korea, to develop new clients and retain market share, and how Thomson Reuters is supporting their patent research needs through the new combined offering of Westlaw Patents + Thomson Innovation.
In order for an invention to be patentable, it must be novel, nonobvious, and useful. To help the practitioner make these determinations, the Patent Practitioner Tab offers several resources, including full-text patent databases, KeyCite and many others.
Search using United States Patent Materials-All database
Searching Full-Text Patents
Select the database U.S. Patents and Assignments database under Prior Art category. Then enter your inquiry, e.g., bevel! /s dilation /s catheter and click “Search”.
Document retrieved in US-PAT-ALL search
While viewing the patent document, you can easily access history and citing references for the patent in KeyCite by clicking the appropriate links on the Links tab. Also, you can display the full original patent, including drawings in PDF by clicking Full Original Patent on the Links tab. Within the document, links in the References Cited section allow the user to view references cited in the patent itself.
To find out more about Westlaw’s Patent Practitioner, feel free to contact us at training@westlaw.com.hk.
