Hong Kong: Are Your Newly Designed Sports Games Protectable Under Hong Kong Laws? – ONC Lawyers

There are many forms of intellectual property rights, the most common ones being patents, trademarks and copyrights. Patents protect inventions, that is products, substances, or processes which are new and inventive. To be eligible for the grant of a patent, there are four basic requirements under s.9A of the Patents Ordinance (Cap. 514), including the requirement that the innovation must not fall within one of the excluded categories in s.9A(2) of the Patents Ordinance. Pursuant to s.9A(2), “a scheme, rule or method for performing a mental act, playing a game or doing business, or a program for a computer” is…