Panel on Commerce and Industry

Meeting on
Tuesday, 19 May 2015, at 2:30 pm
in Conference Room 3 of the Legislative Council Complex

Agenda

I.

Confirmation of minutes of meeting



LC Paper No. CB(1)819/14-15
(issued vide LC Paper No. CB(1)820/14-15 on 5 May 2015)

-Minutes of meeting held on 17 March 2015

II.

Information papers issued since last meeting


(2:30 pm – 2:32 pm)

LC Paper No. CB(1)794/14-15(01)
(issued on 28 April 2015)

-Information on the financial position of the Applied Research Fund for the period from 1 September to 30 November 2014

File Ref: CITB CR 75/53/8 and CITB CR 75/53/4
(issued on 4 May 2015)

-Legislative Council Briefs on United Nations Sanctions (Central African Republic) Regulation 2015 and United Nations Sanctions (Democratic Republic of the Congo) Regulation 2015

III.

Date of next meeting and items for discussion


(2:32 pm – 2:35 pm)

LC Paper No. CB(1)831/14-15(01)
(attached)

-List of outstanding items for discussion

LC Paper No. CB(1)831/14-15(02)
(attached)

-List of follow-up actions

IV.

Progress of the Working Group on Intellectual Property Trading


(2:35 pm – 3:40 pm)

LC Paper No. CB(1)831/14-15(03)
(attached)

-Administration's paper on progress of the Working Group on Intellectual Property Trading

LC Paper No. CB(1)680/14-15(01)
(issued on 25 March 2015)

-Report of the Working Group on Intellectual Property Trading

LC Paper No. CB(1)831/14-15(04)
(attached)

-Paper on promotion of intellectual property trading in Hong Kong prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat (updated background brief)

V.

Application of the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region


(3:40 pm – 4:25 pm)

LC Paper No. CB(1)831/14-15(05)
(attached)

-Administration's paper on consultation on the proposed application of the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region: Outcome of Consultation

LC Paper No. CB(1)831/14-15(06)
(attached)

-Paper on the application of the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat (background brief)

VI.

Any other business


(4:25 pm – 4:30 pm)

Council Business Division 1
Legislative Council Secretariat
13 May 2015