Hong Kong Joins WIPO’s Global IP Judgments Database

Release Time：2025-09-10 09:53Author：Views：19

On September 1, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government officially signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) regarding the WIPO Lex-Judgments database. Through this collaboration, both parties will enhance the sharing and exchange of intellectual property judicial decisions, working together to build a more integrated and knowledge-rich global IP community. This marks Hong Kong’s formal entry into this significant international platform for judicial exchange in intellectual property, with the support of the Central Government.

The WIPO Lex-Judgments database is a free and publicly accessible platform that provides important judicial decisions on intellectual property from around the world. The partnership with Hong Kong will significantly increase the international transparency of Hong Kong’s IP system, further strengthening its position as a regional hub for IP trading and legal services. It is worth noting that as the only jurisdiction in China operating a common law system in both Chinese and English, Hong Kong’s unique advantages will offer valuable insights for the global IP community.

This cooperation coincides with the release of WIPO’s Global Innovation Index 2025, in which the Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou innovation cluster ranked first globally for the first time. The Beijing cluster placed fourth, while the Shanghai-Suzhou cluster came in sixth, highlighting the strong momentum of China’s innovation development.

This collaboration will further boost international businesses’ confidence in Hong Kong’s IP protection regime, support the national strategic goal of establishing China as an IP powerhouse, and inject new energy into knowledge sharing and exchange within the global IP community.

Information sources: Hong Kong Intellectual Property Department, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

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