首先，在香港，根据《公司条例》，任命公司秘书是强制性的，每个公司都应该有一个。如果一个人必须必须常驻在香港，或如果是法人团体，则必须在香港设有注册办事处或营业地点。私人公司的唯一董事不能是公司秘书。
其次， 公司秘书 在公司或组织中扮演着复杂、多方面且非常重要的角色。公司秘书负责维护法定账簿，包括股东名册和董事名册；组织、准备董事会会议和年度股东大会的议程和记录；更换董事或公司秘书；股份转让；监控相关立法和监管环境的变化并采取适当的行动；并与律师和审计师联络。公司秘书是公司在法律文件上的指定代表，他们有责任确保公司及其董事依法运作。他们还有责任维护公司记录，例如董事和股东名单以及年度账目。
为了处理上述所有任务，公司秘书应具备丰富的知识和经验，因此公司秘书的角色在很大程度上是合法的。一些董事会任命一位朋友或家人担任公司秘书，因为他们必须有一个，但他们可能无法完成任务。
随着对改善企业管治的需求不断增长，香港公司秘书的角色和职责已大幅增加并变得更加复杂。如果你有一个好的公司秘书，董事们可以自由地专注于公司的平稳运行，你的公司很可能会获得更高的估值。
Trademark Classifications in Hong Kong: Class 41 to 45
- Class 41
Education; providing of training; entertainment; sporting and cultural activities.
This class covers mainly services provided by persons or institutions in the development of the mental faculties of persons or animals, as well as services intended to entertain or to engage the attention.
Examples of companies and services:
Stanford Swim School – Sports institution
SPCA – Animal training - Class 42
Scientific and technological services and research and design relating thereto; industrial analysis and research services; design and development of computer hardware and software.
This class includes mainly services provided by persons, individually or collectively, in relation to the theoretical and practical aspects of complex fields of activities; such services are provided by members of professions such as chemists, physicists, engineers, computer programmers, etc.
Examples of companies and services:
SGS Hong Kong Limited – Products testing
Mcafee – Computer virus protection services - Class 43
Services for providing food and drink; temporary accommodation.
This class includes mainly services provided by persons or establishments whose aim is to prepare food and drink for consumption and services provided to obtain bed and board in hotels, boarding houses or other establishments providing temporary accommodation.
Examples of Companies and services:
The Peninsula Hong Kong – Hotel
McDonald – Fast food restaurant - Class 44
Medical services; veterinary services; hygienic and beauty care for human beings or animals; agriculture, horticulture and forestry services.
This class includes mainly medical care, hygienic and beauty care given by persons or establishments to human beings and animals; it also includes services relating to the fields of agriculture, horticulture and forestry.
Examples of companies and services:
Hong Kong Red Cross – Blood bank service
SPCA – Veterinary services - Class 45
Legal services; security services for the protection of property and individuals; personal and social services rendered by others to meet the needs of individuals.
This Class includes services provided by lawyers, legal assistants, and personal advocates, to individuals, groups of individuals, organizations and enterprises; investigation and surveillance services relating to the safety of persons and entities; services provided to individuals in relation with social events, such as social escort services, matrimonial agencies, funeral services.
Examples of companies and services:
Charltons – Legal research and services
Facebook – Online social networking services
Please refer to the section http://www.ipd.gov.hk/eng/intellectual_property/trademarks/how_to_classify.htm at the IPD’s website, and http://web2.wipo.int/classifications/nice/nicepub/en/fr/edition-20150101/taxonomy/ at the WIPO website for the details about the current edition and version of the International Classification.
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香港商标分类：第 41 至 45 类
第 41 类
教育；提供培训；娱乐; 体育和文化活动。
本类主要包括由个人或机构为发展人或动物的智力而提供的服务，以及旨在娱乐或吸引注意力的服务。
公司和服务示例：
斯坦福游泳学校 – 体育机构
爱护动物协会 – 动物训练
第四十二类
科学技术服务及与之相关的研究与设计；工业分析和研究服务；计算机硬件和软件的设计和开发。
本组主要包括个人或集体提供的与复杂活动领域的理论和实践方面相关的服务；此类服务由化学家、物理学家、工程师、计算机程序员等专业人士提供
。 公司和服务示例：
SGS 香港有限公司 – 产品测试
Mcafee – 计算机病毒防护服务
第 43 类
提供食品和饮料的服务；临时住宿。
本类主要包括为消费准备食物和饮料的个人或机构提供的服务，以及为在旅馆、寄宿公寓或其他提供临时住宿的机构获得床位和膳食而提供的服务。
公司和服务示例：
香港半岛酒店
– 麦当劳酒店– 快餐店
第 44 类
医疗服务；兽医服务；对人或动物的卫生和美容护理；农业、园艺和林业服务。
本类主要包括由个人或机构为人类和动物提供的医疗、卫生和美容护理；它还包括与农业、园艺和林业领域有关的服务。
公司和服务示例：
香港红十字会 – 血库服务
爱护动物协会 – 兽医服务
第 45 类
法律服务；保护财产和个人的安全服务；为满足个人需要而提供的个人和社会服务。
本类包括律师、法律助理和个人辩护人向个人、个人团体、组织和企业提供的服务；与人员和实体安全有关的调查和监视服务；向个人提供的与社会活动有关的服务，例如社会陪同服务、婚姻中介、葬礼服务。
公司和服务示例：
Charltons – 法律研究和服务
Facebook – 在线社交网络服务
请参阅部分http://www.ipd.gov.hk/eng/intellectual_property/trademarks/how_to_classify.htm在知识产权署网页，并http://web2.wipo.int/classifications/nice/nicepub/en/ fr/edition-20150101/taxonomy/在 WIPO 网站上，了解有关国际分类当前版本和版本的详细信息。
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Trademark Classifications in Hong Kong: Class 35 to 40
Services
While class 1 to 34 cover different types of goods, class 35 to 45 cover different types of services for people who want to trademark a service to choose from.
- · Class 35
Advertising; business management; business administration; office functions.
This class includes mainly services rendered by persons or organizations principally with the object of: 1. help in the working or management of a commercial undertaking, or 2. help in the management of the business affairs or commercial functions of an industrial or commercial enterprise, as well as services rendered by advertising establishments primarily undertaking communications to the public, declarations or announcements by all means of diffusion and concerning all kinds of goods or services.
This Class does not include services such as evaluations and reports of engineers which do not directly refer to the working or management of affairs in a commercial or industrial enterprise
Examples of companies and services:
ZWEI Advertising Company – Advertising
Centre O – Marketing and other business services - Class 36
Insurance; financial affairs; monetary affairs; real estate affairs.
This class includes mainly services rendered in financial and monetary affairs and services rendered in relation to insurance contracts of all kinds.
Examples of companies and services:
HSBC – banking
AIA- Insurance - Class 37
Building construction; repair; installation services.
This class includes mainly services rendered by contractors or subcontractors in the construction or making of permanent buildings, as well as services rendered by persons or organizations engaged in the restoration of objects to their original condition or in their preservation without altering their physical or chemical properties.
Examples of companies and services:
China State Construction International Holdings Limited – Construction
Hong Kong Computer Repair Service Centre – Computer Repair - Class 38
Telecommunications.
This class includes mainly services that allow at least one person to communicate with another by a sensory means. Such services include those which allow one person to talk to another, transmit messages from one person to another, and place a person in oral or visual communication with another (radio and television).
This Class does not include radio advertising services and telephone marketing (telemarketing) services
PCCW – Telephone and internet service
I-cable – Cable television broadcasting
. - Class 39
Transport; packaging and storage of goods; travel arrangement.
This class includes mainly services for the transport of people, animals or goods from one place to another, no matter by rail, road, water, air or pipeline, and services necessarily connected with such transport, as well as services relating to the storing of goods in a warehouse or other building for their preservation or guarding.
Examples of companies and services
Kowloon Motor Bus – Bus transport
Hong Tai Travel Services Ltd. – Travel Services - Class 40
Treatment of materials.
This class includes mainly services not included in other classes, rendered by the mechanical or chemical processing or transformation of objects or inorganic or organic substances. For the purposes of classification, the mark is considered a service mark only in cases where processing or transformation is effected for the account of another person. A mark is considered a trade mark in all cases where the substance or object is marketed by the person who processed or transformed it.
Examples of companies and services:
Tung Kee Recycle – Waste recycling
Andersen Shoes, Handbags Repair & Key Cutting – Key Cutting
Please refer to the section http://www.ipd.gov.hk/eng/intellectual_property/trademarks/how_to_classify.htm at the IPD’s website, and http://web2.wipo.int/classifications/nice/nicepub/en/fr/edition-20150101/taxonomy/ at the WIPO website for the details about the current edition and version of the International Classification.
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香港商标分类：第 35 至 40 类
November 3-The Upcoming Event: Shareholders:Key Ageements and Decisions to Make
Being a shareholder can be an exciting and rewarding, but it can be complex as well. At some stage agreements are needed to protect you and your interests.
A shareholders’ agreement contains detailed rules relating to the running of the company and the relationship between the shareholders. This can be beneficial both to minority and majority shareholders, and is important in allowing a company to grow in a consistent and stable fashion.
This workshop will help you to understand some of the key provisions that are typically found in a shareholders’ agreement and the some of the key decisions shareholders need to make.
Don’t forget to bring a few name cards with you.
*Please note this is a seminar not an happy hour! We will start the mingle part before the seminar start, so do come on time!
Date: 3 November 2015
Start Registration: 6:45pm
Seminar Starts At 7:00pm till 9:00pm
Venue: O Connect-24/F, Suite 1&2, 135 Bonham Strand Trade Centre, 135 Bonham Strand East, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
Cost: FREE
RSVP at Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/Multi-Network-Business-Community/events/226153110/
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11 月 3 日——即将举行的活动：股东：关键协议和决策
成为股东可能是令人兴奋和有益的，但也可能很复杂。在某些阶段，需要达成协议来保护您和您的利益。
股东协议包含有关公司运作和股东关系的详细规则。这对少数股东和多数股东都有利，并且对于使公司以一致和稳定的方式发展很重要。
本次研讨会将帮助您了解股东协议中常见的一些关键条款以及股东需要做出的一些关键决策。
别忘了带几张名片。
*请注意，这是一个研讨会，而悠闲聚会！我们将在研讨会开始前开始交流部分，所以请准时来！
日期：2015年11月3日
开始注册：下午 6:45
研讨会于晚上 7:00 至晚上 9:00 开始
地点：香港上环文咸东街135号24楼1-2室Centre O
费用：免费
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Trademark Classifications in Hong Kong: Class 31 to 34
l Class 31
Grains and agricultural, horticultural and forestry products not included in other classes; live animals; fresh fruits and vegetables; seeds; natural plants and flowers; foodstuffs for animals; malt.
This class includes mainly land products not having been subjected to any form of preparation for consumption, live animals and plants as well as foodstuffs for animals.
This Class does not include, in particular: cultures of micro-organisms and leeches for medical purposes; dietary supplements for animals; semi-worked woods; artificial fishing bait; rice; tobacco
Examples of companies and products:
Sunkist – Fruits
Whiskas – Cat food
l Class 32
Beers; mineral and aerated waters and other non-alcoholic beverages; fruit beverages and fruit juices; syrups and other preparations for making beverages.
This class includes mainly non-alcoholic beverages, as well as beer.
This Class does not include, in particular: beverages for medical purposes; milk beverages; beverages with coffee, cocoa, chocolate or tea base.
Examples of companies and products:
Heineken – Beers
Vitasoy International Holdings Limited – water and fruit juices
l Class 33
Alcoholic beverages (except beers).
This Class does not include, in particular: medicinal beverages; and de-alcoholised beverages
Examples of companies and products:.
Johnnie Walker – Whiskey
Absolut Vodka – Vodka
l Class 34
Tobacco; smokers’ articles; matches.
This Class does not include, in particular: cigarettes without tobacco, for medical purposes.
Examples of companies and products:
Marlbaro – Tobacco
Double Happiness – Matches
Please refer to the section http://www.ipd.gov.hk/eng/intellectual_property/trademarks/how_to_classify.htm at the IPD’s website, and http://web2.wipo.int/classifications/nice/nicepub/en/fr/edition-20150101/taxonomy/ at the WIPO website for the details about the current edition and version of the International Classification.
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香港商标分类：第 31至 34 类
l 第31类
粮食及不属别类的农、园艺、林产品；活体动物；新鲜水果和蔬菜；种子；天然植物和花卉；动物食品；麦芽。
本组主要包括未经任何形式的消费准备的土地产品、活动物和植物以及动物食品。
本类尤其不包括： 用于医疗目的的微生物和水蛭培养物；动物膳食补充剂；半加工木材；人工鱼饵；白饭; 烟草
公司和产品示例：
Sunkist – 水果
Whiskas – 猫粮
l 32类
啤酒；矿泉水和汽水以及其他非酒精饮料；水果饮料和果汁；糖浆和其他用于制作饮料的制剂。
此类主要包括非酒精饮料以及啤酒。
本类尤其不包括： 医疗用饮料；牛奶饮料；以咖啡、可可、巧克力或茶为基料的饮料。
公司和产品示例：
Heineken – 啤酒
维他奶国际控股有限公司 – 水和果汁
l 第33类
酒精饮料（啤酒除外）。
本类尤其不包括：药用饮料；和脱酒精饮料
公司和产品示例：.
尊尼获加 – 威士忌
绝对伏特加 – 伏特加
l 第34类
烟草；吸烟者用品；火柴。
本类尤其不包括：用于医疗目的的不含烟草的香烟。
公司和产品示例：
万宝路 – 烟草
双喜临门 – 火柴
请参阅部分http://www.ipd.gov.hk/eng/intellectual_property/trademarks/how_to_classify.htm在知识产权署网页，并http://web2.wipo.int/classifications/nice/nicepub/en/ fr/edition-20150101/taxonomy/在世界知识产权组织网站上，了解有关国际分类当前版本和版本的详细信息。
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Trademark Classifications in Hong Kong: Class 26 to 30
l Class 26
Lace and embroidery, ribbons and braid; buttons, hooks and eyes, pins and needles; artificial flowers.
This Class includes, in particular: slide fasteners.
This Class does not include, in particular: certain special types of hooks and needles; yarns and threads that are for textile use.
Example of company and products:
YKK – Zip, slide fasteners
Berwick Offray – Ribbons
l Class 27
Carpets, rugs, mats and matting, linoleum and other materials for covering existing floors; wall hangings (non-textile).
This class includes mainly products intended to be added as furnishings to previously constructed floors and walls.
This Class does not include wooden flooring.
Examples of companies and products:
Tai Ping Carpets – Carpets
Armstrong World Industries, Inc. – Flooring materials
l Class 28
Games and playthings; gymnastic and sporting articles not included in other classes; decorations for Christmas trees.
This Class includes amusement and game apparatus adapted for use with an external display screen or monitor; fishing tackle; equipment for various sports and games.
This Class does not include, in particular: Christmas tree candles; diving equipment; electrical lamps (garlands), confectionery and chocolate decorations for Christmas trees; fishing nets; clothing for gymnastics and sports.
Examples of companies and products:
Bandai – Toys
Nintendo – Video games
l Class 29
Meat, fish, poultry and game; meat extracts; preserved, frozen, dried and cooked fruits and vegetables; jellies, jams, compotes; eggs; milk and milk products; edible oils and fats.
This class includes mainly foodstuffs of animal origin as well as vegetables and other horticultural comestible products which are prepared for consumption or conservation, in particular: milk beverages (milk predominating).
This Class does not include certain foodstuffs of plant origin; baby food; dietetic food and substances adapted for medical use; dietary supplements; salad dressings; fertilised eggs for hatching; foodstuffs for animals; or live animals.
Examples of companies and products:
Four seas group – Frozen and preserved food
Kowloon Dairy – Milk
l Class 30
Coffee, tea, cocoa and artificial coffee; rice; tapioca and sago; flour and preparations made from cereals; bread, pastry and confectionery; edible ices; sugar, honey, treacle; yeast, baking-powder; salt; mustard; vinegar, sauces (condiments); spices; ice.
This class includes mainly foodstuffs of plant origin prepared for consumption or conservation as well as auxiliaries intended for the improvement of the flavour of food, in particular: beverages with coffee, cocoa, chocolate or tea base; cereals prepared for human consumption.
This Class does not include certain foodstuffs of plant origin; salt for preserving other than for foodstuffs; medicinal teas and dietetic food and substances adapted for medical use ; baby food; dietary supplements; raw cereals; foodstuffs for animals.
Golden Resources – Rice
Saint Honore Cake Shop – Cakes and bread
Please refer to the section http://www.ipd.gov.hk/eng/intellectual_property/trademarks/how_to_classify.htm at the IPD’s website, and http://web2.wipo.int/classifications/nice/nicepub/en/fr/edition-20150101/taxonomy/ at the WIPO website for the details about the current edition and version of the International Classification.
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