Copyright Notice

  1. By accessing and/ or using this website, you unconditionally agree to the terms of this Copyright Notice and as they may be modified and/or supplemented from time to time by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (including its servants and agents) ("Government") without prior notice to you. Please check this Copyright Notice regularly for any modifications and/or supplements which may be made.

Scope of Copyright Ownership

  1. Unless otherwise indicated, the contents found in this website are either subject to copyright owned by the Government or have been licensed to the Government for use by the owner(s) of copyright in such contents.

Non-text Contents on this Website

  1. Prior written consent of the Government is required if you intend to reproduce, distribute or otherwise use any non-text contents (including but not limited to photographs, graphics, drawings, diagrams, audio files and video files) found in this website in any way or for any purpose. Such requests for consent shall be emailed to nofakes@ipd.gov.hk.
  2. Where third party copyright is involved in the non-text contents found in this website, authorisation or permission to reproduce or distribute or otherwise use any such non-text contents must be obtained from the copyright owners concerned.

Text Contents on this Website

  1. The Government copyright protected text contents found in this website may be reproduced and distributed free of charge in any format or medium for personal or internal use within an organisation, subject to the following conditions:
    1. the copy or copies made must not be for sale, or exchange for any benefit, gain, profit or reward, or any other commercial purposes. "Commercial purposes" includes without limitation the following:
      1. the purpose to offer to supply goods, services, facilities, land or an interest in land;
      2. the purpose to offer to provide a business opportunity or an investment opportunity;
      3. the purpose to advertise or promote goods, services, facilities, land or an interest in land;
      4. the purpose to advertise or promote a business opportunity or an investment opportunity;
      5. the purpose to advertise or promote a supplier, or a prospective supplier, of goods, services, facilities, land or an interest in land; and
      6. the purpose to advertise or promote a provider, or a prospective provider, of a business opportunity or an investment opportunity, in the course of or in the furtherance of any business;
    2. such text contents must be reproduced accurately and must not be used in a manner adversely affecting any moral rights of the Government or the authors of such text contents; and
    3. the Government must be acknowledged as the copyright owner of such text contents and acknowledgement must be given to "No Fakes Pledge" Shop Search Website (nofakes.hk) as the source of such text contents.
  2. Please note that the permission given in clause 5 above only applies to Government copyright protected text contents found in this website. The Government reserves the right to withdraw any permission given in clause 5 above at any time without any prior notice to you.
  3. Prior written consent of the Government is required if you intend to reproduce, distribute or otherwise use any Government copyright protected text contents found in this website in any way other than that permitted in clause 5 above, or for any purpose other than that permitted in clause 5 above. Such requests shall be emailed to nofakes@ipd.gov.hk.
  4. Where third party copyright is involved in the text contents found in this website, authorisation or permission to reproduce or distribute or otherwise use any such text contents must be obtained from the copyright owners concerned.

English and Chinese Versions of this Copyright Notice

  1. This Copyright Notice has been translated into Chinese. If there is any inconsistency or ambiguity between the English version and the Chinese version, the English version shall prevail.