Hong Kong Top Brand Awards - Eligibility

Eligibility

• To be eligible, the entry brand name should be established in Hong Kong or have considerably intimate relations with Hong Kong, e.g.:
  • the brand name targeted at Hong Kong market for the most part;
  • the controlling shareholders of the entry company being Hong Kong residents;
  • the correlated products primarily manufactured in Hong Kong; or
  • the brand having noteworthy contribution to or influences on Hong Kong's industrial and economic development.
• The entry brand name should have been registered with the Intellectual Property Department, HKSAR. Otherwise, the entry company should produce adequate proof to elucidate uniqueness and proprietorship of the brand name.
• The entry entity should hold a valid Hong Kong Business Registration Certificate, and it must demonstrate to the fulfilment of the organizer that it has exclusive rights in regard to the manufacture or allocation of the entry brand name.
• Previous winners of the Awards (including Hong Kong Top Brand and Hong Kong Premier Brand) are subject to a one-year moratorium and will recommence entitlement in the third year from the winning.