Head
of Matrimonial
Department: Polly Hui: Divorce, Custody, Maintenance
Senior Partner：Thomas
Tse<: Wedding Civil Celebrant, Properties Sale and Purchase, Mortgages
Managing Partner：Charles
Tse: Employees' Compensation Claims, Personal Injuries
Partner:
Bankruptcy, Divorce, Deed Poll
Partner:
Bankruptcy, Divorce, Deed PollHow long does copyright protection last?
The term of protection or duration of copyright varies depending on the type of copyright work.
Generally speaking, the terms of protection in Hong Kong are as follows:
· Copyright in a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work lasts for the life of the author and 50 years from the end of the year in which he/she died.
· Copyright in a film expires 50 years after the end of the year in which the death occurs of the last to survive of the principal director, the authors of the screenplay and dialogue, and the composer of any music specially created for the film.
· Copyright in a sound recording expires 50 years from the end of the year in which it was made or, if released in this time, 50 years from the end of the year of release.
· Copyright in a broadcast or cable programme expires 50 years from the end of the year of making of the broadcast or inclusion of the cable programme in a cable programme service.
Copyright in a published edition expires 25 years from the end of the year in which the edition was first published.
