A seminar will be held on April 10 to introduce copyright issues that are of particular concern to small and medium enterprises and how the Government's latest proposals to amend the Copyright Ordinance will affect them.

The Intellectual Property Department staff will speak on general copyright issues. They include:

* acts restricted by copyright;

* existing business end-user liabilities;

* existing liabilities related to parallel importation; and

* licensing schemes promulgated by copyright-licensing bodies.

A representative from the Commerce, Industry & Technology Bureau will explain the Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2006. 

The seminar will run from 2.30pm to 4.15pm at the Central Library's lecture theatre in Causeway Bay. The seminar will be conducted in Cantonese and admission is free.