Formality examination The Ministry of Science and Technology will conduct a formality examination of each industrial property application to ensure that the application is complete, in correct form, and that fees have been paid. The Ministry of Science and Technology will notify the applicant whether the application is sufficiently complete to receive a filing date.Read more

Filing application Applications for Registration of Industrial Designs Applications for registration of industrial designs shall include the following documents: a request for registration of the industrial design; if the applicant is represented, a power of attorney and the name and address of the applicant’s representative in the Lao PDR; one or more drawings or photographsRead more

IP protection of a product’s industrial design protects the “ new and ornamental… form or shape of the product” The Law sets out requirements to obtain an industrial design certificate in order to protect IP in an industrial design as ‘new and ornamental’ An industrial design shall be deemed ‘new’ for the purpose of the LawRead more

In Laos, industrial designs are a type of patent, and therefore, their protection follows a similar principle. Laos applies the firstto-file principle, meaning that priority is determined by whoever files the industrial design application first, or if priority is claimed, the earliest priority date. An application may contain a declaration claiming priority based on oneRead more

Industrial design means the form or shape of the product, which is to be created which includes the shape, pattern, line, color, etc; An industrial design certificate protects a product’s special appearance (i.e., the combination of applied art and applied science of product). In order to obtain an industrial design certificate, the design must meetRead more

Formality examination Upon receiving an application for a patent, petty patent, or industrial design, MOST will conduct a formal examination to ensure that the application is complete and meets the requirements. If the application is incomplete, MOST will notify the applicant, who will then have 60 days from the date of the notification to completeRead more

Filing application Domestic or foreign individuals, legal entities and organizations may apply for a patent, petty patent, or registration of their industrial property with the Ministry of Technology and Science or with an international intellectual property registration organization to which the Lao PDR is a party. Any individual, legal entity or organization residing in aRead more

Laos applies the first-to-file principle, meaning that priority is determined by whoever files the patent or petty patent application first, or if priority is claimed, the earliest priority date. An application may contain a declaration claiming priority based on one or more earlier national, regional, or international applications filed by the applicant, either in LaosRead more

Patent means the official certificate issued by the state organization to protect inventions that they are new, involve an inventive step and are capable of industrial application; Invention means the technical solution to create new product or process of production to resolve a specific problem; Petty patent means the official certificate issued by the stateRead more

Requisite Information: Full name, address and nationality of the applicant; Description of the trademark: meaning, colors claimed, translation or transliteration of characters into English if the mark contains foreign characters; List of goods/services to be covered by the trademark and if possible, the class(es) of the respective goods/services according to the International Classification; Country, applicationRead more