A patent owner has the following rights: In case the patent is for a product: 1.1. the right to prevent others, without the owner’s authorization, from making, importing, offering for sale, selling, or using the patented products; 1.2. the right to prevent others, without the owner’s authorization, from keeping such products for the purposesRead more
IP IN LAOS
In court proceedings for infringement of a patent for a process for obtaining a new product, where the same product is produced by a person other than the patent holder or a person authorized by him, it shall be deemed that such product was obtained by the patented process in the absence of proof toRead more
Requisite Information Applicant: full name, address and nationality; Inventor: full name, address and nationality; Priority data: filing number, date and country (if applicable); International filing data: filing and publishing number (if applicable). Requisite Document English specification(including title, description part, claims, abstract and drawings, if any); Power of Attorney (notarization is required); Notarized Deed of AssignmentRead more
Requisite Information Applicant: full name, address and nationality; Inventor: full name, address and nationality; Title of the claimed design; Class of the claimed design (if available); Priority data: filing number, date and country (if priority is claimed). Requisite Document Photos/drawings illustrating the design in different views (front, rear, left, right, top, bottom and perspective) andRead more
Patents, petty patents, and industrial property registrations shall terminate as follows: the term of protection is expired; the industrial property owner fails to renew the registration and pay the applicable fees, in which case, rights shall terminate as of the end of the term for which protection was granted and the fee was paid; theRead more
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
