1. If any legal entity that represents the following people in a locality where the relevant goods are manufactured wishes to register a Geographical Indication, it shall file an application for registration with the Registrar in accordance with the requirements: (a) Persons who exploit natural products or produce products made of natural resources; (b) Manufacturers of
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IP IN MYANMAR
1. If any Mark falls into any of the following categories, such event shall be deemed an absolute ground for refusal of registration and such Mark shall not be registered: (a) Marks devoid of any distinctive characteristic; (b) Marks that consist exclusively of signs or indications that may serve, in trade, to designate the kind, related
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Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 7/2019—Myanmar’s Patent Law—was enacted on March 11, 2019, providing a framework for the protection of inventions related to products and processes. This is the first legislation specifically addressing the protection of patents in the history of Myanmar. The Myanmar Intellectual Property Office (“MIPO”) will be established under the Ministry of Commerce
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On 30 January 2019, Industrial Design Law No. 2/2019 – Myanmar’s Design Law were passed into legislation, providing a framework for the protection of rights over the external visual design of objects. The law lays out a comprehensive framework for the protection of rights over the external visual design of objects (i.e. the aesthetic design,
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There is no practical position of protecting patents and design per se in Myanmar although there has been the Science and Technology Development Law since 1994. The Ministry of Science and Technology was newly established in Myanmar as the competent authority for intellectual property. However, there has not been Myanmar Patent Office yet. At the
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