Patent/Utility model

1. The term of patent shall be 20 years from the submission date of the patent application. 2. The patentee or patent applicant shall pay the annual fees, which are determined periodically, in the following manner to the Department for the purpose of maintaining the patent or patent application: Prescribed fee shall be paid within
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1. Eligible patent applicants under this Law, who wish to receive patent rights, shall apply as prescribed to the Registrar for grant of patents. 2. The applicant for a patent: (a) May complete the application for patent in Myanmar or English. (b) Shall translate the application in Myanmar into English or vice versa if requested
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1. A patentee, who complies with the provisions contained in chapter 13, is entitled to the patent rights contained in this chapter during the term of the patent. 2. Without prejudice to the provisions contained in section 54, the patentee: (a) as an exclusive right: (1) Shall be entitled to prevent or prohibit, in accordance
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On March 11 2019, the Myanmar parliament enacted the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 7/2019 (Patent Law) heralding the dawn of a new era in patent registration in Myanmar. While the new Trade Mark Law passed on January 30 2019 is expected to come into force this year, the new Patent Law is pending and will
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Inventions Eligible for Protection  Inventions which conform to the following in addition to not meeting any of the provisions set out in section 14 are eligible for protection: a. Novelty Explanation : An invention is novel if it is not previously existing technology. Previously existing technology includes technologies which have been printed and published, spoken
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If a patent applicant who has applied in a Member State of the Paris Convention or in a Member State of the Word Trade Organization or any transferee of said applicant applies to the Department for registration of the same invention within one year from date of initial application, the date of the original application
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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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