In order to apply for re-registration patent in Cambodia, the Singapore application must have a filing date on or after February 11, 2003 (the effective date of the Cambodian Patent Law) and be in force at the time of filing a request for re-registration in Cambodia. The re-registration patent is valid in Cambodia for the remaining term of the Singapore patent, for example, if the Singapore patent has six years of its term remaining, the re-registered Cambodian patent will have a six-year term.
IP protection and the awareness of intellectual property rights (IPRs) in Laos have been increasing recently due to the support of the Government. Ageless commit to bringing IP services in Laos with international standards and local costs to the clients. IP protection is essential for a company or individual to maintain effective control over the way their invention, innovation, product or work is accessed, used and exploited in the marketplace and how they benefit from it.
In recent years, Cambodia and Korea have become important economic partners and the bilateral trade between the two countries rose to US$ 1.3 billion in 2019 from US$ 870 million two years earlier. Obviously, Korea is Cambodia’s second largest investor with more than 300 companies are increasingly expanding their investment and operations here.
Following our Newsletter 3 on registration of Trademark in Myanmar, we would like to inform you that the Ministry of Commerce of Myanmar has issued the Notification No. 63/2020 announcing the Soft-Opening period for re-filing trademark in Myanmar will start on October 1st, 2020 under Section 93(a) of the Trademark Law. Under which, the following documents may be submitted to prove trademark’s prior rights or use in Myanmar:
The Soft-Opening for re-filing trademark in Myanmar was initially scheduled to launch in the beginning of January 2020, it has seemed to be consolidated when the Ministry of Commerce of Myanmar held the Training Session for E-Filing System of Trademarks for local IP Agents in the last December 17, 2019 in Nay Pyi Taw. However, up to now, the Soft-Opening period for re-filing trademark in Myanmar has not been launched yet and upon our discussion with the IP officials responsible for Soft-Opening, no information on the official launching date available so far.
On December 17, 2019, a Training Session for E-Filing System of Trademark in Myanmar has been held at the Headquarter of the Ministry of Commerce in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar with the participation of local IP Agents, including ours, Ageless IP Attorneys & Consultants.
Following the enactment of Trademark Law in the end of March 2019, the Government of Myanmar is making numerous efforts to soon establish a new system of trademark in Myanmar to replace its old one where trademarks registered under Deeds of Trademark ownership with the Office of the Registration of Deeds. During the Myanmar E-Services Implementation and Knowledge Exchange Workshop hosted by the Ministry of Education and WIPO on October 22nd, 2019; it is revealed that:
Dear Valued Associates,
Since the Memorandum of Understanding on the registration of patents signed between State IP Office (SIPO) of China and Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology & Innovation (MISTI)* of Cambodia came into effects on April 01, 2018; statistics show hundreds of Chinese Patents have been successfully validated and granted for the invention...
