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Up to now 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 has been proving its worth as an effective channel for patent owners who residing outside China but obtained patent protection in China to further establish their IP rights in Cambodia. According to this Memorandum of Understanding, it is possible to validate Chinese patent in Cambodia since March 2018.

With aim of dealing with heavy local backlog of Patent examination and increasing demand of Korean applicants, the National Office of Intellectual Property (IPVN) of Vietnam in conjunction with the Korean Intellectual Property Office officially launched a new Vietnam – Korea PPH Pilot Program.

In 2021, the Japan – Vietnam Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program will start on April 01. In the meantime, the required documents to accompany a PPH request should be prepared well in advance and filed in the morning of April 01, 2021. As the number of PPH requests is limited to 100 per season makes it a very competitive program that requires high attention from patent applicants.

The implementation of an online platform for trademark re-filing in Myanmar since October 01, 2020 is a significant turning point in trademark practice. After one month of implementation, nearly 14,000 trademark applications filed under the Registrar Act, have been re-filed to the Intellectual Property Department (IPD) of Myanmar through the online platform.

The implementation of an online platform for trademark re-filing in Myanmar since October 01, 2020 is a significant turning point in trademark practice. After one month of implementation, nearly 14,000 trademark applications filed under the Registrar Act, have been re-filed to the Intellectual Property Department (IPD) of Myanmar through the online platform.

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.

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.