New Patent Trends in South Asia—Myanmar’s New Design Law

The Intellectual Property Department of Myanmar (IPD) has just announced that the “New Industrial Design Law 2019” will officially come into effect on October 31, 2023.

Operation date:

• At present, the relevant guidance regulations, relevant design forms and official charging standards of Myanmar’s new industrial design law have not yet been released. Therefore, there may be no new design applications on the date when the new industrial design law takes effect. The running date for submitting new applications is expected to be slightly later.

Summary:

• The initial protection period for a Myanmar design is 5 years from the date of application, and can be extended twice in a row, each time for 5 years, and the protection period can be up to 15 years.
• Myanmar’s industrial designs will be subject to substantive review
• The appearance design requires novelty.

time limit:

• 6 months from priority date

theme:

• According to the Myanmar Industrial Design Act, an industrial design is defined as the whole or part of the appearance of any industrial or handicraft article, in particular the features of shape, line, color, texture, structure, pattern or decoration applied to the article by any industrial process .

Attached pictures:

• When submitting a design application in Myanmar, a set of industrial design drawings includes 7 views, namely front, back, right, left, upper, lower and perspective views.

Official fees:

• No official fees have been announced yet.