Bengal

Bangladesh Profile

The People's Republic of Bangladesh, commonly known as Bangladesh (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ), is located in the north of the Bay of Bengal; a small part of the southeastern mountainous area borders Myanmar, and the rest borders India. The vast majority of the land is the alluvial plain of the Jamuna River, and the area of the sea in the Bay of Bengal is roughly equal to the land area. 98% of Bangladesh's population speaks Bengali, and the state religion is Islam; with a population of 170 million, it ranks third among Muslim countries in the world, second only to Indonesia and Pakistan, and has a population density of 1,138 people per square kilometer (ranking seventh in the world). The largest city is the capital Dhaka, and the second largest city is Chittagong, which is also the largest port in the country.

Bangladesh Intellectual Property Legal System

• Patents and Designs Act 1911
• Patents and Designs Rules 1933
• Copyright Act 2000
• Trade Marks Act 2009
• Geographical Indications for Goods (Registration and Protection) Act 2013
• Bangladesh Patents Act 2021
• Bangladesh Industrial Design Act 2021

International Organization/Agreement

• Trademark Law Treaty
• Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations
• Nice Agreement on the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks
• Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property
• Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
• "Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization"