Cambodia

Cambodia Profile

The Kingdom of Cambodia, commonly known as Cambodia (Khmer: កម្ពុជា), is a constitutional monarchy located in the Indochina Peninsula of Southeast Asia. Cambodia borders Thailand to the west and northwest, Laos to the northeast, Vietnam to the east and southeast, and the Gulf of Siam to the south. The territory of Cambodia is a dish-shaped basin, surrounded by hills and mountains on three sides; the central part is a vast and rich plain, accounting for more than three-quarters of the country's area. There are the Mekong River and the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia - Tonle Sap Lake (also known as Phnom Penh Lake).

Cambodian Intellectual Property Legal System

• Trademarks, Trade Names and Unfair Competitive Practices Act
• Copyright and Neighboring Rights Act
• "Patent Law, Utility Models and Industrial Designs"
• Breeders' Rights and Plant Variety Protection Act

The following laws are currently being considered for enactment: the Law on the Protection of Undisclosed Information and Trade Secrets, the Law on the Protection of Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits and the Law on the Protection of Geographical Indications.

International Organization/Agreement

• Patent Cooperation Treaty
• Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks
• Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property
• "Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization"
• "Memorandum of Understanding between the State Intellectual Property Office of China and the Ministry of Industry and Handicraft of the Kingdom of Cambodia on the Effectiveness of Chinese Patents in Cambodia"