Myanmar Patent Law Updates
Following the vote in favor of the Patent Bill in early 2018, the Myanmar Patent Law has finally been approved and passed into law under Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 7/2019 on 11 March 2019.
The Patent Law provides protection for inventions related to products and processes which meet the patentability requirements with respect to novelty, inventive steps and industrial applicability. However, it could take a while for the Intellectual Property Office to start accepting new patent applications since implementing rules and regulations and administrative structures are still being established.
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