Region: Myanmar

AI integration at ASEAN and Hong Kong IP offices – at a glance

IP offices across the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and Hong Kong are taking a proactive approach to adopting AI in trademark procedures.

26 August 2024

Opposition window closes on first applications published under new Myanmar Trademark Law

The Myanmar IPD has reached a significant milestone in the implementation of the new law, but trademark owners and practitioners now shoulder full responsibility for monitoring the office’s publications of applications for potential conflicts.

11 July 2024

ASEAN Digital Economy Framework must include IP provisions

The IP community should be lobbying for the proposed ASEAN Digital Economy Framework Agreement to explicitly include IP-related provisions, urges this week’s Saturday opinion column.

22 June 2024

Foreign brands should not be put off by slow progress at Myanmar IP department

Foreign brand owners can take encouragement from slow but steady developments at the Myanmar IP department over the past year, local practitioners suggest.

25 April 2024

Myanmar launches industrial design registration, opening new avenues for innovators

Industrial design proprietors now have the possibility to submit applications for novel industrial designs with the Intellectual Property Department.

11 April 2024

How to protect well-known marks in Myanmar

Rouse principal Moe Mynn Thu explains everything trademark owners need to know about new levels of protection in Myanmar.

12 February 2024

Brand protection at the Myanmar border: insights and strategies from the front line

Featured in Border and customs protection around the world

We take readers on a journey to Myanmar to understand the challenges of brand protection at the borders – and how to overcome them.

16 November 2023