On the 15th of March 2019, the Union Parliament issued the Consumer Protection Law 2019 (Law No. 9/2019) (“CPL”). The CPL comes into force on its issuing date, with the exception of its Chapter 18 with regards to the description of goods, which will become effective one year after issuing date. The law consumer safety… Read More
All the companies and legal entities registered under the Myanmar Companies Act 1914 and the Special Companies Act 1950 (“Companies”) were required to be re-registered through the Myanmar Companies Online Registry System (“MyCo”) from 1st August 2018 to 31st January 2019 (“Re-Registration Period”) per Section 421(d) of the Myanmar Companies Law 2017. However, by the… Read More
On 11th March 2019, the Union Parliament of Myanmar passed the Patent Law (“PL”) as the Pyidaungsu Htuttaw Law No. 7/2019. The PL will come into force after the President of Myanmar issues a notification to implement it. The PL has provided for the followings: 1. The Myanmar Intellectual Property Office (“MIPO”) will be… Read More
The Union Parliament of Myanmar finally passed the Myanmar Industrial Design Law (“IDL”) on 30th January 2019 as a Pyidaungsu Htuttaw Law No. 2/2019 and it was signed by the President of Myanmar on the same day. However, it will be effective only after a notification is issued by the President of Myanmar. The IDL… Read More
The Union Parliament of Myanmar finally passed the Myanmar Trademark Law (“TML”) on 30th January 2019 as a Pyidaungsu Htuttaw Law No. 3/2019 and it was signed by the President of Myanmar on the same day. It will be effective after a notification is issued by the President of Myanmar. The TML has established a… Read More
On 21st December 2018, the Ministry of Commence (“MOC”) issued its Notification No. 57/2018 to allow import of office equipment and service-related equipment by foreign companies, non-governmental organizations, branches and representative offices of foreign companies (“Foreign Entities”) for their own uses, subject to the requirements prescribed by the MOC which include:- (1) obtaining an export/… Read More