Re-filing of Registered Trademarks in Myanmar Overview of Intellectual Property Laws of Myanmar

On 10th September 2019, the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation (“MOALI”) issued its Notification No. 299/2019 called Deeds Registration Rules (“DRR”) under the Deeds Registration Law 2018 (“DRL”) to set out the procedures for registration of deeds in Myanmar. The major provisions of the DRR include: – 1.   For a deed executed abroad, the... Read More

The Council of State (“COS”) published a draft bill (“Bill”) to amend the Copyright Act B.E. 2537 (1994) as amended by the Copyright Acts No. 2 B.E. 2558 (2015), No. 3 B.E. 2558 (2015) and No. 4 B.E. 2561 (2018) (“CA”) for public hearings from 10 to 30 September 2019. The Bill proposes replacing the... Read More

On 4th June 2019, the Ministry of Commerce (“MOC”) issued the Notification No. 24/2019 (“Notification”) to allow foreign companies and joint venture companies to export 7 categories of local products subject to recommendations of the relevant authorities and/or other requirements listed below. The MOC may adjust the categories of the products depending on the local... Read More

On 24 May 2019, the Union Parliament of Myanmar passed the Copyright Law (Law No. 15/2019) (“CRL”). It will come into force after the President of Myanmar issues a notification to that effect. It repeals and replaces the Copyright Act 1914 and establishes a new copyright protection system with the following major principles:- 1.  ... Read More