On 1st February 2021, the military seized the administrative power from the Myanmar government and formed a new Government body (State Administrative Council).  For two months now, protests against the military coup are going on countrywide.  However, despite the coup and the protests, the private and public services are available albeit limited. Refiling of Registered... Read More

On 28th August 2020, the Ministry of Commerce of Myanmar (“MOC”) issued Order No. 63/2020 to announce the Soft Opening Period (“SOP”) starting from 1st October 2020 for owners of registered trademarks to refile their trademarks under the Myanmar Trademark Law 2019 (“MTL2019”). As of 31st December 2020, around 26,000 registered marks have been refiled.  They were refiled via... Read More

On 14th November 2020, Johnson Intellectual Property Agency organized the Third International Forum on Technology Innovation and IP Protection (TIIP) at China Hi-Tech Fair in Guangdong, China. Our Managing Partner, Mr. Kowit Somwaiya gave a speech on the topic of Filing PCT National Phase Patent Applications in Thailand, Overcoming the refusal of International Trademark Applications... Read More

1.   On 28th August 2020, the Ministry of Commerce of Myanmar (“MOC”) issued Order No. 63/2020 to announce the Soft Opening of the Trademark Office (“TMO”) under the Intellectual Property Department (“IPD”) for re-filing of registered trademarks and filing of used but non-registered trademarks under the Myanmar Trademark Law 2019 (“MTL2019”). 2.   The Soft Opening... Read More

On 28th August 2020, the Ministry of Commerce of Myanmar (“MOC”) issued Order No. 63/2020 to announce the Soft Opening for owners of registered trademarks and used but non-registered trademarks to file their trademarks under the Myanmar Trademark Law 2019 (“MTL2019”) starting from 1st October 2020.  The key points of the Order are summarized below.... Read More