Businesses continue to be interested in this new market.
Despite the grant of an extension for Least Developed Countries to comply with
TRIPS, Myanmar may still press ahead with implementation of its IP laws. Draft
Trademark, Copyright and Patent laws are already in circulation. In fact there
appears to be 2 competing draft Copyright bills, with some confusion as to
which department will take the lead. The ASEAN IP Association is holding its
biannual conference in Yangon in early April. Below are the trademark filing
data for Myanmar (technically these are deposits since no actual IP office
exists yet).
Years Foreign Domestic
2010 2149 3821
2011 2378 3048
2012 4068 3294
While domestic filings remain low, there has been a
significant jump in foreign filings in the last year. The first GI was even
deposited recently (Champagne)! And recently the Yangon courts granted a
preliminary injunction in an infringement case. So IP is moving fast in this
most exciting of new markets.
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