New Trademark Law Expected To Be Enacted In 2017

For the past few years, the nation of Myanmar has been proactively working on the implementation of its first ever formal trademark law, keeping in mind that the new law will overhaul the nation's legal framework to encourage and motivate the industries and businesses to come and invest and grow in the country ¹.

The implementation of this new Trademark law has been projected for this year. Hopefully once this new trademark law becomes effective, the practices which are currently followed by the practitioners i.e. the registration of Declarations of Ownership at the Registrar of Deeds and Assurances, which is followed by the cautionary notices published in the newspaper, will then be replaced by the new modern Trademark system which will stick to International standards set by WIPO.