The Publication for Opposition Period Kicks off soon!
Following recent significant progress in the implementation of
Myanmar's new Trade Mark system, the first
online official gazette was published on 1 May. This follows the
first office actions being issued in February.
The publication starts the 60-day opposition period for
third-parties to challenge marks filed under the new law. The
gazette will be published monthly and the early issues are expected
to be lengthy as the Registry works through the thousands of new
applications filed; the first edition weighs in at over 450
pages.
This 60-day period is designed to allow anyone including
applicants enough time to discover the published marks and file an
opposition if required. The Trade Mark Law allows oppositions to be
filed by anyone for absolute grounds. Regarding the oppositions
with relative grounds, any interested person who can demonstrate an
interest in the opposed mark can file it. How this interest
