Update On 2019 Industrial Design Law Notifications

• Published date: 30 January 2024
• Subject Matter: Intellectual Property, Patent, Trademark
• Law Firm: Rouse
• Author: Thet Htar Aung

Myanmar's Ministry of Commerce has issued the forms for filing industrial designs and the relevant official fees.

Further to the issuance of Industrial Design Rules on September 29, 2023, and the entry into force of the Industrial Design Law on October 31, 2023, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) of Myanmar has issued the required forms for filing industrial designs under the Notification No. 71/2023 on October 27, 2023, followed by Notification No. 2/2023 on December 29, 2023, announcing the relevant official fees.

The notification includes an annex describing the following forms, in Myanmar and English languages, available on the Intellectual Property Department (IPD) website.

The required applications forms, and relevant official fees are as follows:

Form numbers	Details	Official fees (MMK)	Remark
ID- 1	Application for an industrial design registration	120,000	per design
ID- 1a	Statement justifying the applicant's right to the registration of an industrial design	At no cost
ID- 2	Appointment of a representative	At no cost
ID- 3	Request for reinstatement of an industrial design application	65,000	per application
ID- 4	Request for correction of an industrial design application	35,000	per application
ID- 5	Request for withdrawal of an industrial design application	At no cost
ID- 6	Request for filing a divisional application	100,000	per application
ID- 7	Opposition to registration of an industrial design	100,000	per design
-	Request for recordation of an industrial design registration	100,000	per design
ID- 8	Request for issuing a certified copy of a registration certificate	35,000	per application
ID- 10	Request for amendment of registration of an industrial design	35,000	per application
ID- 11	Request for renewal of an industrial design	220,000	per design
ID- 12	Request for recording of assignment of an industrial design	80,000	per design
ID- 13	Request for recording a license of a registered industrial design	80,000	per design
ID- 14	Request to cancel recordation of a license of a registered industrial design	At no cost	Free of charge
ID- 15	Request to invalidate a registered industrial design	150,000	per design
ID- 16	Request to change a representative	20,000	per application
ID- 18	Request for time extension	35,000	per application
ID- 19	Application for an appeal	300,000	per design
ID- 19a	...