Trademark registration in Myanmar

The trademark office and official links

Trademarks in Myanmar are registered by the Intellectual Property Department, Ministry of Commerce (IPD).

• Trademark office: Intellectual Property Department, Ministry of Commerce (IPD)
• Law: The Trademark Law (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 3/2019)
• Law: Trademark Registration Rules (Notification No. 1/2023)
• Law: Order No. 63/2020 of the Ministry of Commerce

Official fees in Myanmar

The office does not publish an up-to-date fee schedule we could verify. Ask firms that cover Myanmar for a quote that shows official and professional fees separately — post a request or compare packages.

How to register a trademark in Myanmar

1. Appoint a Myanmar trademark representative by filing a notarised Appointment of Representative form with the IP Department.
2. File the application with the Intellectual Property Department through its online filing system.
3. The IP Department examines the application.
4. Accepted applications are published, opening a 60-day opposition period.
5. If no opposition is filed or it fails, pay the registration fee when notified; the IP Department then issues a registration certificate.

Examination, publication and opposition

• Publication: Applications are published by the IP Department for opposition (publication began on 1 May 2024); the publication medium was not verified.
• Opposition period: 60 days from the publication date

Protection, renewal and use

• Term: 10 years from the filing date, renewable.
• Use requirement: a registration can be challenged after 3 years of non-use.
• Rights system: first to file.

Filing from abroad

• Local agent: Secondary sources state that owners act through a Myanmar trademark representative, appointed by a notarised Appointment of Representative form filed with the IP Department.
• Power of attorney: A notarised Appointment of Representative form (distinct from a traditional power of attorney) must be filed with the IP Department (secondary source).

Firms on TrademarksHub that cover Myanmar can act as your local agent — see firms.

Madrid Protocol

Myanmar is not a member of the Madrid System, so an international registration cannot cover it. You need a national filing, usually through a local agent.

Trademark classes

Goods and services are grouped into the 45 Nice classes. Not sure which classes you need? See all 45 classes or classes by business type.

How Myanmar compares

• Opposition: 60 days from the publication date — compare all countries
• Renewal: every 10 years — compare all countries
• Foreign owners: required — rules in every country

Guides: registering in any country · costs by country · Madrid

Good to know in Myanmar

• The Trademark Law 2019 took full effect on 26 April 2023, replacing the old practice of recording ownership declarations with the Office of Registration of Deeds; old recordals give no rights unless the mark was re-filed under the new law.
• Marks re-filed under the new law keep a seniority right based on prior use for five years from the filing date (the 'transitional period').
• The IP Department issued its first registration certificates on 1 December 2024.
• A registered mark not used for three continuous years may become vulnerable to cancellation.
• Myanmar is not a member of the Madrid Protocol, so protection requires a national filing; WIPO Lex also lists no Paris Convention or Nice membership (its WIPO-administered treaty is the WIPO Convention, since 2001), and it is bound by TRIPS as a WTO member.

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