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IP/N/1/MMR/T/1  
 
7 March 2024  
(24-2139)  Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS  
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
MYANMAR : TRADEMARK LAW (3/2019)  
Notifying Member  MYANMAR  
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title Trademark Law (3/2019)  
Subject matter  Trademarks  
Nature of 
notification  [X] Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
[  ] Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text* https://ip -documents.info/2024/IP/MMR/24_01913_00_e.pdf   
https://ip -documents.info/2024/IP/MMR/24_01913_00_x.pdf  
Notification status  [X] First notification  
[  ] Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
[  ] Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  Not applicable  
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
The Trademark Law was enacted by Pyidaungsu Hluttaw with Law No. 3/2019 dated 
30 January  2019.  
 
The objectives of this Law are:  
 
(a) to develop investment, trade and commerce by protecting marks;  
(b) to protect the interests of the owner of a mark and the right holder;  
(c) to create a fair competitive market system and a safety environment for the public by 
prohibiting the import of counterfeit ma rks and goods to the market place ; 
(d) to improve the qualities of the products of Myanmar by the protection of geographical 
indications, and to develop the economy of the public in locality by exporting to the international 
market.  
 
In order to have the r ight of a registered mark under Trademark Law 2019, any person entitled to 
the registration of a mark may file an application to the registrar in the prescribed manner. The term 
of the registered trademark shall be 10 years from the filing date of the regi stration of a mark. After 
the expiry of the 10-year term of registration, each term of renewal shall be 10 years at a time. 
Trademark owner s can enforce their rights against infring ements  through civil and criminal actions.  
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  Language(s) of 
notified legal text English, Myanmar  
Entry into force  1 April 2023  
Other date   Adoption: 30 January 2019  
 
Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  7 March 2024  
Other information   
Agency or 
authority 
responsible  Office (52)  
Intellectual Property Department  
Ministry of Commerce  
Nay Pyi Taw  
 
Telephone:  +95-673430572  
  +95-673430573  
 
Email s: enquiry@ipdept.gov.mm   
  legalaffairs@ipdept.gov.mm   
 
Website:  www.commerce.gov.mm  
 
 
 
* Links are provided to texts of laws and regulations notified under the TRIPS Agreement in the form 
supplied by the Member concerned; the WTO Secretariat does not endorse or revise their content.  