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Design Protection in Vietnam  I  Design Protection in Laos


DESIGN PROTECTION IN LAOS


General Information  Filing Requirements


GENERAL INFORMATION

Registrable subject matters

  • Drawings or designs; 
  • Three-dimensional form of a product

Applicant

  • Creator or his assignee; assignee may be individual(s) or a corporation.

Aplication and Filing

  • All the filing documents should be in English or French and the Laotian version should be submitted within 03 months from the filing date;
  • The application shall be filed to Laotian Patent Office.

Priority

  • It is possible to claim Convention Priority from earlier application for the same design filed in any Contracting State of Paris Convention if the Lao application shall be filed within 6 month from the filing date of the earlier foreign application.

Examination

  • It takes about six (06) months from the filing date for examination and granting design registration certificate.

Publication

  • Only granted design shall be published. It is possible to request for deferment of the publication of the granted design in a period of 12 months from the date of filing or priority date claimed in the application

Protection term and Renewal

  • The term of protection of a granted industrial design is 5 years from filing date and renewable for two further consecutive periods of five years, subject to payment of renewal fees. Grace period for belated renewal is 6 months from the expiration date of the preceding period, subject to fining fees.

For more information concerning industrial design protection in Laos, please click to the desired section in the above menu or contact us.

 
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