Blog & IP Insights
The Hague System for Industrial Designs & Why Nepal Isn't In It
The Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs, administered by WIPO, lets a design...
Inside the DoI Patent & Design Section
The Department of Industry (DoI), through its patent and design section, examines and grants all patents and i...
Understanding a Trademark Examination Report (Nepal)
A trademark examination report in Nepal is an official notice from the Department of Industry (DoI) that raise...
Biopiracy & Traditional Knowledge: The Neem, Turmeric & Basmati Cases
Biopiracy is the unauthorised commercial exploitation of traditional knowledge and genetic resources
The TRIPS Agreement & Nepal's IP Law
How the WTO's TRIPS Agreement sets minimum IP standards for Nepal, what it obliges the country to protect, the...
Nepal's IP Office (Department of Industry): A Guide
What the Department of Industry (DoI) is, why it acts as Nepal's industrial property registry for trademarks,...
The Nepal Industrial Property Bill: What's Changing
The Nepal Industrial Property Bill proposes replacing the 1965 Act to modernise trademark, patent and design l...
Intellectual Property Law in Nepal Explained (2026)
A plain-language overview of intellectual property law in Nepal — the four IP types, the two authorities and A...
The IP Acts of Nepal: PDTA 1965 & IP Act 2073
The laws behind IP in Nepal explained — the Patent, Design and Trademark Act 1965 that still governs day-to-da...