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...
The Madrid System: One Trademark, Many Countries
Nepal is not a member of the Madrid System.
The Origins of Industrial Design Protection
Industrial design protection in Nepal traces back to the Patent, Design and Trade Mark Act, 2022 BS (1965 AD)
Understanding a Trademark Examination Report (Nepal)
A trademark examination report in Nepal is an official notice from the Department of Industry (DoI) that raise...
Industrial Design Protection in the EU & USA
Industrial design protection in the European Union and the United States works through two fundamentally diffe...
Inside the DoI Trademark Section
The Department of Industry Trademark Section in Tripureshwor, Kathmandu is the sole government office that exa...
The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) and Its Origins
The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) was signed in Washington, D.C., on 19 June 1970 and entered into force on...
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...