Blog & IP Insights
The Paris Convention & Nepal — Priority and National Treatment
What Nepal's 2001 membership of the Paris Convention means for IP owners — national treatment abroad and the r...
How to Choose the Right Trademark Class in Nepal (2026)
A practical guide to picking the correct NICE class for your trademark in Nepal — the goods/services split, ma...
What Counts as a Confusingly Similar Trademark in Nepal? (2026)
How Nepal judges whether two trademarks are confusingly similar — the visual, phonetic and conceptual tests, w...
What Can & Can't Be Trademarked in Nepal (2026)
A plain-English guide to what can and can't be trademarked in Nepal — the distinctiveness test, marks that qua...
What Can Be Patented in Nepal? Novelty, Step & Utility (2026)
What can and cannot be patented in Nepal — the three patentability tests of novelty, inventive step and indust...
Well-Known Trademarks in Nepal & Their Extra Protection (2026)
What makes a trademark "well-known" in Nepal, and how a famous or reputed mark wins protection beyond its regi...
How Patent Protection Works in Nepal (2026)
How patent protection works in Nepal — the exclusive rights a patent grants, what's protectable, the DoI grant...
What Cannot Be Patented in Nepal (2026 Exclusions Explained)
The inventions Nepal will not patent — discoveries, abstract ideas, mere schemes, obvious or non-novel inventi...
How to Respond to a Trademark Objection in Nepal (2026)
A practical guide to answering a trademark objection (office action) from Nepal's Department of Industry — the...