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Brunei - Law and Practice Updates

Brunei Court of Appeal decides that Re-Registration Patents are entitled to a 20-year term from the Date of Grant

BruIPO has issued a practice note concerning the term of protection and dates for renewal of re-registration patents based on EP(GB), GB, MY and SG patents. By decision of 21 May 2014 in Civil Appeal No. 10 of 2013, the Court of Appeal construed the “date of the patent” in Section ... Read More
03/08/2016henrygoh

Brunei Intellectual Property Office takes over the Administration of Trade Marks

With effect from June 2013, the Brunei Intellectual Property Office (BruIPO), formerly known as the Patent Registry Office, has assumed responsibility for administration of trade mark registrations from the Attorney General’s Chambers. BruIPO will also be re-locating to a new building effective 01 July 2013. BruIPO now receives and processes ... Read More
03/08/2016henrygoh

Patent Registry Office to handle Industrial Designs from 01 October 2012

Effective 01 October 2012, the Registry of Industrial Designs in Brunei has been transferred from the Attorney General’s Chambers to the Patent Registry Office (PRO). This move is part of an ongoing restructuring of the country’s IP administration system that will ultimately see the establishment of a National Intellectual Property ... Read More
03/08/2016henrygoh

New Requirement for Payment of Annuities on Brunei Re-registration Patents

Brunei Darussalam’s Patents Order, 2011 came into force on 01 January 2012. As a result, re-registration patents in Brunei are now subject to payment of local annuities to keep the patent in force. The earliest fee is due on the fourth anniversary of the filing date of the foreign (GB/EP(GB)/MY/SG) patent ... Read More
03/08/2016henrygoh

Brunei Darussalam joins the Budapest Treaty effective 24 July 2012

On 24 April 2012, Brunei Darussalam deposited its instrument of accession to the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure. The Budapest Treaty will will enter into force for Brunei Darussalam on 24 July 2012. The country is the 76th ... Read More
02/08/2016henrygoh