Pakistan Patent & Trademark Filing Guide

›Direct filing or Paris Convention (12 months) — Pakistan is NOT a PCT member

›Application examined on formal grounds

›Publication; opposition period

›Grant; annual maintenance fees payable

›Madrid Protocol member since May 2021 — international designations now possible

›Multi-class filing available

›TM term: 10 years from registration, renewable indefinitely

›POA required

›Priority from a Paris Convention country — claim within 6 months

›Industrial Designs Ordinance 2000

›Term: up to 30 years (five 6-year renewals) — longest design term in South Asia

›Convention priority: 6 months

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