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Notes on Nepal IP
Practical briefings — not a substitute for advice on a live matter.
Why these notes
Written for instructing counsel and clients
Nepal’s industrial-property system is easy to misread from abroad. It looks like other Paris Convention countries until it does not: there is no PCT national phase, the Department of Industry is the filing office, and the Industrial Property Bulletin is still where oppositions are won or lost. These pieces are long on purpose. They are meant to be sent as a briefing, not skimmed as marketing.
Treat Nepal as a listed country on the same sheet as any other national filing.
Enforcing IP rights in Nepal
Bulletin oppositions, Department of Industry disputes, and when the courts are the right forum.
Protecting product appearance in Nepal
What a design registration covers, how it sits next to a trademark, and when lookalikes belong in a letter or a pleading.
Filing patents when Nepal is not in the PCT
National filings, Paris priority, and confirmatory patents for foreign grants — treated as a listed country, not an afterthought.
How trademark registration works in Nepal
Search, file, examine, publish, then register — and why the Industrial Property Bulletin still matters after grant.
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