Step-by-step filing requirements, prosecution timelines, and key facts for patents, trademarks and designs across 11 jurisdictions — with full coverage of the new Maldives IP regime.
4 Patent Offices · 80% startup fee rebate · Strong enforcement · 31-month PCT phase
Filing Guide → 🇨🇳World's largest IP filing market · First-to-file · CNIPA · Utility models available
Filing Guide → 🇸🇬IPOS — Asia's premier IP hub · English-language · PPH available · Hague System
Filing Guide → 🇲🇾MyIPO · Madrid since Dec 2019 · Utility innovations available
Filing Guide → 🇮🇩DGIP · Largest SE Asian economy · Bahasa Indonesia mandatory · E-filing
Filing Guide → 🇪🇺EPO + EUIPO · Unitary Patent (18 EU states) · UPC · EUTM covers all 27 states
Filing Guide → 🇧🇩DPDT · Substantive exam from Feb 2025 · No multi-class · Madrid member
Filing Guide → 🇳🇵DoI Nepal · Not Madrid/PCT · Direct filing only · 7-year TM term
Filing Guide → 🇵🇰IPO Pakistan · Madrid since May 2021 · Not PCT · 30-year design term
Filing Guide → 🇱🇰NIPO · PCT member · Not Madrid · Direct TM filing only
Filing Guide → 🇲🇻CRITICAL: Cautionary notice NOW · MIPO opens Nov 2026 · No Madrid/Paris Conv. · Foreign applicants direct
Filing Guide →Aswal Associates handles filings in 50+ countries through our international associate network — including USA, Japan, South Korea, Australia, UAE, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, Myanmar, and more.
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