Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the world’s fifth-most populous country, with a population exceeding 225.2 million, and has the world’s second-largest Muslim population. Pakistan is the 33rd-largest country by area, spanning 881,913 square kilometres (340,509 square miles). It has a 1,046-kilometre (650-mile) coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by India to the east, Afghanistan to the west, Iran to the southwest, and China to the northeast. It is separated narrowly from Tajikistan by Afghanistan’s Wakhan Corridor in the north, and also shares a maritime border with Oman.
Pakistan (PK)
Intellectual property protection in Pakistan
Intellectual property office | Intellectual Property Organization of Pakistan (IPO-Pakistan) |
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Website | http://www.ipo.gov.pk |
Contact details | 3rd Floor, NTC-HQs Building Attaturk Avenue (East), Sector G-5/2 Islamabad (92 51) 924 58 30 |
Patent
Time limit applicable for entry into the PCT national phase | Not a member state |
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Time limit applicable for filing Conventional application | 12 months from the priority date |
Language | English |
Representation | Foreign applicants must be represented by a Pakistani Patent Attorney |
Power of Attorney | A notarized Power of Attorney has to be submitted |
Trademark
Filing requirements |
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Multiple-class applications | No |
Power of Attorney | A notarized Power of Attorney must be submitted |
Opposition period | Within three months from publication of the trademark application |
Representation | Foreign applicants must be represented by a Pakistani Trademark Attorney |
Industrial Design
Filing requirements |
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Multiple design applications | No |
Power of Attorney | A notarized Power of Attorney must be submitted |
Examination | Substantive examination |
Representation | Foreign applicants must be represented by a Pakistani Design Attorney |
Source: WIPO and Wikipedia