Pakistan (PK)

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.

Intellectual property protection in Pakistan

Intellectual property office Intellectual Property Organization of Pakistan (IPO-Pakistan)
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
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
  • Applicant(s) details
  • Representation of the mark
  • List of good(s) and/or service(s)
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
  • Applicant's name and address
  • Representation of the design
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