Department of Patents, Designs and Trademarks

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Department of Patents, Designs and Trademarks
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Formation2003
Headquarters Dhaka, Bangladesh
Region served
Bangladesh
Official language
Bengali
Website www.dpdt.gov.bd

The Department of Patents, Designs and Trademarks is the main government department responsible for patents and trademarks in Bangladesh and is located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. [1] [2] [3]

History

On 11 May 1985, the Government of Bangladesh joined the World Intellectual Property Organization and in February 1999 joined the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property. In 1989, the Patent Office and the Trademarks Registry were joined. In 2003, the Department of Patents, Designs and Trademarks (DPDT) was established in its present form by the Ministry of Industry. [4] It approves geographical indication for products in Bangladesh. [5] In 2018, the DPDT, Ministry of Industries, Bangladesh approved the Regulations for the use of Collective Mark of Centre for Policy Research, Bangladesh. [6] It has experienced difficulty coordinating efforts with the Bangladesh Copyright Office. [7]

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References

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  6. "Regulations 2018". Centre for Policy Research, Bangladesh, 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
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