The Department of Patents, Designs and Trademarks is the main government department responsible for patents and trademarks in Bangladesh. It is located in

Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; , ), List of renamed places in Bangladesh, formerly known as Dacca, is the capital city, capital and list of cities and towns in Bangladesh, largest city of Bangladesh. It is one of the list of largest cities, largest and list o ...

Bangladesh Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...

History

On 11 May 1985, the Government of Bangladesh joined the

World Intellectual Property Organization The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO; (OMPI)) is one of the 15 specialized agencies of the United Nations (UN). Pursuant to the 1967 Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization, WIPO was created to pr ...

and in February 1999 joined the

Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, signed in Paris, France, on 20 March 1883, is one of the first intellectual property treaties. It established a Union for the protection of industrial property. The convention is s ...

. 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 A ministry of trade and industry, ministry of commerce, ministry of commerce and industry or variations is a ministry that is concerned with a nation's trade, industry and commerce. Notable examples are: List *Algeria: Ministry of Industry and ...

. It approves geographical indication for products in Bangladesh. In 2018, the DPDT, Ministry of Industries, Government of Bangladesh approved the regulations for using the 'collective mark' of Centre for Policy Research, Bangladesh. It has experienced difficulty coordinating efforts with the

Bangladesh Copyright Office Bangladesh Copyright Office is a national level quasi-judicial organisation responsible for copyright management in Bangladesh. It is located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. History After the independence of Bangladesh in 1971, the regional copyright of ...

References

2004 establishments in Bangladesh Organisations based in Dhaka

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