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As the 2018 version of the 11th edition of the Nice Classification (NCL) came into force on January 1, 2018, TIPO updated the concordances of goods and services and their relevant classes as well as those of the Japan Patent Office (JPO) on its website accordingly.
In a further development of the implementation of Myanmar’s first formal trademark law, on February 15, 2018, the Upper House of the Myanmar Parliament approved Myanmar’s trademark law (“the Trademark Law”), as well as the Industrial Design Law, Copyright Law and the Patent Law. The Trademark Law now has to be approved by the Lower House of Parliament and Assembly of the Union before being submitted to the President’s Office for signature. It is anticipated that the Trademark Law could come into effect in June or July this year.