I. LEGAL BASIS
1. Law No. 01/NA of December 20, 2011, on Intellectual Property (as amended) (2011)
2. Penal Law (2005)
3. Customs Law (2005)
4. Decree No. 01/PM of Prime Minister on Patent, Petty Patent and Industrial Designs (2002)
5. Regulation No. 22/STEA-PMO on the Implementation of Decree on Patent, Petty Patent and Industrial Designs (2003)
II. PATENT RELATED MATTERS IN LAOS
1. Definition of Patents and Petty Patents
Patent means the official certificate issued by the state organization to protect inventions that they are new, involve an inventive step and are capable of industrial application;
Invention means the technical solution to create new product or process of...
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