Action against packaging design copies in Myanmar

Background A Dutch company, Company A, specialising in the production and distribution of professional sealants for commercial and home use, had registered ownership of its trade mark and packaging design for its growing sales of sealants in Myanmar. After several years of sales in Myanmar, they were alerted by their local distributor to the existence of competing products bearing similar packaging design, but with a different logo, on sale in Yangon and Mandalay by resellers of hardware products.  Action Taken Local attorneys worked closely with the local distributor of Company A to issue, cease and desist letters to resellers of the competing products....