Registration of Trademarks and Patents

Trademarks are registrable provided the requirements laid down in the Trademarks Act (Cap 98) are satisfied. Once registered, they are viable for an initial period of seven years and renewable for a further period of fourteen years.

Any person who obtained a grant of a patent in the U.K. or Malaysia or Singapore may apply to the Ministry of Law within three years of the date of issue of such grant to have such grant registered in Brunei Darussalam under the Invention Act (Cap 72). Recently a legislation for copyright protection has been approved by the Ministry of Law. For more information on Brunei's copyright law please contact the Ministry of Law at the address listed below.

Legal Department
Legal Department Building
Jalan Tutong, Bandar Seri Begawan
Brunei Darussalam

Tel (673) 2 244872