Procedures

Estimated three (3) to four (4) years for smooth application

• Filing new patent application
• National Phase entry via PCT route within thirty (30) months from the earliest claimed priority date OR
• Patent application via Paris Convention route within twelve (12) months from the earliest claimed priority date
• Formality examination
• Patent Search Report
• Substantive examination
• Publication in Patent Journal
• Grant of the patent

Requirements

• Name, nationality and address of the applicant(s) and inventor(s)
  
• Patent specification including description, claims, abstract and drawing(s)
• Priority details (if any)
• WIPO publication (for PCT route)
• Power of Attorney
• Application should be filed in English

Grant & Maintenance

• Twenty (20) years from the filing date
  
• Annual maintenance fees (to be paid yearly starting from the fifth (5th) year)
• Six (6) - month grace period is available for the late payment of annuities

Remarks*

• Absolute novelty grace period: twelve (12) months before first priority date or filing date
  

Legal Basis

• Patents (Amendment) Order 2011
  
• Patents (Amendment) Rules 2012
  

Procedures

Estimated three (3) to six (6) months for smooth application

• Filing new industrial design application
• Paris Convention route to be filed within six (6) months from the earliest claimed priority date
• Preliminary examination
• Formal examination
• Proceed to registration
• Publication

Requirements

• Name, nationality and address of the applicant(s) and designer(s) / author(s)
  
• Representation of the design with respective view(s) to be filed
• Title and brief description of the design
• Classification of the design in accordance with Locarno Classification
• Priority details (if any)
• Application should be filed in English

Validity Term & Maintenance

• Initial protection of five (5) years from the filing date
  
• Renewal for a further period of ten (10) years subject to the payment of a renewal fee every five (5) years, for a total of fifteen (15) years
  

Remarks*

• Brunei is the contracting party to Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs
  
• Multiple design application forming a set of articles is available
  
• Novelty grace period: six (6) months before first priority date or filing date
  

Legal Basis

• Emergency (Industrial Designs) Order, 1999
  
• Industrial Designs Rules, 2000
  

Protection Duration

• Copyright protection generally lasts for the creator's lifetime and fifty (50) years after his or her death with exceptions:
• Fifty (50) years from the year the creation was made or released for sound recordings or films
• Fifty (50) years from the year the creation was first broadcast or transmitted for broadcasts and cable programs
• Twenty-five (25) years from the year the creation was first published for typographical arrangement (i.e., how the words and pictures are arranged on a page) of a published edition

Remarks*

• Copyright protection is obtained automatically without any need for registration or other formalities
  
• Registration of copyright is in voluntary nature but can be recorded for the purpose of evidence of legal ownership

Legal Basis

• The Copyright Order, 1999
  
• The Copyright (Amendment) Order 2013