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Brunei Darussalam |
Unión Europea |
10. Please give the definition of a sign under your national legislation and explain under what conditions it is protectable.
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Please refer to response to question 8 from the United States.
In order to be protectable, the sign must be able to distinguish the good or services of one undertaking from the goods or services of other undertakings. A trademark must be distinguished or distinguishable among different goods or services. A trademark must not have a misleading character or be contrary to public policy or morality.
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Brunei Darussalam |
Unión Europea |
11. Please confirm whether or not services are a protectable subject matter in your trademark law. Please confirm if signs, such as trade names, are protectable. Please describe if elements such as sound, perfumes and containers are protectable.
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Services are protectable under the Trademarks Act. Sound and perfumes are not protectable. Containers are protectable.
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| IP/Q/BRN/1, IP/Q2/BRN/1, IP/Q3/BRN/1, IP/Q4/BRN/1 |
Brunei Darussalam |
Unión Europea |
12. Please explain what the requirements of use are, if any, as a condition for a trademark registration. Please explain the definition of use and the conditions of maintenance of a registration in that respect.
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Use is not a condition required for the registration of a trademark. However, a trademark may be revoked under section 47(1) if it has not been put to genuine use in Brunei Darussalam by the proprietor for a period of five years following the completion of the registration procedure or use has been suspended for an uninterrupted period of five years and there is no proper reason for non-use.
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| IP/Q/BRN/1, IP/Q2/BRN/1, IP/Q3/BRN/1, IP/Q4/BRN/1 |
Brunei Darussalam |
Unión Europea |
13. Please confirm whether or not your legislation permits that the registration of trademarks be indefinitely renewable.
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| IP/Q/BRN/1, IP/Q2/BRN/1, IP/Q3/BRN/1, IP/Q4/BRN/1 |
Brunei Darussalam |
Unión Europea |
14. Please describe the special requirements, if any, prescribed by your legislation concerning the use of a trademark.
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There are no special requirements concerning the use of trademarks in the Trademark Act.
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| IP/Q/BRN/1, IP/Q2/BRN/1, IP/Q3/BRN/1, IP/Q4/BRN/1 |
Brunei Darussalam |
Unión Europea |
15. Please explain whether or not your trademark registration authority refuses a trademark application if it contains a geographical indication.
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Yes, please refer to section 6(1)(c) of the Trademark Act.
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| IP/Q/BRN/1, IP/Q2/BRN/1, IP/Q3/BRN/1, IP/Q4/BRN/1 |
Brunei Darussalam |
Unión Europea |
16. Please give the definition of a geographical indication in your legislation.
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There is no specific definition for geographical indications.
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| IP/Q/BRN/1, IP/Q2/BRN/1, IP/Q3/BRN/1, IP/Q4/BRN/1 |
Brunei Darussalam |
Unión Europea |
17. Please describe and explain the provisions of your legislation establishing a link, if any, between the characteristics of an indication and its geographical origin.
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There are no such provisions as there is no specific legislation regarding geographical indications.
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| IP/Q/BRN/1, IP/Q2/BRN/1, IP/Q3/BRN/1, IP/Q4/BRN/1 |
Brunei Darussalam |
Unión Europea |
18. Please describe how additional protection is granted by your legislation to wines and spirits. Please mention other types of products, if any, covered by this additional protection.
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Please refer to response to question 12 from the United States.
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| IP/Q/BRN/1, IP/Q2/BRN/1, IP/Q3/BRN/1, IP/Q4/BRN/1 |
Brunei Darussalam |
Unión Europea |
19. Please explain how exceptions under Article 24 of the TRIPS Agreement are used in your jurisdiction. Please provide examples of the use of the exceptions by courts or lists of names considered as generic in your jurisdiction.
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| IP/Q/BRN/1, IP/Q2/BRN/1, IP/Q3/BRN/1, IP/Q4/BRN/1 |
Brunei Darussalam |
Unión Europea |
20. Please explain whether or not your legislation extends to the protection of designs dictated essentially by technical or functional considerations. Please explain how textile designs are protected.
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Designs dictated essentially by technical or functional considerations are not protected. Please refer to section 2 of the Industrial Designs Order, 1999 for the definition of industrial designs.
Textile designs are protected as long as they are new.
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| IP/Q/BRN/1, IP/Q2/BRN/1, IP/Q3/BRN/1, IP/Q4/BRN/1 |
Brunei Darussalam |
Unión Europea |
21. Please explain how your legislation protects right holders of a design against importing of articles bearing embodied or copied design.
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The right holder of a design has the exclusive rights of import as provided under section 31 of the Industrial Designs Order, 1999.
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| IP/Q/BRN/1, IP/Q2/BRN/1, IP/Q3/BRN/1, IP/Q4/BRN/1 |
Brunei Darussalam |
Unión Europea |
22. Please state whether or not your legislation provides for the right to issue a compulsory licence for industrial designs.
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The Industrial Designs Order, 1999 does not provide for the right to issue a compulsory licence for industrial design.
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| IP/Q/BRN/1, IP/Q2/BRN/1, IP/Q3/BRN/1, IP/Q4/BRN/1 |
Brunei Darussalam |
Unión Europea |
23. Please indicate for what period of time your legislation grants protection for industrial designs.
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Registration of an industrial design confers protection for a period of five years from the date of application and this protection is renewable within a period of five years each, up to a maximum of 25 years.
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| IP/Q/BRN/1, IP/Q2/BRN/1, IP/Q3/BRN/1, IP/Q4/BRN/1 |
Brunei Darussalam |
Unión Europea |
24. Please describe how your legislation defines the notions of: novelty, inventiveness and industrial application.
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Please refer to sections 14-16 of the Patents Order, 1999.
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| IP/Q/BRN/1, IP/Q2/BRN/1, IP/Q3/BRN/1, IP/Q4/BRN/1 |
Brunei Darussalam |
Unión Europea |
25. Please explain whether or not in your legislation, patent or otherwise, patent rights are enjoyed without any exclusions. If exclusions are provided for, please describe in detail how these exclusions are applied in legal as well as practical terms.
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Exclusions to patent rights are present through compulsory licensing (under section 55 of the Patents Order) and government use (under section 58 of the Patents Order).
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| IP/Q/BRN/1, IP/Q2/BRN/1, IP/Q3/BRN/1, IP/Q4/BRN/1 |
Brunei Darussalam |
Unión Europea |
26. Please explain whether your legislation provides for the exclusion of inventions from patentability based on ordre public or morality. If so, please explain the relevant section of your legislation and explain its formulation. Please also explain if it has been applied in practice.
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Section 13(3) of the Patent Order states that an invention the publication or exploitation of which would be generally expected to encourage offensive, immoral or anti-social behaviour is not a patentable invention. This section has not been applied as the Patent Order is yet to come into force.
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| IP/Q/BRN/1, IP/Q2/BRN/1, IP/Q3/BRN/1, IP/Q4/BRN/1 |
Brunei Darussalam |
Unión Europea |
27. Please explain whether or not diagnostic, therapeutic and surgical methods are excluded from patentability in your legislation. If so, please explain the relevant section of your legislation and explain its formulation.
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The Patents Order, 1999 does not exclude diagnostic, therapeutic and surgical methods from patentability.
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| IP/Q/BRN/1, IP/Q2/BRN/1, IP/Q3/BRN/1, IP/Q4/BRN/1 |
Brunei Darussalam |
Unión Europea |
28. Please explain whether or not plants, animals and essentially biological processes are excluded from patentability in your legislation. If so, please explain the relevant section of your legislation and explain its formulation.
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The Patents Order, 1999 does not exclude plants, animals and essentially biological processes from patentability.
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| IP/Q/BRN/1, IP/Q2/BRN/1, IP/Q3/BRN/1, IP/Q4/BRN/1 |
Brunei Darussalam |
Unión Europea |
29. Please describe how micro-organisms, non-essentially biological processes, microbiological processes and plant varieties are protected in your legislation. Please explain, in this respect, the relevant sections of your legislation.
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Patent protection would be available provided they meet the criteria for patentability as stated under section 13 of the Patent Order.
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