How the firm assists
Services
Patentability and filing-strategy review
Advice and implementation tailored to the right, transaction, dispute and commercial objective.
Pakistan applications and PCT national-phase work
Advice and implementation tailored to the right, transaction, dispute and commercial objective.
Specification and claim review
Advice and implementation tailored to the right, transaction, dispute and commercial objective.
Responses to examination reports and hearings
Advice and implementation tailored to the right, transaction, dispute and commercial objective.
Assignments, licences, amendments and annuities
Advice and implementation tailored to the right, transaction, dispute and commercial objective.
Industrial-design filing, prosecution and enforcement
Advice and implementation tailored to the right, transaction, dispute and commercial objective.
Legal context
Governing framework
Patents are principally governed by the Patents Ordinance, 2000 and the Patents Rules, 2003. Industrial designs are governed by the Registered Designs Ordinance, 2000 and applicable rules. International applications may involve the Patent Cooperation Treaty and Paris Convention priority framework.
From instruction to outcome
Likely stages
- Identify the invention, inventors, applicant and relevant disclosure dates.
- Review novelty, inventive concept, commercial objective and filing territories.
- Prepare or adapt the specification, claims, drawings and formal documents.
- File within the applicable priority or national-phase period.
- Respond to examination reports and attend hearings where necessary.
- Maintain granted rights and coordinate licensing or enforcement.
Preparing an instruction
Documents commonly required
- Technical description and drawings
- Inventor and applicant particulars
- Priority application and certified documents, where applicable
- PCT publication, international search material and amendments
- Executed assignment where applicant and inventor differ
- Signed power of attorney and entity documents
Practical guidance
Frequently asked questions
Should an invention be disclosed before filing?
Premature public disclosure can prejudice patent rights. Confidential advice should ordinarily be obtained before publication, sale, presentation or unrestricted disclosure.
Can a PCT application enter Pakistan?
Pakistan national-phase requirements, documents and deadlines should be checked promptly against the particular international application and filing history.
Are product appearances protected separately?
The visual features of an article may be considered for industrial-design protection, while technical function may fall within patent protection. The two forms of protection serve different purposes.
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