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Collective Mark Registration in Nepal: A Practical Guide for Associations
How a Nepalese association registers a collective mark: who applies, the member-use regulations, fees per class, quality control, and enforcement against outsiders.
Read articleColour Trademarks in Nepal: How Far Can a Colour Alone Go?
Can a single colour be a trademark in Nepal? How the PDTA treats colour marks, what examiners accept in practice, and the safer ways to protect brand colours.
Read articleCommissioned Artwork in Nepal: Who Owns the Copyright When You Pay the Artist?
Commissioned artwork in Nepal belongs to the artist until a written assignment says otherwise: who owns the copyright, and what brands and galleries must sign.
Read articleSeven IP Mistakes Nepali Businesses Keep Making — and the Fixes
The IP mistakes businesses in Nepal repeat most: skipped searches, wrong classes, missed renewals, thin use records and unpapered employees. Each has a cheap fix.
Read articleUnregistered Trademark Rights in Nepal: What Use Without Registration Actually Gives You
Unregistered trademark rights in Nepal are real but thin: use builds evidence and opposition standing, while registration creates enforceable class rights.
Read articleHow to Contact the DOI About a Trademark: Queries, Responses and Getting Answers
How to contact the DOI about a trademark application in Nepal: written queries, office actions, response deadlines and the practical channels that get answers.
Read articleCompany Name vs Trademark in Nepal: Two Registers, Two Very Different Rights
Company name vs trademark in Nepal: what company registration actually gives, what a DOI trademark adds, where the two collide, and the order to secure them.
Read articleFranchise Confidentiality Clauses in Nepal: Protecting the Manual, the Recipe and the System
Franchise confidentiality clauses keep a Nepalese franchise system safe — negotiation NDAs, manual controls, staff secrecy and exit obligations, drafted to hold.
Read articleJV Confidentiality in Nepal: Protecting IP While You Negotiate the Joint Venture
JV confidentiality in Nepal: what to disclose in joint venture talks, how to structure NDAs and staged disclosure, and the trade-secret rules the new Bill proposes.
Read articleConglomerate Brand Protection in Nepal: Architecture, Registers and Discipline
Conglomerate brand protection in Nepal: house brands vs. sub-brands, the per-class filing map, recordal hygiene across the group, renewals at scale.
Read articleConsent Letters at Nepal's DOI: Turning a Trademark Opposition into a Settled Filing
A trademark consent letter can turn an opposition at the DOI into settled coexistence. When Nepal's Department of Industry accepts consents, and how to draft them.
Read articleConsultant IP Clauses in Nepal: Who Owns What the Consultant Builds
Consultant IP clauses in Nepal decide who owns the decks, code and content — assignment, confidentiality and moral-rights language every engagement needs.
Read articleContractor IP Ownership in Nepal: Who Owns What the Agency Built?
Contractors own what they create in Nepal until a written assignment says otherwise. The contract terms that secure contractor IP ownership for your business.
Read articleCopyright Claims in Trademark Oppositions: The Second Weapon in Nepal
How a copyright claim strengthens a trademark opposition in Nepal — artwork ownership as evidence, the chain-of-title trap, and when to run the two rights together.
Read articleCopyright Symbol Use in Nepal: What the (c) Notice Does and Does Not Do
Copyright symbol use in Nepal: whether the (c) notice is required, what it should contain, where it goes, and why the (c) and (r) symbols must never be mixed up.
Read articleCopyright Registration Fees in Nepal: What Registration Costs
Copyright registration fees in Nepal explained: the prescribed per-work fee, what drives the total, and why registration is the cheapest ownership evidence.
Read articleThe Copyright Registration Process in Nepal, Step by Step
The copyright registration process Nepal creators follow, step by step: the application, ownership papers, filing at the Registrar's Office, the certificate.
Read articleCopyright Duration in Nepal: A Work-Type Chart of How Long Protection Lasts
Copyright duration in Nepal by work type: life plus 50 for general works, shorter terms for some categories — a chart of what lasts and what expires.
Read articleHow to Amend a Trademark Application in Nepal — and What You Cannot Fix
To amend a trademark application in Nepal: specification changes during examination, record changes after registration, and the one change that needs a new filing.
Read articleTrademark Counterstatement in Nepal: Answering an Opposition at the DOI
Trademark counterstatement in Nepal: how an applicant answers a DOI opposition — the response period, the evidenced answer, settlement and what silence costs.
Read articleTrademark Injunctions in Nepal: Stopping Infringement Through the Courts
A trademark injunction in Nepal stops infringement now — when courts grant interim relief, what the evidence file needs, and how the DOI route compares.
Read articleStreaming Rights in Nepal: How Cross-Border Licensing of Nepali Content Works
Streaming rights decide where Nepali films and music can play. How cross-border licensing from Nepal works, and what the contracts must pin down.
Read articleCustomer Lists as Trade Secrets in Nepal: What the Law Protects and How to Keep It
Customer lists as trade secrets in Nepal: when a client database qualifies, how Nepalese law reaches its misuse, and the contracts and controls that hold.
Read articleCustoms Detention of Counterfeit Goods in Nepal: How a Brand Triggers and Survives a Border Stop
How customs detention of counterfeit goods works in Nepal: alerts at border points, brand recordals, and what happens to seized consignments after the stop.
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