Sri Lanka

International Country Code:
LKTime Zone:
UTC/GMT +05:30Currency:
Sri Lankan rupee (LKR)Intellectual property protection in Sri Lanka
Intellectual property protection in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka general info
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in the northern Indian Ocean of the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent in South Asia; known until 1972 as Ceylon, Sri Lanka has maritime borders with India to the Northwest and the Maldives to the Southwest.
IP Legal Base in Sri Lanka
	Intellectual Property Act, No. 36 of 2003
	Regulations made under sec. 204 of said Act
International organizations/agreements
	Trademark Law Treaty
	Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol
	Patent Cooperation Treaty
	Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization
	Madrid Agreement for the Repression of False or Deceptive Indications of Source on Goods
	Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property
	Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
Patent Office Contact Details
	National Intellectual Property Office of Sri Lanka
	3rd Floor, "Samagam Medura"
	400, D.R. Wijewardena Mawatha
	Colombo 10
	Phone: +94 (011) 2689368
	Fax: +94 (011) 2689367
	Еmail: nipos@sltnet.lk
	www.nipo.gov.lk
IP registration costs
Fees associated with registration of IP rights in Sri Lanka are available in the fee calculator.
	The information was verified by ANDREW SMITHS PARTNERS on 22.02.2025
	Please contact us if the above information is not in conformity with Sri Lankan IP Laws.