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International Country Code:
LK
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Time Zone:
UTC/GMT +05:30
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Currency:
Sri Lankan rupee (LKR)
Intellectual property protection in Sri Lanka
Patents, trademarks, designs worldwide
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.