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National legislation
Draft law under consideration. Maldives does not have any Patent or Trademark Law and protection for Trademarks is by way of Common Law under which a Trademark Caution Notice has to be filed in a leading Newspaper in Maldives.
International legislation
Maldives is member of World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) treaties, as part of WIPO Convention, since May 2004.
As a member of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Maldives is Member and Signatory to TRIPS Agreement, since May 1995.
Membership of other bodies/treaties: Maldives is Member of SAARC, since December 1985. The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) was established when its Charter was formally adopted on December 8, 1985 by the Heads of State or Government of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.