Department of Patents, Designs and Trademarks

The biggest issue facing the DPDT is the urgent need to modernize its intellectual property infrastructure and expand its TISC network to bridge the gap between academic research and commercial industrial application in Bangladesh.

DPDT established 2003 in its current form by the Ministry of Industries, consolidating the earlier Patent Office and Trademarks Registry (which had been operationally merged since 1989). Physical address: 91 Motijheel Commercial Area, Dhaka 1200 (confirmed via WIPO TISC directory). Director General Md. Jahangir Hossain named in two independent WIPO primary sources (December 2025 clinic launch and April 2026 clinic closing); exact appointment date not in public record, left null. Bangladesh joined WIPO 1985; Paris Convention in force 3 March 1991; Berne Convention 4 May 1999; Marrakesh Treaty 26 December 2022. Bangladesh is NOT a member of PCT (patent cooperation treaty), Madrid Protocol (trademark), Hague System (designs), or Lisbon System (GI) as of May 2026 -- confirmed via WIPO Lex. 51 GI products registered as of March 2025 (source: admissionnotice.com citing DPDT data), starting from Jamdani Saree (17 November 2016) through batches in 2023-2024. Government has identified 494 products for future GI registration. IPAS4 trademark examination evidence: BYD application No. 319353 filed 18 August 2025, examined and approved for publication 18 September 2025 (one month, vs prior 12-24 months). Patent grant time estimated at 4-6 years under the new Act due to examination backlog -- no official figure published. Bangladesh's GII rank was 106/136 in 2024 (WIPO). staff_count and annual BDT budget not disaggregated in public documents consulted; left null rather than estimating. The GI programme is strategically linked to post-LDC brand protection: LDC transition scheduled November 2026. [2026-06-08 audit correction] DG updated to ASM Mostafizur Rahman (appointed 26 Apr 2026).