I. General Overview
Area: 65,610 square kilometers
Population: 22.18 million (2022). Sinhalese accounts for 75%, Tamils 16%, and Moors 9%. Sinhalese and Tamil are both official and national languages, and English is commonly spoken by the upper class. 70.2% of residents are Buddhists, 12.6% are Hindus, and 9.7% are Muslims. In addition, there are Catholics and Christians.
The main economic data for 2022 are as follows (Source: Central Bank of Sri Lanka 2022 Annual Report):
GDP: US$77.1 billion.
GDP per capita: US$3,474.
Economic growth rate: –7.8%.
Currency name: Rupee.

II. Treaty Membership
1. Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (Paris Convention)
Accession: 1952

2. Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
Accession: 1982

Bangladesh has not yet joined the Madrid Agreement or the Madrid Protocol, nor has it joined the Hague Agreement. Therefore, trademarks and designs in Bangladesh can only be applied for directly, but patents can be applied for directly or through the PCT.

III. Trademark Application Procedure and Required Documents
1. Trademark Registrable Elements and Types
Elements that can be registered as trademarks in Sri Lanka include: words, graphics, symbols, slogans, color combinations, etc.
The types of trademarks that can be registered in Sri Lanka include: trademarks for goods, service marks, collective marks, and certification marks.

2. Filing Routes
National filing (direct filing)

3. Required Documents
⦁ the name and address of the applicant;
⦁ List of goods and/or services;
⦁ Clear representation of the mark;
⦁ Power of attorney;
⦁ If a priority is claimed, a certified copy of the priority document and the corresponding translation need to be submitted.

4. Application Procedure and Timeline
Filing: the 10th edition of the Nice Classification is adopted; multiple-class applications are not allowed; the first-to-file principle is followed
Examination: formal examination and substantive examination
Publication/Opposition: the opposition period is 3 months
Registration: It takes about 48 months from filing to registration (if smooth).

5. Protection Period and Renewal
The validity period is 10 years from the date of application and can be renewed for 10 years each time before expiration

5. Assignment
Trademark assignment requires an assignment agreement, and the process takes approximately 2-3 years.

5. Chang of Name/Address
Trademark changes require a proof of change, which takes approximately 2.5-3.5 years.

8. Cancellation
Non-use Cancellation: If a trademark has not been used for 5 consecutive years, any interested party may file a cancellation request for the non-used trademark.

IV. Trademark application statistics *:
A: Statistics on total trademark applications:
2020: -
2021: 9,947
2022: 9,465
B: Statistics of trademark applications from China:
2020: -
2021:484
2022:349