New AI-powered database brings patents, industrial designs, and trademarks together in a single searchable platform
Colombo, Sri Lanka — Lanka Data has announced the launch of a comprehensive Intellectual Property (IP) Search platform, providing centralized access to Sri Lanka’s patents, industrial designs, and trademark registration records. The platform aims to simplify how innovators, entrepreneurs, legal professionals, researchers, and businesses search and access intellectual property information.
The new service consolidates three key areas of intellectual property—patents, industrial designs, and trademarks—into a single digital platform, allowing users to search official registration records more efficiently. By combining artificial intelligence with structured public data, Lanka Data seeks to reduce the time and complexity involved in conducting IP searches.
For inventors and startups, the platform offers an opportunity to verify whether similar inventions or trademarks already exist before investing in product development or brand creation. Legal practitioners and intellectual property consultants can also use the platform to conduct preliminary due diligence, monitor registrations, and assist clients with greater efficiency.
Beyond intellectual property records, Lanka Data is building one of Sri Lanka’s most comprehensive public data platforms by bringing together verified information from multiple sectors into a single searchable ecosystem. The platform provides access to legal resources, company and business information, government publications, procurement notices, gazettes, public tenders, regulations, and other official public records, while continuously expanding its collection of structured datasets. Through AI-powered search, real-time updates, and intelligent data organization, Lanka Data enables businesses, researchers, legal professionals, journalists, students, policymakers, and the general public to quickly discover trusted information that would otherwise be scattered across numerous government departments and public institutions. The platform’s mission is to make Sri Lanka’s public information more accessible, searchable, and actionable, supporting greater transparency, innovation, research, and data-driven decision-making across the country.
Unlike traditional manual searches across multiple databases, Lanka Data integrates AI-powered search capabilities with official public information, enabling users to locate relevant records through natural language queries and advanced filtering. The platform also provides access to registration details, application information, and status updates for various intellectual property filings.
Sri Lanka has witnessed steady growth in innovation-driven industries, technology startups, creative design, and digital entrepreneurship over the past decade. As local businesses increasingly seek to protect their inventions, software, product designs, and brand identities, access to reliable intellectual property information has become increasingly important.
The availability of a centralized IP database is expected to support entrepreneurs during the early stages of innovation by helping identify existing patents, registered designs, and trademarks before products enter the market. This could reduce duplication, improve legal compliance, and encourage greater investment in research and development.
The platform is also expected to benefit universities, research institutions, exporters, manufacturers, and investors who regularly require access to intellectual property information for commercial, academic, and regulatory purposes.
According to Lanka Data, the service has been designed with a focus on accessibility, offering a user-friendly interface that enables both professionals and the general public to search intellectual property records without requiring specialized technical knowledge.
Beyond search functionality, the platform reflects Sri Lanka’s broader movement toward digital public information services. As governments and institutions continue to digitize public records, centralized access to intellectual property data can contribute to greater transparency, improved regulatory efficiency, and stronger support for innovation.
Industry observers note that searchable IP databases play an important role in modern innovation ecosystems by enabling businesses to make informed decisions, avoid potential infringement risks, and identify emerging technological trends through published patent and trademark information.
With the introduction of its Intellectual Property Registration platform, Lanka Data expands its portfolio of public information services while contributing to the modernization of Sri Lanka’s digital knowledge infrastructure. By bringing patents, industrial designs, and trademarks together in one platform, the initiative seeks to make intellectual property information more accessible to businesses, professionals, researchers, and innovators across the country.
As Sri Lanka continues to strengthen its innovation economy, platforms that improve access to trusted public information are expected to play an increasingly important role in supporting entrepreneurship, protecting intellectual assets, and fostering long-term economic growth
