About CamFranchise

Ministry of Commerce — Department of Intellectual Property Rights (DIPR)

Our Mission

Franchise recordal with DIPR has traditionally run on paper, email, and repeat phone calls — opaque and slow enough that international F&B, retail, and education brands have routed to neighbouring markets instead. Administrative friction, not market demand, was signalling that Cambodia was “not ready for scale” to franchisors. CamFranchise exists to remove that friction.

How the Digital Process Differs

CamFranchise digitises DIPR franchise recordal end-to-end: template-guided drafting, AI-assisted compliance and risk review, e-signature, and instant QR-verified certificates — replacing months of manual process with a transparent, weeks-long digital workflow. See How It Works for a full legacy-vs-digital comparison.

Institutions Involved

The Ministry of Commerce (MOC) owns the CamFranchise programme; the Department of Intellectual Property Rights (DIPR), MOC’s specialised unit for trademarks and franchise recordal, reviews and certifies every application. DIPR reviewers cross-validate trademark ownership against MOC’s own Trademark Register at submission time, and issue the QR-verified certificate on approval.

Our Technology Approach

Legal standardisation

A pre-approved clause/template library reduces reliance on external law firms.

Ownership security

Cross-validates claimed trademark ownership against DIPR’s own register at application time.

Instant verification

A QR-coded certificate instantly verifiable by banks, tax authorities, and landlords.

CamFranchise is developed for the Ministry of Commerce by LinkIT360, following the design conventions of established government digital services (in the tradition of GOV.UK and Singapore’s SGDS): a persistent trust signal, plain-language content, and accessible, high-contrast design.

Programme Milestones

2025-09-01
CamFranchise pilot approved for the food & beverage and retail sectors.
2025-11-01
Pre-approved template library published (4 franchise structures).
2026-01-15
Digital certificate issuance with real-time QR verification went live.
2026-02-01
Public registry search and certificate verification opened to the public.
2026-03-01
Education sector onboarding opened.

Institutional Links & Contact

Ministry of Commerce, Lot 19-61, Mao Tse Toung Blvd, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
dipr-support@moc.gov.kh
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