Intellectual Property Laws of Kyrgyzstan and state bodies of intellectual property system

Government: Unitary parliamentary republic

Area: 199,951 km²

Population: 6 mln people

GDP (PPP): $24 billion

Global Innovation Index 2023 ranking: 106

Currency: Som (KGS)

Time zone: UTC+6

• WIPO Copyright Treaty;

• WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty;

• Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms;

• Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations;

• Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works;

• Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled;

• Agreement on Cooperation in the Field of the Protection of Copyright and Neighboring Rights;

• Agreement on Cooperation in the Area of Legal Protection of Intellectual Property and on Establishment of Interstate Council on Legal Protection of Intellectual Property, etc.

• Civil Code of the Kyrgyz Republic;

• Civil Procedure Code of the Kyrgyz Republic;

• Code on Administrative Liability of the Kyrgyz Republic;

• Law On Copyright and Related Rights;

• Law On the Protection of Traditional Knowledge;

• Law On Legal Protection of Software and Databases;

• Law On Commercial Secrets;

• Decision of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic On Approval of the Regulation on Fees for Registration of Copyright and Related Rights and Topographies of Integrated Circuits;

• Regulation on Distribution of Royalties for Use of Copyright and Related Rights, etc.

• Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT);

• Patent Law Treaty (PLT);

• Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs;

• Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks;

• Trademark Law Treaty;

• Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification;

• Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs;

• Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure;

• Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks;

• Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol;

• Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks;

• Agreement on Mutual Preservation of Inter-State Secrets in the Area of Legal Protection of Inventions;

• Agreement on Cooperation in the Repression of Offenses in the Field of Intellectual Property;

• Eurasian Patent Convention, etc.

• Law On Trademarks, Service Marks and Appellations of Origin of Goods;

• Law On Legal Protection of Integrated Circuits Topologies;

• Law On Secret Inventions;

• Law On Employee’s Inventions, Utility Models and Industrial Designs;

• Law On Customs Regulations;

• Regulation on the Filing and Examination of Oppositions and Appeals to the Appeal Council of the State Service of Intellectual Property and Innovation;

• Regulation on Drafting, Filing and Examination of Applications for Patents for Selection Achievements;

• Regulation on the Customs Control Procedures of Goods Containing Intellectual Property Rights;

• Rules for the Extension of Patent Term for Pharmaceutical Inventions;

• Rules on Drafting, Filing and Examination of Applications for the Grant of Patents for Inventions;

• Rules on Drafting, Filing and Examination of Applications for the Grant of Patents for Utility Models, etc.

• Eurasian Economic Union Customs Code, etc.

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