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

Government: Unitary semi-presidential republic

Area: 86,600 km²

Population: 10 mln people

GDP (PPP): $178 billion

Global Innovation Index 2023 ranking: 89

Currency: Manat (AZN)

Time zone: UTC+4

• 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;

• European Convention on Cinematographic Co-Production, etc.

• Civil Procedure Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan;

• Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan;

• Administrative Offences Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan;

• Law on Copyright and Related Rights;

• Law on Enforcement of the Intellectual Property Rights and Fight Against Piracy;

• Law on Advertisement;

• Law on Information, Informatization and Protection of Information;

• Law on Publishing;

• Law on Culture;

• Law on Theater and Theater Activity;

• Application for Registration of Databases Protected by Copyright Law, 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;

• 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;

• Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks;

• Eurasian Patent Convention;

• 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, etc.

• Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan On Legal Protection of Topographies of Integrated Circuits;

• Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan On Trademarks and Geographical Indications;

• Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan On Selection Achievements;

• Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan on Approval of the Decision on the Rules on Customs Control of Transfer of Goods Protected by Intellectual Property Rights;

• Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan on Anti-monopoly Activity;

• Decision of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan on the approval of the Rules of extension of the validity of patents and industrial designs;

• Decision of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan on the Approval of the Rules on Registration of Agreements on Trademarks;

• Decision of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan on the Approval of the Rules on Wide Recognition of Trademarks in the Republic of Azerbaijan; 

• Decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan on the application of the law on patents of the Republic of Azerbaijan. etc.

Telephone number: +994 (12) 493-39-44

E-mail: info@copat.gov.az

Website: copat.gov.az