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

Government: Unitary presidential republic

Area: 207,595 km²

Population: 9.5 mln people

GDP (PPP): $201 billion

Doing Business 2020 ranking: 49

Currency: Belarusian ruble (BYN)

Time zone: UTC+3

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

• WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT);

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

• Section XXIII “Intellectual Property” of the  Eurasian Economic Union Treaty, including the Protocol Protocol on the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights (Annex 26 to the Treaty);

• Agreement on a single customs register of intellectual property objects of the Member States of the Eurasian Customs Union;

• Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union;

• 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 Republic of Belarus;

• Law On Copyright and Related Rights;

• Law On Advertising;

• Law On Mass Media;

• Law On Trade Secret;

• Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus On the rates and procedure for payment of copyright and other types of remuneration for the creation of works and materials in the field of television and radio broadcasting;

• Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus On the management of authors’ property rights on a collective basis and minimum rates of author’s remuneration for the use of certain types of literary and artistic works;

• Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus On the minimum rates of remuneration for publishing works of science, literature, and art”, etc.

• Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property;

• Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks;

• Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks;

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

• Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs;

• Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT);

• Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification;

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

• Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol;

• Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks (and the Regulations for the Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks);

• Patent Law Treaty (PLT);

• Eurasian Patent Convention;

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

• Agreement on measures to prevent and suppress the use of false trademarks and geographical indications;

• Agreement on the formation and development of the intellectual property market of the CIS member states, etc.

• Law On Trademarks and Service Marks;

• Law On Plant Variety Patents;

• Law On Legal Protection of Topographies of Integrated Circuits;

• Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus On Approval of the Provision on Application Drafting Procedure for Invention Patents, Examination and Decision Making Procedures;

• Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus On the approval of the provision on secret inventions and utility models;

• Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus On Approval of Provisions on Procedure for Registration of Trademarks and Service Marks;

• Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus On Some Issues on Variety Testing Patentability;

• Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus On Provisions on Application Drafting Procedure for Registration of Topographies of Integrated Circuits;

• Eurasian Economic Union Customs Code, etc.

Telephone number: +375 (17) 290 44 21

Patent- Information Services: +375 (17) 392 52 19

Application Filing: +375 (17) 290 44 22

E-mail: ncip@belgospatent.by, icd@belgospatent.by

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