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

Government: Unitary presidential republic

Area: 143,100 km²

Population: 8.7 mln people

GDP (PPP): $30 billion

Global Innovation Index 2023 ranking: 111

Currency: Somoni (TJS)

Time zone: UTC+5

• 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 Republic of Tajikistan;

• Criminal Code of the Republic of Tajikistan;

• Law On Copyright and Related Rights;

• Law On Commercial Secrets;

• Law On Advertising;

• Law On Architecture, Urban Planning and Construction Activities;

• Law On Theatre and Theatrical Activity;

• Law On Cinema;

• Law On Television and Radio Broadcasting;

• Law On Data Protection;

• Law On Publishing Business;

• Law On Press and other Mass Media, etc.

• Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT);

• 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;

• 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.

• Law On Industrial Designs;

• Law On Trademarks and Service Marks;

• Law On Geographical Indications;

• Law On Plant Variety Protection;

• Law On Secret Inventions;

• Law On Seed Breeding;

• Law On the Legal Protection of the Topologies of Integrated Circuits;

• Law On Popular Art Crafts;

• Resolution of the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan on the approval of Decision on the Rules of Customs Control of Movement across the Border of Goods containing Objects of Intellectual Property, etc.

Telephone number: +992 (37) 221 47 60

E-mail: info@ncpi.tj

Website: ncpi.tj