Accelerated trademark registration is now available in Kazakhstan as well
Legalmax, represented at the event by attorney at law and trademark attorney Alexander Lobanov, shared the latest trends in law enforcement and related collisions and inefficiencies of a number of mechanisms.
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In this publication we discuss the most important changes in the field of IP, which relate to trademarks, geographical indications, patents, copyright and other issues. The amendments are provided by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On making amendments
According to the decision of the Cabinet of Ministers dated May 20 (PKM-322), a new stage of mandatory labeling of consumer goods will start from June 2021, and will cover pharmaceutical products, beverages and household appliances.
On April 12, 2021 the Protocol on industrial design protection to the Eurasian Patent Convention of September 9, 1994 entered into force in Kazakhstan. The Protocol extends the Eurasian mechanism for obtaining a patent effective in the territories of the EAPC…
Since April 1, 2021 at the Intellectual Property Agency under the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Uzbekistan introduced a procedure for accelerated examination of applications for granting protection to the objects of IP.
The Senate of Kazakhstan approved the ratification of the Treaty on Trademarks, Service Marks and Appellations of Origin of Goods of the Eurasian Economic Union dated 03.02.2020 (Treaty on the TK EEU) on March 18, 2021.
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