Country Profile: Azerbaijan

General Information
Azerbaijan

Area:

  • total: 86,600 sq km
  • country comparison to the world: 112
  • land: 82,629 sq km
  • water: 3,971 sq km

Population:

  • 8,372,373 (July 2011 est.)

Age structure:

  • 0-14 years: 23.2% (male 1,029,931/female 912,639)
  • 15-64 years: 70.3% (male 2,896,785/female 2,993,092)
  • 65 years and over: 6.4% (male 195,853/female 344,073) (2011 est.)

Urbanization:

  • urban population: 52% of total population (2010)
  • rate of urbanization: 1.4% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

Languages (1999 census):

  • Azerbaijani (Azeri) (official) 90.3%
  • Lezgi 2.2%
  • Russian 1.8%
  • Armenian 1.5%
  • other 3.3%
  • unspecified 1%

Laws

Main IP Laws

  • Law No. 460-IIG of May 16, 2003, on Legal Protection of Expressions of the Azerbaijan Folklore.
  • Consolidated Law on Copyright and Related Rights (amended up June 10, 2005, Law No. 925-IIGD)

Treaty Membership

WIPO-Administered Treaties

  • Hague Agreement (December 8, 2010)
  • Nairobi Treaty (September 20, 2010)
  • Madrid Protocol (April 15, 2007)
  • WIPO Copyright Treaty (April 11, 2006)
  • WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (April 11, 2006)
  • Rome Convention (October 5, 2005)
  • Strasbourg Agreement (July 14, 2004)
  • Budapest Treaty (October 14, 2003)
  • Locarno Agreement (October 14, 2003)
  • Nice Agreement (October 14, 2003)
  • Phonograms Convention (September 1, 2001)
  • Berne Convention (June 4, 1999)
  • Madrid Agreement (Marks) (December 25, 1995)
  • Paris Convention (December 25, 1995)
  • Patent Cooperation Treaty (December 25, 1995)
  • WIPO Convention (December 25, 1995)

IP-related Multilateral Treaties

  • Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (May 15, 2010)
  • Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (February 27, 2009)
  • Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (February 27, 2009)
  • WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (January 30, 2006)
  • International Plant Protection Convention (October 2, 2005)
  • London Protocol to the Helsinki Water Convention (August 4, 2005)
  • Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (June 30, 2005)
  • Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (February 16, 2005)
  • UPOV Convention (December 9, 2004)
  • Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (May 17, 2004)
  • Aarhus Convention (October 30, 2001)
  • Helsinki Water Convention (November 1, 2000)
  • Convention on Biological Diversity (November 1, 2000)
  • International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods (August 8, 2000)
  • Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons (November 14, 1996)
  • United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (August 14, 1995)
  • Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (March 16, 1994)
  • First 1949 Geneva Convention (December 1, 1993)
  • Fourth 1949 Geneva Convention (December 1, 1993)
  • Second 1949 Geneva Convention (December 1, 1993)
  • Universal Copyright Convention 1952 (October 18, 1991)

IP Regional Treaties

  • Agreement on Measures for the Prevention and Repression of the Use of False Trademarks and Geographical Indications (June 4, 1999)
  • Eurasian Patent Convention (EAPO) (December 25, 1995)

IP-relevant Bilateral Treaties

  • Agreement between Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan and Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan in the field of industrial property protection and in sphere of copyright and relative rights protection
  • Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement between Azerbaijan and Switzerland (August 1, 2001)
Source or Useful Links: 
CIA Factbook for Azerbaijan
WIPO LEX Azerbaijan
WIPO documents for Azerbaijan
The Copyright Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan
State Committee on Standardization, Metrology and Patents
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