Country Profile: Kazakhstan

Laws

Main IP Laws (enacted by the Legislature)

• Law on Introducing Amendments and Addenda to some Legislative Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on issues of Intellectual Property (2009)
• Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Trademarks, Service Marks and Appellations of Origin (2007)
• Patent Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2007)
• The Civil Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Special Part), Chapter 5 (1999)
• Law on Copyright and Neighboring Rights (1996)

IP-related Laws (enacted by the Legislature)

• Customs Code of The Republic of Kazakhstan (2010)
• Republic of Kazakhstan Law On Electronic Document and Digital Signature (2003)
• Law on Competition and Restriction of Monopoly Activities (2001)
• Law on Conservation, Reproduction and Use of Wildlife (1999)
• Law On Unfair Competition (1998)
• The Criminal Code of The Republic of Kazakhstan (1997)

IP Laws (issued by the Executive)

• The Civil Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The General Part (2010)

Implementing Rules/Regulations

• Request for extension of action of the invention patent (Form 9 )

Treaty Membership

WIPO-Administered Treaties (Entry into force of treaty for contracting party)

• Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol (March 9, 2011)
• Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (December 8, 2010)
• WIPO Copyright Treaty (November 12, 2004)
• WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (November 12, 2004)
• Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification (January 24, 2003)
• Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs (November 7, 2002)
• Trademark Law Treaty (November 7, 2002)
• Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Micro-organisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure (April 24, 2002)
• Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks (April 24, 2002)
• Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms (August 3, 2001)
• Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (April 12, 1999)
• Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (December 25, 1991)
• Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (December 25, 1991)
• Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (December 25, 1991)
• Patent Cooperation Treaty (December 25, 1991)

IP-related Multilateral Treaties (Entry into force of treaty for contracting party)

• United Nations Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and Their Property
• Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
• Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
• International Plant Protection Convention (September 13, 2010)
• Protocol (III) additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the adoption of an additional distinctive emblem (December 24, 2009)
• Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (September 17, 2009)
• Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity (December 7, 2008)
• Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (February 7, 2008)
• Convention on Transit Trade of Land-locked States (December 1, 2007)
• WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (April 22, 2007)
• International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (April 24, 2006)
• International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods (April 25, 2005)
• Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (October 30, 2001)
• Helsinki Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (April 11, 2001)
• Protocol to the Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific or Cultural Materials (June 21, 1999)
• Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials (December 21, 1998)
• United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (August 15, 1995)
• Convention on Biological Diversity (December 5, 1994)
• Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (July 29, 1994)
• Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field. (December 21, 1991)
• Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea. (December 21, 1991)
• Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War. (December 21, 1991)
• Protocol (I) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts. (December 21, 1991)
• Protocol (II) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts. (December 21, 1991)
• Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (December 16, 1991)
• Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (December 16, 1991)
• Universal Copyright Convention of 6 September 1952, with Appendix Declaration relating to Article XVII and Resolution concerning Article XI (December 16, 1991)

IP Regional Treaties (Entry into force of treaty for contracting party)

• Agreement on mutual preservation of inter-state secrets in the area of legal protection of Inventions (January 31, 2000)
• Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) - Agreement on Measures for the Prevention and Repression of the Use of False Trademarks and Geographical Indications (of June 4, 1999) (June 4, 1999)
• Agreement on Cooperation in the Repression of Offenses in the Field of Intellectual Property (January 19, 1999)
• Eurasian Patent Convention (EAPO) (November 4, 1995)
• Agreement on Cooperation in the Field of the Protection of Copyright and Neighboring Rights (May 6, 1995)
• Agreement concerning the Measures of Protection of Industrial Property and Establishing the Interstate Council for the Industrial Property (March 12, 1993)
• IP-relevant Bilateral Treaties (Entry into force of treaty for contracting party)
• Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan on cooperation in the field of human Intellectual Property (March 20, 2006)
• Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement between Switzerland and Kazakhstan (July 1, 1997)
• Agreement between Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan and Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the field of Industrial Property protection (June 2, 1997)
• Agreement between Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan and Government of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan in the field of Industrial Property protection (December 24, 1996)