Country Profile: Kyrgyzstan

Laws

Main IP Laws (enacted by the Legislature)

• Law of the Kyrgyz Republic on the Protection of Traditional Knowledge (2007)
• Law No. 155 of August 8, 2006, “On making alteration and addition into the Law of the legal protection of selective achievements” (2006)
• Law No. 150 of August 7, 2006, on the legal protection of integrated circuits topologies (2006)
• Law of August 7, 2006, No. 152 “On making addition into the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic “On employee’s inventions, utility models and industrial designs” (2006)
• Law No. 131 of July 27, 2006, “On making alterations and additions into the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic “On the legal protection of firm names” (2006)
• Law of the Kyrgyz Republic on the Legal Protection of Selection Achievements (Laws of the KR, February 27, 2003, No. 46, March 31, 2005, No. 58, August 8, 2006, No. 155) (2006)
• Law of March 31, 2005, No. 58, “On making alterations and additions into certain legislative acts of the Kyrgyz Republic" (2005)
• Law on Patent Attorneys, status as at 31 March 2005 (2005)
• Law of the Kyrgyz Republic on the Legal Protection of Software and Databases (2005)
• Law No. 57 of 11 May 2004 on Amendment of the Law on Copyright and Related Rights (2004)
• Law No. 64 of 11 May 2004 on Joining the Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol, done at Nairobi on 26 September 1981 (2004)
• Patent Law of the Kyrgyz Republic No. 8 of 14 January 1998, as amended by Laws of the Kyrgyz Republic No. 130 of 25 July 2002 and No. 46 of 27 February 2003 (2003)
• Law No. 98 of November 11, 2001, on Ratification of the Patent Law Treaty (2001)
• Law No. 99 on the Adoption of Amendments to Article 9(3) of the Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (2001)
• Law No. 54 of June 20, 2001, on Introduction of Changes into the Law on Copyright and Related Rights (2001)
• Law No. 24 of January 22, 2001, on Patent Attorneys (2001)
• Law No. 74 of June 15, 1999 on Service Inventions, Utility Models and Industrial Designs (1999)
• Law of the Kyrgyz Republic on Copyright and Neighbouring Rights, (as amended on November 6, 1999, by Law No. 120 of the Kyrgyz Republic) (1999)
• Law No. 79 on Legal Protection of Selective Breeding Achievements, of June 13, 1998 (1998)
• Law No. 29 on Legal Protection of Integrated Circuits, of March 31, 1998 (1998)
• Law No. 27 on Commercial Secrets, of March 30, 1998 (as amended by Law No. 83 of June 26, 1998) (1998)
• Law on Patents, of December 16, 1997 (1997)
• Law on Trademarks, Service Marks and Appellations of Places of Origin of Goods, of December 16, 1997 (1997)
• Civil Code, Part 2, of January 5, 1997 (1997)

Implementing Rules/Regulations

• Resolution No. 424 of September 12, 2005, "On making additions into the Resolution No. 346 June 12, 1998, of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic" on the adoption of the Resolution of fees for patenting of inventions, service marks, appellations of origin, granting of the right to use an appellation of origin (2005)
• Resolution No. 346 of 12 June 1998 on Approval of the Regulation on the Fees for Patenting of Inventions, Utility Models, Industrial Designs, Registration of Trade Marks, Service Marks, Appellations of Origin, and for Granting the Right to Use Appellations of Origin, status as at 12 September 2005 (2005)
• Resolution No. 647 on the Alterations and Additions to Resolution No. 346 of 12 June 1998 on Approval of the Regulation on the Fees for Patenting of Inventions, Utility Models, Industrial Designs, Registration of Trade Marks, Service Marks, Appellations of Origin, and for Granting the Right to Use Appellations of Origin, of 2 September 2004 (2004)
• Resolution No. 862, of December 24, 1998, on the Approval of the Regulation on the Terms and Procedure to Provide Compulsory Licenses for Objects of Industrial Property and Its Use (1998)

Treaty Membership

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

• Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks (March 16, 2009)
• Patent Law Treaty (April 28, 2005)
• Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol (November 18, 2004)
• Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (June 17, 2004)
• Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations (August 13, 2003)
• Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Micro-organisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure (May 17, 2003)
• Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs (March 17, 2003)
• Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms (October 12, 2002)
• Trademark Law Treaty (August 15, 2002)
• WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (August 15, 2002)
• WIPO Copyright Treaty (March 6, 2002)
• Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification (September 10, 1999)
• Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (July 8, 1999)
• Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs (December 10, 1998)
• Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks (December 10, 1998)
• Vienna Agreement Establishing the International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks (December 10, 1998)
• 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)

• International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (August 30, 2009)
• Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (March 12, 2007)
• WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (August 23, 2006)
• Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity (January 3, 2006)
• International Plant Protection Convention (October 2, 2005)
• Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials (July 19, 2005)
• Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (February 16, 2005)
• Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (October 30, 2001)
• United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (August 23, 2000)
• International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) (June 26, 2000)
• United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (June 1, 2000)
• Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO) (December 20, 1998)
• World Trade Organization (WTO) - Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) (1994) (December 20, 1998)
• International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods (July 2, 1998)
• Convention on Biological Diversity (November 4, 1996)
• Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (October 3, 1995)
• Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (October 3, 1995)
• International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (January 7, 1995)
• 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)

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

• Agreement on Cooperation in the Repression of Offenses in the Field of Intellectual Property (June 16, 2000)
• 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)
• Eurasian Patent Convention (EAPO) (January 13, 1996)
• Agreement on Cooperation in the Field of the Protection of Copyright and Neighboring Rights (December 28, 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)

• Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement between Switzerland and Kyrgyzstan (May 1, 1998)