Country Profile: Uzbekistan

General Information

Area:

total: 447,400 sq km
country comparison to the world: 56
land: 425,400 sq km
water: 22,000 sq km

Population:

28,128,600 (July 2011 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years: 26.5% (male 3,817,755/female 3,635,142)
15-64 years: 68.8% (male 9,620,356/female 9,742,818)
65 years and over: 4.7% (male 560,574/female 751,955) (2011 est.)

Urbanization:

urban population: 36% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 1.4% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

Languages:

Uzbek (official) 74.3%
Russian 14.2%
Tajik 4.4%
other 7.1%

Laws

Constitution / Basic Law

Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan (2007)

Main IP Laws (enacted by the Legislature)

Law on Firms Names (2006)
Law on Selection Achievements (2002)
Law on Inventions, Utility Models and Industrial Designs (2002)
Law on the Legal Protection of Computer Programs and Databases (As amended and updated on April 5, 2002) (2002)
Law on the Legal Protection of Topographies of Integrated Microcircuits (2001)
Law on Trade Marks and Service Marks and Appellations of Origin (2001)
Law on Copyright and Related Rights (1996)
Law on the Seed (1996)
Law on the National Anthem of the Republic of Uzbekistan of 10 December 1992 (1992)
Law on the State Emblems of the Republic of Uzbekistan of 2 July 1992 (1992)
Law on the State Flag of the Republic of Uzbekistan of 18 November 1991 (1991)

IP-related Laws (enacted by the Legislature)

Civil Code. Chapters 59 to 65. Section IV. Intellectual Property
Tax Code (2007)
Law on advertising (1998)
Law on media (1997)
Law on guarantees and freedom of access to information (1997)
Law on the protection of professional activities of journalists (1997)
Law on publishing (1996)
Code of administrative responsibility (1994)

IP Laws (issued by the Executive)

Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated 07.08.2006 on measures to improve coordination and management of science and technology development (2006)
Announcement on the Extension of the Time Limits Indicated in the Announcement on the Protection of Industrial Property in Uzbekistan (1994)
Announcement on the Protection of Industrial Property in Uzbekistan (1992)

Implementing Rules/Regulations

Rules for compiling, filing and reviewing applications for registration of a trademark and service mark (2009)
Rules for the restoration of a patent for industrial property (2009)
Rules of filing and consideration of appeals in the Board of Appeal of the State Patent Office of the Republic of Uzbekistan (2009)
Regulation on Official Publications (2009)
Requirements for Official Gazettes (2009)
Rules of compilation, filing and consideration of the application for granting of the patent of the Republic of Uzbekistan on inventions (with additions) (2009)
Provision about official publications of the State Patent Office of the Republic of Uzbekistan (2008)
Order on granting of the patent for industrial property object, selection achievement, certificate on trademark, certificate on the right of use of the name of place of origin of the goods, certificate on official registration of the computer program, database and topology of integrated microcircuit (2008)
Rules of prolongation of validity of the patent of the Republic of Uzbekistan on selection achievement (2008)
Resolution on the minimum rates of remuneraton for certain uses of works of art and literature (2008)
Rules of compilation, filing and consideration of the application for official registration of the computer programs and applications for official registration of databases (2008)
Order on conducting the list of well-known trademarks in the Republic of Uzbekistan (2007)
Procedure for issuing a certificate of well-known trademark (2007)
Order on conducting the State Register of inventions of the Republic of Uzbekistan (2007)
Rules of prolongation of action of the patent of the Republic of Uzbekistan on utility model, industrial design and invention concerning medical product or pesticide (2007)
Resolution on approval of bidding copyright and other forms of remuneration (2007)
Rules for compiling, filing and reviewing applications for registration of an appelation of origin and the right to use an appelation of origin (2007)
Rules of filing and consideration of the petition of patent owner about granting the right to the open license and the publication of data on such application (2006)
Instructions for use the State Fund of Patent Documentation of the State Patent Office of the Republic of Uzbekistan (2006)
Regulations of the State Fund of Patent Documentation of the State Patent Office of the Republic of Uzbekistan (2006)
Order on preschedule cancellation of the patent for industrial property object, selection achievement, certificate on trademark, certificate on the right of use of the name of place of origin of the goods and the certificate on registration of topology of integrated microcircuit (2005)
Rules of registration of contracts about transfer of the right to the invention, utility model, industrial design, selection achievement, trademark, service mark and license contracts on their use, contracts about full or partial transfer of the right to topology of the integrated microcircuit, full or partial concession of all property rights and transfer of property rights on the computer programs and databases (2005)
Order on conducting the State Register of topology of integrated microcircuits (2005)
Order on the State register of patent attorneys (2005)
Rules of granting of the duplicate of the patent for industrial property object, selection achievement, certificate on trademark, certificate on the right of use of the name of place of origin of the goods, certificate on official registration of the computer program, database and topology of integrated microcircuit (2005)
Order on the State Register of Databases (2005)
Order on the State Register of Software products (2005)
Order on the State Register of Appelations of Origin (2005)
Order on the State Register of Trademarks (2005)
Rules of compilation, filing and consideration of the application for granting of the patent of the Republic of Uzbekistan on selection achievement (2005)
Regulations on the Uzbek Republican Agency for Copyright (2004)
Resolution on improving the activity of the Uzbek Republican Agency for Copyright (2004)
Rules of compilation, filing and consideration of the application for granting of the patent of the Republic of Uzbekistan on industrial design (2004)
Rules of compilation, filing and consideration of the application for granting of the patent of the Republic of Uzbekistan on utility model (2004)
Rules of carrying out of attestation and registration of patent attorneys (2003)
Order on conducting the State Register of animal breeds (2003)
Order on conducting the State Register of industrial designs of the Republic of Uzbekistan (2003)
Order on conducting the State Register of plant varieties (2003)
Order on conducting the State Register of utility models of the Republic of Uzbekistan (2003)
State list of botanical and zoological sorts and kinds of plant varieties and animal breeds protected in the Republic of Uzbekistan (2003)
Rules of compilation and filing of applications for registration of topology of integrated microcircuits and the Order of carrying out of state examination (2002)

Treaty Approvals

Law on accession of Uzbekistan to the Protecol to the Madrid Agreement concerning the International Registration of Marks, signed at Madrid on June 27, 1989 (2006)
Law on denunciation of the Madrid Agreement concerning the International Registration of Marks signed in Madrid on April 14, 1891 (2006)
Law on accession of Uzbekistan to the Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs, signed at Locarno on October 8, 1968 (2006)
Law on accession of Uzbekistan to the Patent Law Treaty, adopted by the Diplomatic Conference on 1 June 2000 in Geneva (2006)

Treaty Membership

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

Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks
Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (December 27, 2006)
Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs (July 19, 2006)
Patent Law Treaty (July 19, 2006)
Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (April 19, 2005)
Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification (October 12, 2002)
Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Micro-organisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure (January 12, 2002)
Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks (January 12, 2002)
Trademark Law Treaty (September 4, 1998)
Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (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)

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Helsinki Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (December 3, 2007)
Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (February 16, 2005)
International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) (November 14, 2004)
United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (December 1, 1997)
International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods (February 27, 1997)
Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (May 21, 1996)
Convention on Transit Trade of Land-locked States (March 8, 1996)
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (December 28, 1995)
Convention on Biological Diversity (October 17, 1995)
Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field. (April 8, 1994)
Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea. (April 8, 1994)
Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War. (April 8, 1994)
Protocol (I) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts. (April 8, 1994)
Protocol (II) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts. (April 8, 1994)
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (March 21, 1994)
Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (September 1, 1991)

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

Agreement of the Producing of a Regional Informational Patent Publication on CD-ROM (May 22, 2001)
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)
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 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
Agreement between the State Patent Office of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Patent Office of the Republic of Latvia on exchange of information in the field of protection of industrial property rights (October 6, 2008)
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Government of the Russian Federation on mutual protection of rights of Intellectual Property used and received in the course of bilateral military-technical cooperation (November 28, 2007)
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)
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Government of the People's Republic of China on Cooperation the protection of Intellectual Property rights (November 8, 1999)
The Partnership and Cooperation Agreement establishing a partnership between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Uzbekistan, of the other part (July 1, 1999)
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Government of the Republic of Turkey for protection of copyrights and similar rights (April 13, 1998)
Agreement between Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine in the field of Intellectual Property protection (February 19, 1998)
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)
Agreement between Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan and Government of Georgia in the field of Industrial Property protection (May 28, 1996)
Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan on cooperation in the field Industrial Property (July 27, 1995)
Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement between Switzerland and Uzbekistan (July 22, 1994)

Source or Useful Links:

CIA Factbook for Uzbekistan [1]

WIPO documents for Uzbekistan [2]

WIPO LEX Uzbekistan [3]

Uzbek Republican Agency for Copyright [4]

State Patent Office of the Republic of Uzbekistan [5]