Legal updates
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10 March 2024
Since March 1, 2024 by the order of the Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology (dated February 13, 2024 № 208-st) enacted GOST R 15.011-2024 "Intellectual Property. PATENT RESEARCH. Content and procedure for conducting". This edition is introduced to replace GOST R 15.011-2022.
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15 April 2023
Law of the Kyrgyz Republic on Trademarks, Geographical Indications and Appellations of Origin of Goods entered into force (dated March 24, 2023, No. 70; published on March 31, 2023; entered into force on April 15, 2023)
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21 December 2022
A new law on patent attorneys went in force on December 21,2022. Several important novelties have been introduced.
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5 December 2022
Amendments have been introduced in the Civil Code regarding procedural matters in connection with protection of inventions, designs, appellations of origin and geographical indications to make them comply with international agreements. These are Patent Cooperation Treaty, Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement regarding registration of industrial designs and Geneva Act of Lisbon Agreement regarding appellations of origin and geographical indications.
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5 December 2022
The new law No 488-ФЗ dated December 05, 2022 provides that geographical indications may be included in the customs register. Before that, only trademarks, appellations of origin, copyrights and neighboring rights could be included in the register. The GI owner will be notified by the customs if allegedly counterfeit goods are declared at the customs.
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