Legal updates

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)

A new law on patent attorneys went in force on December 21,2022. Several important novelties have been introduced.

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.

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.

The law on Amendments to Article 1363 of Part IV of the Civil Code was adopted on October 7, 2022  (№ 386-ФЗ). The law gives additional grounds for challenging extension of a patent and challenging validity of the supplemental patent granted for that extension. The law becomes effective from October 18, 2022.