IPR registration-related amendments entered into force on 9 August 2025, while the enforcement-related measures enter into force on 10 November 2025.
About 400,000 counterfeit items worth around EUR 257,700 were seized, and 283 trade mark infringement cases were filed in 2024.
Applicants from Kazakhstan can designate the EAPO as their International Searching Authority for conducting international patent searches under the PCT framework.
The Protocol on the Protection of Industrial Designs to the Eurasian Patent Convention will enter into force in Turkmenistan on 4 January 2025.
Both treaties will enter into force on 10 January 2025.
Right holders will be able to demand compensation from infringers, instead of damages.
The President of Turkmenistan signed the law on accession to the Protocol on 13 July 2024.
As of 23 February 2024, the examination of trademark applications in Kazakhstan can be carried out in an accelerated procedure.
The Kazakh Intellectual Property Office recently granted a patent for Kazakh horse breed ‘Adai’ to the Association of Adai Horse Breeders.