Kazakhstan general info

Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, located mainly in Central Asia with the Ural River flowing through the west of the country. The ninth largest country in the world by land area, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of 2,724,900 km² is equivalent to Western Europe. Moreover, lying on both sides of the Ural River makes Kazakhstan one of only two landlocked countries in the world located simultaneously on two continents.
Kazakhstan borders Russia, China, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan as well as Turkmenistan and adjoins a large part of the Caspian Sea. Kazakhstan is a member of the Eurasian Patent Convention.

IP Legal Base in Kazakhstan

Law on Patents of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Trademarks, Service Marks and Appellations of Origin
Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Copyright and Related Rights
Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Legal Protection of Topologies of Integrated Microcircuits
Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the Protection of Selection Achievements

International organizations/agreements

Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks
Patent Law Treaty
Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks
WIPO Copyright Treaty
WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty
Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification
Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs
Trademark Law Treaty
Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure
Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks
Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms
Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization
Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks
Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property
Eurasian Patent Convention
Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol
Patent Cooperation Treaty

Patent Office Contact Details

National Institute of Intellectual Property
57A Mangilik El Avenue
n.p. 8, Esil Region
010000, Astana
Phone: +7 (7172) 62-15-15
Email: kazpatent@kazpatent.kz
www.qazpatent.kz

IP registration costs

Fees associated with registration of IP rights in Kazakhstan are available in the fee calculator.