The copyright protection
In Taldykorgan was held a public hearing to discuss the draft Law on Intellectual Property
Presenting the draft law, the Deputy Director of the Department of Intellectual Property Rights of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan S. Nurimbetova noted that the objective of the draft law is to ensure the transition of the system to the standards of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in the field of intellectual property protection.
"The main novels of the draft law is the creation of a single-level intellectual property registration system by delegating to the expert organization (RSE "National Institute of Intellectual Property") the function for registration of rights to intellectual property, which makes it possible to register directly with the expert organization. It is also expected to enhance the ability of pre-trial dispute resolution by registration, the draft law gives the authority to the Board of Appeal to review disputes on similarity of trade names and trademarks, as well as registration of trademarks on the name of the distributor. According to the proposed amendments, rights holders can apply for compensation for unlawful use of a trademark from 500 to 10 MCI 000 MCI by analogy with compensation for violations of copyright", - said the representative of the Ministry of Justice. Also, according to the developers of the draft law, publication of trademark applications from the time they arrive in the expert organization will reduce the number of disputes by providing an early awareness of all stakeholders. It is supposed to simplify the procedure for registration of contracts, it is also now required to submit to the expert organization the original contract.
In general, the draft law was supported.
The full text of the draft law and the Concept is posted on the official Internet resource of the Ministry of justice www.adilet.gov.kz and the National Institute of Intellectual Property www.kazpatent.kz, in the publications of "Legal Newspaper", "Zan gazetі" # 101, 102, 103 dated by 14th, 17th, 20th of September 2016.
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