Region: Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan will start implementing the mandatory digital labelling of medicines on 1 January 2022. The system aims to ensure better quality control and minimise the presence of counterfeit medicines on the market.

05 August 2021

Amendments to the Kazakh customs legislation have entered into force, introducing an online application system that is expected to significantly reduce the average timeframe for preparing and filing a customs watch application.

11 February 2021

Decree 229 has restricted the administrative actions that IP owners can take against small businesses suspected of IP rights infringement. This is having a negative impact on trademark owners, as raids were the main method of securing evidence against counterfeiters.

20 April 2020

WTR spoke to the Republic of Kazakhstan’s Saule Tlevlessova in the run-up to the WIPO director general elections. She is the current president of the Eurasian Patent Organisation and held multiple positions at WIPO for almost two decades.

25 February 2020

Central Asia is facing a series of unique counterfeiting problems, but a detailed look into the legal measures adopted in the region suggests that Kazakhstan may have the answers.

02 January 2020

As the most developed region in Central Asia, Kazakhstan serves as a transit point for counterfeit goods that are produced in China and trafficked to Russia and then Europe. However, there are legal measures that brand owners can take while awaiting improvements to the existing IP legislation.

12 December 2019

In our latest edition, we look at a call for post-Brexit partnerships to combat fakes, looking ahead to the WIPO elections, the IP Office of the Philippines seeking to regulate Facebook sellers, and much more.

19 March 2019

All pending trademark applications in Kazakhstan are now available on the website of the National Institute of Intellectual Property. This is expected to simplify the monitoring of potentially infringing applications.

03 December 2018

Various amendments to the IP legislation have come into force in Kazakhstan. This update highlights the most significant changes brought about by the amendments.

18 September 2018

In our latest round-up, we look at the TTAB siding with Italian fashion brand Gucci in a dispute with a family member of Gucci’s founder, Kazakhstan enacting new IP law amendments, and much more.

24 July 2018