2023 years 4 month 7 day, New version of "Patent law" Entered into force in Kyrgyzstan. It is worth mentioning that, The Act explicitly provides for the integration of the country's legislation on industrial designs with "Protocol to the Eurasian Patent Convention for the Protection of Industrial Designs" Keep the content consistent.

before, In the last version of the bill, The term of protection for industrial designs shall be 10 years, And people can extend the legal protection period 5 Time of years. But in the new edition, The period of protection for industrial designs has been extended 25 years.

meanwhile, The applicant will no longer be required to provide a list of essential features when submitting an industrial design application.

besides, The legal protection period of utility models has been extended to 10 years, The protection period in the previous version of the bill was 5 years (The applicant may choose to extend it further 3 years) .

According to the new bill, Applicants will also have the opportunity to use the electronic application submission system, To complete the invention, Authorization of utility models and industrial designs.

In addition, Some new regulations concerning content editing have also provided more convenience for interested parties. For example, The paragraph numbering requirement in the new law helps to improve people's understanding of the text content. meanwhile, The Act also requires the use of references in documents to comply with relevant regulations. (Be compiled from www. eapo. org)

TRANSLATORS: Liu Peng　proofread: Wang Dan

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