August 2023

• Kazakh IPO Amends Official Fees

March 2023

• Kazakhstan Allows Inspections of Small Businesses Suspected of IPR Infringement if Based on “Relevant Grounds”

February 2023

• EAPO Increases Fees for Eurasian Designs
• EAPO Expands Electronic Document Exchange, Starts Accepting Applications with 3D Models

October 2022

• Kazakh IPO Amends Official Fees

July 2022

• Kazakhstan Amends Several IP Laws, Introduces GI Protection

June 2022

• EAPO Serves as ISA, IPEA under PCT Starting July 1, 2022
• Eurasian Patent Office to Increase Official Fees as of July 1

April 2022

• Kazakhstan Amends Official Language Legislation

February 2022

• EAPO Enables WIPO DAS for Eurasian Design Applicants

October 2021

• Kazakh Officials Detain Fake Food Products

September 2021

• Kazakhstan to Introduce Mandatory Digital Labeling of Footwear

July 2021

• Kazakhstan to Introduce Mandatory Digital Labeling of Medicines

June 2021

• CIS Members Sign New Agreement on Cooperation in Prevention and Repression of the Use of False Trademarks and GIs
• Kazakh Officials Shut Down Production of Fake Spirits
• Russian v. Eurasian Design Systems: Procedure and Fee Comparison
• EAPO Amends Patent Regulations under the Eurasian Patent Convention
• Kazakh Patent Data Added to PATENTSCOPE

May 2021

• Eurasian Industrial Design System Expected to Launch on June 1, 2021
• EAEU Trademark Agreement Enters into Force

March 2021

• EAPO Launches Pharmaceutical Register
• Kazakh Officials Shut Down Production of Fake Spirits

January 2021

• Russia and Kazakhstan Ratify Protocol on Eurasian Industrial Designs
• Kazakh Customs Introduces Online Customs Watch Applications
• Kazakh IPO Introduces Fast-Track Examination for COVID-19-Related Patents

December 2020

• Kazakhstan Ratifies Protocol on Eurasian Design Patents
• Kazakhstan Adopts Regulations on Collecting and Processing Personal Data
• Kazakh Officials Seize Fake Luxury Watches

October 2020

• Protocol on Eurasian Design Patents Ratified by Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan and Armenia
• Kazakhstan Introduces Mandatory Labeling of Tobacco Products

September 2020

• PETOŠEVIĆ Kazakhstan and Astana Hub Sign Cooperation Agreement

August 2020

• Kazakhstan Amends Digital Technology Regulations

July 2020

• Kazakhstan Launches App for Checking Alcoholic Drinks’ Authenticity
• Kazakh Officials Seize Fake Sneakers

May 2020

• PETOŠEVIĆ Establishes New Office in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
• Eurasian Economic Union Members Sign EAEU Trademark Agreement

March 2020

• Kazakhstan Limits Administrative Actions IPR Owners Can Take Against Small Businesses
• COVID-19: Update from Our Offices, PTOs, Courts

December 2019

• Patents in Eurasia

November 2019

• Eurasian Patent Organization to Introduce Eurasian Design Patents

August 2019

• PCT National Phase Steps in the Russian-Speaking Region

July 2019

• EAEU Agreement on Collective Management of Copyright Enters into Force

November 2018

• In Kazakhstan, Pending Trademark Applications Now Available Online

September 2018

• Kazakhstan Amends IP Legislation

November 2017

• Impact of the Upcoming Unified IP System

October 2016

• Kazakhstan Drafting Amendments to IP Laws

August 2015

• WTO Approves Kazakhstan’s Membership

July 2015

• Significant Amendments Introduced to Kazakhstan Trademark Law
• New Official Fees in Kazakhstan

December 2014

• Kazakhstan To Join WTO in Early 2015

June 2013

• Driving Jurisdictional Consistency

January 2013

• Draft Agreement on Unitary Trademark within Customs Union of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia

June 2012

• Kazakhstan Amends Trademark Law
• Kazakhstan: Open Registration of Cyrillic Domain Names Begins August 15
• Kazakhstan Accedes to Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks

February 2012

• Kazakhstan Ratifies Rome Convention

September 2011

• Kazakhstan Cyrillic Domain Passes ICANN String Evaluation
• Kazakhstan Accedes to Patent Law Treaty

July 2011

• Kazakhstan Combats Internet Piracy

June 2011

• Kazakh PTO Launches Online Application System

April 2011

• Kazakhstan Adopts PLT Ratification Law

March 2011

• Kazakhstan New Regulations on Protection of Unpublished Works

February 2011

• Kazakhstan Accedes to Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol

January 2011

• Kazakhstan Drafts Two New IP Laws

December 2010

• Kazakhstan Establishes NGO for Copyright Protection

October 2010

• Kazakhstan Accedes to Madrid Protocol

September 2010

• Kazakhstan Roundtable on Copyright and Related Rights

July 2010

• Russia, Kazakhstan, and Belarus Launch Customs Union

March 2010

• Conference on Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan Customs Union

November 2009

• Presidents of Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Russia To Ink Customs Union Agreement on November 27

October 2007

• Kazakhstan Amends Intellectual Property Law