What is a trademark

A trademark is a mark used to distinguish goods (services) of certain legal entities or individuals from similar goods (services) of other legal entities or individuals.

Visual, verbal, alphabetic, numeric, three-dimensional and other marks or its combinations may be registered as a trademark.

A trademark can be registered in any color or color combination.

Examples of marks registered as trademarks

Trademarks legal protection in the Republic of Kazakhstan is granted on the basis of state registration, as well as without registration due to international treaties of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Trademarks legal protection is granted to individuals or legal entities.

The right to a trademark is certified by a record of registration in the State Register of Trademarks of the Republic of Kazakhstan and is confirmed by an extract from the State Register of Trademarks of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The owner of the trademark has the exclusive right to use and dispose of the trademark belonging to him in regards to the goods and services indicated in the certificate. No one can use the trademark protected in the Republic of Kazakhstan without the owner’s consent.

RSE "NIIP" as a subject of the state monopoly provides the following services:

1. acceptance and examination of applications for state registration of trademarks;
2. examination of international applications for a trademark, registration of documents for the international registration of a trademark;
3. maintenance of the State Register of Trademarks of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
4. acceptance and consideration of applications for amendments to the State Register of Trademarks of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
5. acceptance and consideration of petition on prolongation of a term for the exclusive right to a trademark;
6. acceptance and consideration of applications for state registration of contracts on disposal of an exclusive right to a trademark;
7. publication of the official e-bulletin "Industrial Property", including information on registered trademarks in the Republic of Kazakhstan.