Qazpatent experts participated in a roundtable discussion on "Art and Intellectual Property"

On 22 September, Qazpatent experts participated in a roundtable discussion on "Art and Intellectual Property" organized by the Department of Justice of Astana.

The event was also attended by representatives of the Astana Department of Culture, the Artists' Union, the Mouth and Feet Publishing House LLP and a representative of the Kazakhstani Copyright Society.

Speakers at the round table on behalf of Qazpatent were Lyazzat Salken, Head of the Industrial Design Examination Department, Sayat Shiderbekov, Deputy Head of the Copyright Department, Aruzhan Ulkhanova, Chief Expert of the Intellectual Property Rights Centre (IPR Center).

During the round table discussion the issues of legal protection and enforcement of copyright and industrial designs were discussed in detail.

The participants of the round table were interested in the transfer of exclusive rights to the copyright objects, copyright protection regime abroad, inheritance of proprietary rights of the author, the terms of protection, the process of obtaining a certificate for copyright object, the features of legal protection of industrial designs, as well as the process of protecting the moral and proprietary rights of the author.