Training center held a seminar

On November 21, 2019, the Training Center of the branch of the RSE “National Institute of Intellectual Property” held a seminar on the topic: “Legal protection of trademarks in the Republic of Kazakhstan by registering with the National Institute of Intellectual Property of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan and international registration of trademarks in accordance with international agreements.”

The seminar was held in order to promote the registration of trademarks, appellations of origin of goods, explanation of the stages of examination, familiarization with the procedure of international registration of trademarks, law enforcement practice of intellectual property protection.

The seminar was attended by representatives of Rakhat JSC, Balalar Udebietі LLP, Alsad Kazakhstan LLP, Legalmax Central Asia LLP, Agency for the Development and Security of Intellectual Property LLP, CBS Partners LLP, PGS Energy LLP , TOO “MTI Medical”, Law Firm “YURIST”, patent attorneys and other interested parties.

The seminar discussed issues of trademark registration in the Republic of Kazakhstan, filing an international trademark application, examination procedures (preliminary and full examination, corrections, clarifications, additions, etc.), protection and use of the trademark.

lso, in order to exchange experience and discuss current issues in the field of protection of intellectual property, a doctor of legal sciences, professor of the Department of Economics and Business of the International University of Information Technologies (Almaty, Kazakhstan), winner of the Chokan Valikhanov Prize in Science was invited to this seminar K.S. Maulenov who made a presentation on “Kazakhstani judicial practice in the field of protection of intellectual property rights”.

At the end of the seminar, the participants were awarded certificates.