Representatives of RSE NIIP took part in the round table on “Improving Legislation in the Sphere of Intellectual Property of the Republic of Kazakhstan” organized by the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan

On September 13, 2018, representatives of RSE NIIP took part in the round table on “Improving Legislation in the Sphere of Intellectual Property of the Republic of Kazakhstan” organized by the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan jointly with foreign consultant Reed Smith LLP.

The Minister of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan Mr. Beketayev in his speech emphasized the special importance of inventive and innovative activity, as well as its legal protection for creating a favorable investment climate and economic development.

Speakers of the roundtable were partners from Reed Smith LLP Mr. Jonathan Radcliffe and Ms. Belinda Paisley, Kazakhstan experts in the field of intellectual property Ms. Saule Zhusupbekova, Ms. Modangul Tagbergenova, Mr. Nurzhan Kumarov, representatives of Kazakhstan's authorial societies and state bodies of Kazakhstan.

Within the framework of the round table, issues of legal protection of copyright and related rights, objects of industrial property, improving the system of collective management of property rights, patent search systems, software patenting, protection of intellectual property rights, and parallel import issues were discussed.

The experts presented analysis and recommendations based on the best world experience on further improvement of the national legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.