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Law No. 221-III “On trademarks, service marks and names of the places of origin of commodities”.

Pays/Territoire
Turkménistan
Type du document
Législation
Date
2008
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Sujet
Alimentation et nutrition
Mot clé
Traçabilité/traçage du produit Droits de propriété intellectuelle/brevets Contrôle de qualité alimentaire/innocuité des produits alimentaires
Aire géographique
Asie, Mer Caspienne, Asie Centrale, CEI (Communauté des États indépendants), Europe et Asie Centrale, Nations en développement sans littoral, Asie du Nord
Entry into force notes
This Law enters into force on the date of its official publication.
Résumé

This Law regulates relations originating from legal protection and use of trademarks, service marks and names of the places of origin of commodities. Article 1 establishes that names of the places of origin of commodities shall be considered denomination of geographic area related to particular qualities of commodities. Article 2 establishes that regulation in the sphere of protection of intellectual property shall be carried out by Patent authority subordinated to the Ministry of Economy and Development. Article 31 specifies that names of the places of origin of commodities shall contain modern or historic name of the country, populated area and/or other geographic object or derivate therefrom used in relation to particular qualities or properties of commodities or distinction of which are determined by natural conditions or human factors typical for this geographic object. Article 32 establishes legal protection of names of the places of origin of commodities after registration thereof. Article 40 establishes the right of natural and legal persons to register the places of origin of commodities in the foreign states.

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