Law No. 7 “On trademarks, service marks and appellations of origin of goods.” Pays/Territoire Kirghistan Type du document Législation Date 1998 (2020) Source FAO, FAOLEX Sujet Alimentation et nutrition Mot clé Droits de propriété intellectuelle/brevets Traçabilité/traçage du produit Emballage/étiquetage Enregistrement Certification Commerce/industrie/sociétés Transformation/manutention Contrôle de qualité alimentaire/innocuité des produits alimentaires Aire géographique Asie, 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 shall regulate legal, economic and organizational relations arising in connection with registration, legal protection and use of trademarks, service marks and appellations of origin of goods in the Kyrgyz Republic. A certificate shall be issued for the registered trademark. The certificate shall certify the priority of the trademark, the exclusive right of the owner to the trademark with respect to goods indicated in the certificate. Legal protection of a trademark in the Kyrgyz Republic shall be granted on the basis of its state registration in accordance with the procedure established by this Law or by virtue of international agreements to which the Kyrgyz Republic is a party. A trademark may be registered in the name of a legal entity as well as of a physical entity performing entrepreneurial activity. The owner of the trademark has the exclusive right to use and dispose of the trademark as well as to prohibit its use by other persons. The exclusive right to trademark may be subject to pledge. No one may use the trademark in the Kyrgyz Republic without the permission of its owner. This Law establishes the procedure for state registration of trademarks, service marks and appellations of origin of goods. Legal entities representing unions, business associations, concerns or other associations of legal entities may apply for a collective mark designed to denote goods produced and sold by them that have the same quality or other common characteristics. Appellation of origin of goods shall mean the name of the country, settlement, place or other geographic object used for the designation of goods, the special properties of which are exclusively or mainly determined by natural conditions or human factors characteristic for the given geographical object or by natural conditions and human factors simultaneously. The name of the place of origin of goods may be the historical name of the geographical object. The certificate is valid until the expiration of ten years, counting from the date of application to Kyrgyzpatent. The term of validity of the certificate may be extended at the request of the owner of the certificate and subject to the submission of an opinion of the competent authority (competent authorities), confirming that the owner of the certificate is located in this geographic site and produces goods with properties specified in the certificate. An application shall be submitted within the last year of the certificate. The term of validity of the certificate shall be extended each time for ten years. This Law consists of XII Sections divided into 44 Articles. Section I lays down general provisions. Section II regards trademarks and service marks. Section III regards registration of trademark. Section IV regards collective mark. Section V regulates the use of trademark. Section VI regulates transfer of trademark. Section VII regulates cessation f legal protection. Section VIII regards appellations of the origin of goods. Section IX regulates registration and granting the right to use the appellation of origin of goods. Section X regulates the use of appellations of the origin of goods. Section XI regards cessation of legal protection of appellations of the origin of goods. Section XII lays down final provisions. Texte intégral Russe Site web cbd.minjust.gov.kg