Overview of trademark protection in the countries of Central Asia

Overview of trademark protection in the countries of Central Asia

This article briefly analyses the legislation of countries in Central Asia such as Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan in relation to the possibility to enforce trademark rights.

Despite the fact that the legislation of all above five countries is more or less similar in terms of trademark protection, there are certain differences both in theory and in law enforcement practice.

In general, violations of trademark rights, except for the rarer…