Patent Litigation Comparative Guide

1 Legal framework

1.1 Which laws and regulations govern patent litigation in your jurisdiction?

Issues relating to IP rights are regulated by several laws and regulations, the most important of which are:

• the Constitution of 30 August 1995;
• the Civil Code (General and Special Part); and
• the Patent Law (Law 427-I dated 16 July 1999).

To ensure the proper application of legislation, Kazakhstan has adopted a number of bylaws and normative legal acts.

The Kazakhstan government has adopted the following resolutions:

• Resolution 345 on the Improvement of the State System for the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights dated 20 March 2002; and
• Resolution 896 on the Approval of Regulations on Service Inventions, Utility Models and Industrial Designs created in Kazakhstan dated 11 August 1994.