The recently established Eurasian Economic Union directly
touching among other IP areas is only one of the bright examples
the integration. Accordingly, it might be instrumental to
comprehend the most effective way to protect IP in this territory
may be by basing it on already available patent protection
tools.
Evaluating proper patent strategy in the region, you will
definitely take into account at least several CIS countries. Each
of them of course has its own national patent legislation. However
you should not forget that there is a Eurasian Patent Convention
which encompasses Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kyrghyzstan,
Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan. Five of those
countries (Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kyrghyzstan, Kazakhstan) are
already members of the Eurasian Economic Union which bears some
semblance to the European Union.
