AMENDMENTS AND ADDITIONS INTRODUCED BY:

1)  Law No. 586 of 9th July 2004 of the Republic of Kazakhstan Concerning the Introduction of Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan Concerning Issues of Intellectual Property.  (Articles:  1, 3, 4 replaced, 4-1 introduced, 5, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36 replaced, 37).  Effective 25th July 2004; 
	2)  Law No. 90 of 22nd November 2005 of the Republic of Kazakhstan Concerning the Introduction of Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan Concerning Issues of Intellectual Property Rights.  (Articles:  35 replaced, 36).  Effective date n/a;
	3)  Law No. 237 of 2nd March 2007 of the Republic of Kazakhstan Concerning the Introduction of Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan Concerning Issues of Intellectual Property.  (Articles:  1 replaced, 5, 6, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 22-1 introduced, 23, 24 replaced, 26).  Effective date n/a; 
	4) Law No. 179 of 10th July 2009 of the Republic of Kazakhstan Concerning the Introduction of Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Issues of Intellectual Property. (Articles:  10 replaced, 34); 
	5)  Law No. 452 of 5th July 2011 of the Republic of Kazakhstan Concerning the Introduction of Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Issues of Revision of the Competence of Authorised State Bodies and of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Pass Regulatory Legal Acts establishing Requirements to Audited Entities. (Article 4). Effective date n/a; 
	6)  Law No. 537-IV of 12th January 2012 of the Republic of Kazakhstan Concerning the Introduction of Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Issues of Intellectual Property. (Articles: 4-1, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11 replaced, 12, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 22-1, 23, 24, 26, 32 replaced, 32-1 introduced, 32-2 introduced, 35, 36 replaced, 36-1 introduced, 36-2 introduced). Effective date n/a; 
	7)  Law No. 34-V of 10th July 2012 of the Republic of Kazakhstan Concerning the Introduction of Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Matters of State Monopoly. (Articles: 1, 4-1 replaced and 35 replaced). Effective date n/a; 
8) Law No. 239 of 29th September 2014 of the Republic of Kazakhstan Concerning the Introduction of Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Issues of Delimitation of Powers Among the State Administration Levels. (Articles: 4-1, 5, 9). Effective date n/a; 
9) Law No. 300 of 7th April 2015 of the Republic of Kazakhstan Concerning the Introduction of Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Issues of Legal Regulation of the Sphere of Intellectual Property. (Articles: 1, 4-1, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 18, 19, 21, 22, 22-1 repealed, 23, 24, 26, 30, 31, 32, 36-1). Effective date n/a; 
10) Law No. 365 of 27th October 2015 of the Republic of Kazakhstan Concerning the Introduction of Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan  in Connection With the Entering into the World Trade Organization. (Articles: 11, 12). Effective date n/a; 
11) Law No. 378 of 31st October 2015 of the Republic of Kazakhstan Concerning the Introduction of Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of  Kazakhstan on Issues of the Improvement of the Administration of Justice System.  (Articles: 32,33). Effective January 1, 2016;
12) Law No. 382 of 31st October 2015 of the Republic of Kazakhstan Concerning the Introduction of Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Issues of Commercialization of the Results of Scientific and (or) Scientific and Technical Activities. (Article 10). Effective date n/a; 
13) Law No. 161 of 20th June 2018 of the Republic of Kazakhstan Concerning the Introduction of Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Issues of Improvement of Legislation in the Sphere of Intellectual Property. (Articles: 4, 4-1 replaced, 5, 8, 9, 11, 11-1 introduced, 14 replaced, 14-1 introduced, 14-2 introduced, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25 replaced, 29, 30, 32 replaced, 32-2 replaced, 32-3 introduced, 32-4 introduced, 33, 35 replaced, 36, 36-2, 37 replaced, 38). Effective date n/a; and
14) Law No. 217 of 21st January 2019 of the Republic of Kazakhstan Concerning the Introduction of Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Issues of Strengthening of the Protection of Ownership Rights, Arbitration, Optimization of Court Load and Further Humanization of Criminal Legislation. (Article 33). Effective date n/a.

	The following general definitions are used in this Law:

	1) exclusive right — a property right of the holder of the patent to use the industrial property item by any way at own discretion;

	2) bulletin — an official periodical edition on issues of protection of industrial property items;

	2-1) Eurasian application – an application submitted in accordance with the Eurasian Patent Convention of 9 September 1994; 

2-2) Eurasian patent – a patent issued in accordance with the Eurasian Patent Convention dated 9th September 1994;

	3) intellectual property items — results of intellectual activities and individualization means of participants in civil turnover, goods, work and services;

4) protective documents – patents to inventions, industrial design and utility models issued in accordance with this Law;

	6) licence agreement — an agreement under which the holder of the patent (licenser) grants to the other party (licensee) a right to use temporarily the appropriate industrial property item in a certain may;

	7) industrial property items — inventions, useful models and industrial samples;

7-1) service items of industrial property – inventions, utility models, industrial design created by an employee due to service duties or under a certain task from the employer;

	8) Paris Convention — the Paris Convention on Industrial Property Protection dated 20th March 1883 with further amendments and additions;

	9) holder of the patent — the owner of the document of title;

	10) patentability terms — terms of granting to industrial property items of legal protection as stipulated by this Law;

	11) patented industrial property items — industrial property items for which documents of title are issued;

	12) patent attorneys — citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan who are granted in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan a right to represent physical persons and legal entities before the authorised body and expert organization;

	13)  international application – an application submitted in accordance with the Agreement on Patent Cooperation of 19 June 1970.