THE COUNTRIES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION IP LEGISLATION
| Jurisdiction | Objects of protection | Term of protection + extension/renewal | Legislation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armenia | Invention Patent | 20 + 5 years | The Law on Inventions, Utility Models and Industrial Designs |
| Utility Model | 10 years | The Law on Inventions, Utility Models and Industrial Designs | |
| Industrial Design | 5 + 20 years | The Law on Inventions, Utility Models and Industrial Designs | |
| Trademark | 10 years + unlimited number of renewals | The Law on Trademarks | |
| Azerbaijan | Invention Patent | 20 + 5 years | Patent Law |
| Utility Model | 10 years | Patent Law | |
| Industrial Design | 10 years + 5 years | Patent Law | |
| Trademark | 10 years + unlimited number of renewals | The Law on Trademarks And Geographical Indications | |
| Estonia | Invention Patent | 20 + 5 years | Patent Act |
| Validation of the European Patent | 20 + 5 years | Implementation of Convention on Grant of European Patents Act | |
| Utility Model | 4 + 6 years | Utility Model Act | |
| Industrial Design | 5 + 20 years | Industrial Design Protection Act | |
| Trademark | 10 years + unlimited number of renewals | Trade Marks Act | |
| Georgia | Invention Patent | 20 + 5 years | Patent Law |
| Utility Model | 10 years | Patent Law | |
| Industrial Design | 5 + 20 years | Design Law | |
| Trademark | 10 years + unlimited number of renewals | Trademark Law | |
| Kazakhstan | Invention Patent | 20 + 5 years | Patent Law (available in Russian only) |
| Utility Model | 5 + 3 years | Patent Law (available in Russian only) |
|
| Industrial Design | 10 + 5 years | Patent Law (available in Russian only) |
|
| Trademark | 10 years + unlimited number of renewals | The Law on Trademarks, Service marks and Appellation of Origin | |
| Kyrgyzstan | Invention Patent | 20 years | Patent Law |
| Utility Model | 5 + 3 years | Patent Law | |
| Industrial Design | 10 + 5 years | Patent Law | |
| Trademark | 10 years + unlimited number of renewals | Law on Trademarks, Service Marks and Appellations of Places of Origin of Goods (available in Russian and Kyrgyz only) |
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| Latvia | Invention Patent | 20 + 5 years | Patent Law |
| Validation of the European Patent | 20 + 5 years | European Patent Application and European Patent | |
| Industrial Design | 5 + 20 years | Law on Designs | |
| Trademark | 10 years + unlimited number of renewals | Law on Trademarks and Indications of Geographical Origin | |
| Lithuania | Invention Patent | 20 + 5 years | Patent Law |
| Validation of the European Patent | 20 + 5 years | European patents in the Republic of Lithuania | |
| Industrial Design | 5 + 20 years | Law on Designs | |
| Trademark | 10 years + unlimited number of renewals | Law on Trade marks | |
| Moldova | Invention Patent | 20 + 5 years | Law on The Protection of Inventions |
| Short-term Patent | 6 + 4 years | Law on The Protection of Inventions | |
| Validation of the European Patent | 20 + 5 years | Validation Agreement (Page 11) |
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| Industrial Design | 5 + 20 years | Law on The Protection of Industrial Designs | |
| Trademark | 10 years + unlimited number of renewals | Law on The Protection of Trademarks | |
| Tajikistan | Invention Patent | 20 years | Law on Inventions (available in Russian and Tajik only) |
| Petty Patent | 10 years | Law on Inventions (available in Russian and Tajik only) |
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| Industrial Design | 10 + 5 years | Law on Industrial Designs | |
| Trademark | 10 years + unlimited number of renewals | Law on Trademarks and Service Marks | |
| Turkmenistan | Invention Patent | 20 +5 years | Patent Law (available in Russian only, amended as of June 22, 2013; previous version) |
| Industrial Design | 15 years | Patent Law (available in Russian only, amended as of June 22, 2013; previous version) |
|
| Trademark | 10 years + unlimited number of renewals | Trademark Law (available in Russian only, amended as of June 22, 2013; previous version) |
|
| Ukraine | Invention Patent | 20 +5 years | Law on the Protection of Rights to Inventions and Utility Models (available in Ukrainian only) |
| Utility Model | 10 years | Law on the Protection of Rights to Inventions and Utility Models (available in Ukrainian only) |
|
| Industrial Design | 5 + 20 years | Law on Protection of Rights to Industrial Designs (available in Ukrainian only) |
|
| Trademark | 10 years + unlimited number of renewals | Law on the Protection of Rights to Marks for Goods and Services (available in Ukrainian only) |
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| Uzbekistan | Invention Patent | 20 +5 years | Law on Inventions, Utility Models and Industrial Designs (available in Russian only) |
| Utility Model | 5 + 3 years | Law on Inventions, Utility Models and Industrial Designs (available in Russian only) |
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| Industrial Design | 10 + 5 years | Law on Inventions, Utility Models and Industrial Designs (available in Russian only) |
|
| Trademark | 10 years + unlimited number of renewals | On Trademarks, Service Marks and Names of Commodity Origin Place |
Armenia
| Invention Patent | 20 + 5 years |
| Legislation | The Law on Inventions, Utility Models And Industrial Designs |
| Utility Model | 10 years |
| Legislation | The Law on Inventions, Utility Models And Industrial Designs |
| Industrial Design | 5 + 20 years |
| Legislation | The Law on Inventions, Utility Models And Industrial Designs |
| Trademark | 10 years + unlimited number of renewals |
| Legislation | The Law on Trademarks |
Azerbaijan
| Invention Patent | 20 + 5 years |
| Legislation | Patent Law |
| Utility Model | 10 years |
| Legislation | Patent Law |
| Industrial Design | 10 years + 5 years |
| Legislation | Patent Law |
| Trademark | 10 years + unlimited number of renewals |
| Legislation | The Law on Trademarks and Geographical Indications |
Estonia
| Invention Patent | 20 + 5 years |
| Legislation | Patent Act |
| Validation of the European Patent | 20 + 5 years |
| Legislation | Implementation of Convention on Grant of European Patents Act |
| Utility Model | 4 + 6 years |
| Legislation | Utility Model Act |
| Industrial Design | 5 + 20 years |
| Legislation | Industrial Design Protection Act |
| Trademark | 10 years + unlimited number of renewals |
| Legislation | Trade Marks Act |
Georgia
| Invention Patent | 20 + 5 years |
| Legislation | Patent Law |
| Importation Patent | abolished as of June 24, 2010 |
| Utility Model | 10 years |
| Legislation | Patent Law |
| Industrial Design | 25 years |
| Legislation | Design Law |
| Trademark | 10 years + unlimited number of renewals |
| Legislation | Trademark Law |
Kazakhstan
| Invention Patent | 20 + 5 years |
| Legislation | Patent Law (available in Russian only) |
| Utility Model | 5 + 3 years |
| Legislation | Patent Law (available in Russian only) |
| Industrial Design | 10 + 15 years |
| Legislation | Patent Law (available in Russian only) |
| Trademark | 10 years + unlimited number of renewals |
| Legislation | The Law on Trademarks, Service marks and Appellation of Origin |
Kyrgyzstan
| Invention Patent | 20 + 5 years |
| Legislation | Patent Law |
| Utility Model | 5 + 3 years |
| Legislation | Patent Law |
| Industrial Design | 10 + 5 years |
| Legislation | Patent Law |
| Trademark | 10 years + unlimited number of renewals |
| Legislation | Law on Trademarks, Service Marks and Appellations of Places of Origin of Goods (available in Russian and Kyrgyz only) |
Latvia
| Invention Patent | 20 + 5 years |
| Legislation | Patent Law |
| Validation of the European Patent | 20 + 5 years |
| Legislation | European Patent Application and European Patent |
| Industrial Design | 5 + 20 years |
| Legislation | Law on Designs |
| Trademark | 10 years + unlimited number of renewals |
| Legislation | Law on Trademarks and Indications of Geographical Origin |
Lithuania
| Invention Patent | 20 + 5 years |
| Legislation | Patent Law |
| Validation of the European Patent | 20 + 5 years |
| Legislation | European patents in the Republic of Lithuania |
| Industrial Design | 5 + 20 years |
| Legislation | Law on Designs |
| Trademark | 10 years + unlimited number of renewals |
| Legislation | Law on Trade marks |
Moldova
| Invention Patent | 20 + 5 years |
| Legislation | Law on The Protection of Inventions |
| Short-term Patent | 6 + 4 years |
| Legislation | Law on The Protection of Inventions |
| Validation of the European Patent | 20 + 5 years |
| Legislation | Validation Agreement (Page 11) |
| Industrial Design | 5 + 20 years |
| Legislation | Law on The Protection of Industrial Designs |
| Trademark | 10 years + unlimited number of renewals |
| Legislation | Law on The Protection of Trademarks |
Tajikistan
| Invention Patent | 20 years |
| Legislation | Law on Inventions (available in Russian and Tajik only) |
| Petty Patent | 10 years |
| Legislation | Law on Inventions (available in Russian and Tajik only) |
| Industrial Design | 10 + 5 years |
| Legislation | Law on Industrial Designs |
| Trademark | 10 years + unlimited number of renewals |
| Legislation | Law on Trademarks and Service Marks |
Turkmenistan
| Invention Patent | 20 years |
| Legislation | Patent Law (available in Russian only, amended as of June 22, 2013; previous version) |
| Industrial Design | 15 years |
| Legislation | Patent Law (available in Russian only, amended as of June 22, 2013; previous version) |
| Trademark | 10 years + unlimited number of renewals |
| Legislation | Trademark Law (available in Russian only, amended as of June 22, 2013; previous version) |
Ukraine
| Invention Patent | 20 +5 years |
| Legislation | Law on the Protection of Rights to Inventions and Utility Models |
| Utility Model | 10 years |
| Legislation | Law on Protection of Rights to Industrial Designs (available in Ukrainian only) |
| Industrial Design | 25 years |
| Legislation | Law on Protection of Rights to Industrial Designs (available in Ukrainian only) |
| Trademark | 10 years + unlimited number of renewals |
| Legislation | Law on the Protection of Rights to Marks for Goods and Services (available in Ukrainian only) |
Uzbekistan
| Invention Patent | 20 +5 years |
| Legislation | Law on Inventions, Utility Models and Industrial Designs (available in Russian only) |
| Utility Model | 5 + 3 years |
| Legislation | Law on Inventions, Utility Models and Industrial Designs (available in Russian only) |
| Industrial Design | 10 + 5 years |
| Legislation | Law on Inventions, Utility Models and Industrial Designs (available in Russian only) |
| Trademark | 10 years + unlimited number of renewals |
| Legislation | On Trade Marks, Service Marks and Names of Commodity Origin Place |
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