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IP Legislation in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
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 | Law on Trademarks, Service Marks and Appellations of Origin | |
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 | |
| Utility Model | 10 years | |
| Legislation | Patent Law | |
| Industrial Design | 5 + 20 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 years | |
| Legislation | Patent Law (available in Russian only) | |
| Utility Model | 5 + 3 years | |
| Legislation | Patent Law (available in Russian only) | |
| Industrial Design | 10 + 5 years | |
| Legislation | Patent Law (available in Russian only) | |
| 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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