THE COUNTRIES OF THE FORMER USSR 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	Law on Trademarks, Service Marks and Appellations of Origin
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 + 15 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 (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	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	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)
	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)
	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 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)
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)
	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 Trade Marks, 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	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

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)