1. BMF Group LLP
10 Floor, “Alatau” Business Center
Abai Ave., 151/115
Almaty, 050009
Republic of Kazakhstan
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2. Customs Union and IP protection
Intellectual Property
Washington, DC, September 12, 2013
by Arlan Yerzhanov,
Partner & US representative of BMF Group

3. Market - Kazakhstan
Population - 17,736,896 (61 country in the world)
Area – 2 724 900 square kilometers (9th biggest country in the world)
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/kz.html

4. Customs Union within the Eurasian Economic
Community (EEC)
A new market with population of nearly 169 mln. people and
total area of more that 20 mln. sq. km is created
Country Population (July 2013 est) Area (sq. km)
Russia 142,500,482 17,098,242
Kazakhstan 17,736,896 2,724,900
Belarus 9,625,888 207,600

5. Intellectual Property protection independent from
the country of import/export
• Term of protection no longer than 2 years from the moment of
inclusion into the IP register.
• Mechanism of notification of IP rights holder about facts of IP
infringements.
Kazakhstan register
IP objects
IP right holder
Before CU After CU
CU Unified
register IP objects
Kazakhstan
register
IP objects
IP right holder
Belarus register
IP objects
IP right holder
Russia register
IP objects
IP right holder

6. Mechanism of intellectual property protection during
customs procedures
Goods Customs
Control
Customs body
discovered a fact of
IP infringement
Whether goods are
registered with
Kazakhstan and CU IP
registers? Inquiry to IP
protection Committee of
Ministry of Justice
Customs clearance
suspended
Notification of IP
rights holder
and declarant
10 days for IP
protection claim
Restart of
Customs
clearance
Customs
clearance
Yes No
Yes No

7. BMF GROUP LLP
Arlan Yerzhanov
Partner, Representative in USA
Mob .: +1 (347) 424-1522
E-mail: ayerzhanov@bmflegal.com