Asia IP: Procedure for IP inclusion in Kazakhstan’s Customs Register simplified 11 February 2021

12.2.2021

On January 19, 2021, Kazakhstan’s “On Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Customs Regulation and Entrepreneurship” came into effect.

The law simplifies the procedure for including intellectual property objects in the Customs Register.

Our Trademark Attorney Annikki Hämäläinen was interviewed for the article – read the article here.

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