Uzbekistan

GENERAL INFORMATION

Area: 448,978 sq. km.

Population: 37,528,639 (2024).

Capital: Tashkent.

Language: Uzbek.

Currency: Sum.

 

GENERAL REMARKS

Uzbekistan used to be a part of the former Soviet Union. The republic declared its independence on September 1, 1991.

 

PATENTS OF INVENTION

LEGAL BASIS

• Law on Inventions, Utility Models and Industrial Designs of August 29, 2002, last amendments in force since August 9, 2025.

 

MEMBERSHIP IN INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS

• Paris Convention, since December 25, 1991.
• Patent Cooperation Treaty, since December 25, 1991.
• (Not yet member of Eurasian Patent Convention).

 

FILING REQUIREMENTS

• Power of Attorney (no legalization);
• Specification and abstract (may be filed in Uzbek or Russian language);
• Drawings;
• Priority document, if claimed, to be filed within three months from the filing date.

Note: as of August 9, 2025, it is no longer required to submit official filing fee payment confirmation.

 

REMARKS

National Phase of PCT: under Chapter I: 31 months; under Chapter II: 31 months.

Validity: issued after formal and full examination – valid for 20 years.

Annuities: are to be paid after the publication of the granted patent; subsequent annuities are payable after the anniversary of the filing date.

Opposition: anyone may file an opposition to the validity of a patent at any time after granting.

 

 

TRADE AND SERVICE MARKS

LEGAL BASIS

• Law on Trademarks, Service Marks and Appellations of Origin, in force since September 20, 2001; last amendments in force since August 9, 2025.
• Law on Competition, No. ZRU-319, in force since January 6, 2012; last amendments in force since January 9, 2018.

 

MEMBERSHIP IN INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS

• Paris Convention, since December 25, 1991 .
• Madrid Protocol, since December 27, 2006.
• (Madrid Agreement was renounced with effect from January 1, 2008).

 

FILING REQUIREMENTS

• Power of Attorney (no legalization);
• A representation of the mark;
• List of goods and services, according to the International Classification (to be translated into Uzbek or Russian); one application may include goods belonging to several classes;
• Priority document, if any.

 

REMARKS

Kinds of protection: trademarks and service marks (word marks, device marks and combinations thereof; three-dimensional marks, sound marks, marks perceived by smell, holographic marks, luminous marks). Besides the original version, filing of word mark applications in the Cyrillic alphabet is highly recommended, as the Uzbek language uses the Cyrillic alphabet, and Russian still being a parallel language in the country.

Classification: International.

Obligation to use the registered mark: compulsory. A trademark, which is not used continuously during the last three-year period of its validity, may be cancelled upon request filed by an interested party; nominal use (advertising, publications) is accepted in absence of actual use.

Duration – renewals: 10-year period after the filing date or last renewal date.

Opposition: third party observations may be filed during the whole examination period before granting.

 

 

INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS

LEGAL BASIS

• Law on Inventions, Utility Models and Industrial Designs of August 29, 2002, last amendments in force since August 9, 2025.

 

MEMBERSHIP IN INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS

• Paris Convention, since December 25, 1991.
• Hague Agreement, Geneva Act, since January 10, 2025.

 

FILING REQUIREMENTS

• Power of Attorney (no legalization);
• Photographs and drawings of the model (5 sets, one of them in electronic form);
• Specification of the model;
• Priority document, if any.

Note: as of August 9, 2025, it is no longer required to submit official filing fee payment confirmation.

 

REMARKS

Duration – renewals: after formal and novelty examination: 10 years from the filing date. Renewable for one additional period of 5 years.

Opposition: same as patents.

 

 

DOMAIN NAMES

LEGAL BASIS

• There is no specific legislation on country code top-level domain names.

 

FILING

• ccTLD: .uz
• Applicant: individuals and legal entities.
• Local presence: not required.

 

REMARKS

Duration – renewals: one to ten years, renewable for like periods.

Uniform dispute resolution procedure: none.

 

 

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