Why exactly we must protect your intellectual property and what guarantees we give?

• We offer full complex of patent and licensing services.
• Our guarantee is our clients, from which you can feedback about our works.
• GOOD agency intellectual property protection direction is headed by wide experience (more than 8 years) certified patent agent.
• GOOD agency personnel know everything about functioning of National Institute for Intellectual property and Intellectual property rights committee of Republic of Kazakhstan. So, we effectively defend our Client's interests in short period of time.
• Our specialists permanently track all changes in legal and statutory acts on IP in CIS countries, solve the problems of any complexity in IP and allied rights sphere.

Some terms and notions in brief.

Intellectual property subdivided into two categories:

• Industrial property - trademarks, inventions, industrial models, utility models.
• Copyright (Intellectual property rights) - works of literature and art. Computer programs and databases are also related to copyright.

Trademark

Trademark (trademark, logo and slogan) is protected in view of its official registration. Registration of trade mark is the most effective way of protection goods & services from unfair competition. However remarkable, wants-to-buy effect it will have, it is not trade mark until registered. Owner of trademark possesses exclusive rights, and use of trademark is prohibited without owner's permission. Trademark's period of validity is 10 years and it can be prolonged for several times.

Domain name

Domain name functions and refers to objects of intellectual property just as trademark. The most effective protection of domain name is registration of identical trademark.

Inventions

Inventions, industrial models and utility models are protected by patent. Patent is valid during a definite time period and only in a state, or a number of states with common agreements, where it was authorized.

Subjects to copyright

Unlike objects be patented, subjects to copyright are protected during whole life of author and right of property to the object is valid for 70 years after death and belongs to heirs. Copyright on works of science, literature and art arises in a view of its creation. No registration required for arise and exercise of subject to copyright.

Computer programs and databases

Computer programs and databases are referred to officially registered subjects to copyright. Despite the fact that copyright on these subjects arises in view of its creation, in order to provide a protection, exclusive rights gets approved by official registration. Often, along with registration of name and/or program logo as trademark, additional protection of programs and databases is been practiced.