Belarus

  • International Country Code:

    BY
  • Time Zone:

    UTC/GMT +03:00
  • Currency:

    Belarusian Ruble (BYN)

Intellectual property protection system in Belarus

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Belarus general info

Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe which borders with Russia to the Northeast, Ukraine to the South, Poland to the West, and Lithuania and Latvia to the Northwest. Minsk is the capital of Belarus; the other main cities are Brest, Grodno, Gomel, Mogilev and Vitebsk. Belarus is a member of the Eurasian Patent Convention.

 

IP Legal Base in Belarus

Law of the Republic of Belarus on Patents for Inventions, Utility Models and Industrial Designs
Law of the Republic of Belarus on Trademarks and Service Marks
Law of the Republic of Belarus on Copyright and Related Rights
Law of the Republic of Belarus on Geographical Indications
Law of the Republic of Belarus on the Legal Protection of Topographies of Integrated Circuits
Law of the Republic of Belarus on Patents for Plant Varieties

 

International organizations/agreements

Eurasian Patent Convention
Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property
Patent Cooperation Treaty
Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks
WIPO Copyright Treaty
WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty
Patent Law Treaty
Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks
Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks
Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs
Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification
Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs
Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure

 

Patent Office Contact Details

National Center of Intellectual Property (NCIP)
20 Kozlova Street
Minsk 220034
Phone: +375 17 290 44 21
Fax: +375 17 285 26 05
Email: ncip@ncip.by
www.ncip.by

 

IP registration costs

Fees associated with registration of IP rights in Belarus are available in the fee calculator.

 

The above information was verified on 09.04.2024
Please contact us if the above information is not in conformity with Belarusian IP Laws

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