Last Change:
06/16/2025
The Law of the Kyrgyz Republic On Copyright and Related Rights
Original names of the law: Кыргыз Республикасынын Автордук жана чектеш укуктар жөнүндө Мыйзамы
Year: 1998
Type: Domestic law
Rights Category: Housing, land & property
Description
Government of the Kyrgyz Republic Resolution No. 748, dd. November 29, 2011, definitively establishes the comprehensive regulatory framework for intellectual property rights within the nation. This pivotal act approves the specific Rules governing the review and registration of agreements pertaining to copyright, related rights, and integrated circuit topographies, alongside detailed procedures for the application and official registration of both integrated circuit topographies and copyright/related rights
Selected provisions
Article 5. Scope of Copyright
1. In accordance with this Law, copyright extends to:
works published on the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic or not published, but located in some objective form on the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic, and are recognized as belonging to the authors (their successors) regardless of their citizenship;
works published outside the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic or not published, but located in some objective form outside the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic, and are recognized as belonging to the authors who are citizens of the Kyrgyz Republic (their successors);
on works published outside the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic or not published, but located in any objective form outside the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic, and recognized on the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic for authors (their successors) - citizens of other states in accordance with international treaties that have entered into force in the manner prescribed by law, to which the Kyrgyz Republic is a party;
on any computer programs and databases, both published and not published, presented in objective form, regardless of their material carrier, purpose and merit.
2. A work is also considered to be first published in the Kyrgyz Republic if, within 30 days after the date of first publication outside the Kyrgyz Republic, it was published on the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic.
3. When providing protection to a work on the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic in accordance with international treaties of the Kyrgyz Republic, the author of the work is determined by the law of the state on the territory of which the legal fact took place that served as the basis for the possession of copyright.