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Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 112-IV of December 25, 2008, on Competition (as amended up to Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 421-IV of March 25, 2011), Kazakhstan
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Year of Version
2011
Dates
Entry into force:
January 1, 2009
Adopted:
December 25, 2008
Type of Text
IP-related Laws
Subject Matter
Trademarks,
Geographical Indications,
Trade Names,
Competition,
Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets),
Copyright and Related Rights (Neighboring Rights)
Subject Matter (secondary)
Enforcement of IP and Related Laws,
IP Regulatory Body
Notes
This consolidated version of the Law incorporates amendments up to Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 421-IV of March 25, 2011, which came into force on April 16, 2011 (see Section 4, Chapter 8, Articles 49 and 56 of the consolidated version for the amendments made by the said Law No. 421-IV).
The consolidated Law contains provisions, which (i) provides for exemptions for certain categories of agreements from the prohibition of anti-competitive agreements such as licensing agreement, franchising agreement, technology transfer agreement, cooperation in research and development agreement, and IP assignment agreements (Section 2, Chapter 2, Article 10(4)); (ii) enumerates acts of unfair competition relating, among others, to intellectual property rights (Section 2, Chapter 3, Articles 16 to 19, and 28); and (iii) obliges the Anti-monopoly body to keep the confidentially of a commercial secret and to pay the damages caused by its disclosure (Section 3, Chapter 6, Article 43).
The Kazakh versions of the consolidated Law is reproduced with the permission of the Republican Center of Legal Information of the Ministry of Justice of Kazakhstan from the URL http://adilet.zan.kz/kaz/archive/docs/Z080000112_/13.10.2011 (Retrieved on July 8, 2016).
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Закон Республики Казахстан № 112-IV от 25.12.2008 г. «О конкуренции» (с изменениями, внесенными Законом Республики Казахстан № 421-IV от 25.03.2011 г.)
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Бәсекелестік туралы (Қазақстан Республикасының 2008 жылғы 25 желтоқсандағы № 112-IV Заңы)
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