RECEIVING CERTIFICATE ON GRANTING LEGAL PROTECTION TO TOPOGRAPHIES OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS BECOMES ONLINE














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The Single portal of state interactive services has launched a new service of the Agency on intellectual property of Uzbekistan.
The new interactive service allows legal entities and individuals to send all the necessary documents for obtaining the certificate on granting legal protection to topographies of integrated circuits in real-time (online).
When sending an electronic application via the Single portal, following documents are to be provided in electronic form:
— The application for registration;
— Deposited materials, identifying topology, including a summary;
— The document confirming payment of patent fee for the state examination or a document confirming the right to exemption from payment of patent fees;
— When applying for the registration by a Trustee, the application shall contain a power of attorney of a Trustee;
— The application for registration related to the topology, in case if it had been used for commercial purposes after the date of its filing to the Agency must also contain a document confirming the date of first use of this topology for commercial purposes.
The fee for the services is established at 2.4 minimum wages. The service is rendered for two months.
The response is sent electronically to the user’s personal account on the Single portal and/or e-mail, which was specified during registration on the portal.
The Agency reserves the right to refuse registration of the application in the case of non-compliance by the applicant with the requirements established by part 2 of article 8 of the Law On topographies of integrated circuits".