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January 14, 1998 # 7

The Law of the Kyrgyz Republic "On Trademarks, Service Marks and Appellations of Places of Origin of Goods"

Section I. General provisions
Section II. Trademark and service mark
Section III. Registration of a trademark
Section IV. Collective mark
Section V. Use of a trademark
Section VI. Transfer of a trademark
Section VII. Termination of a legal protection
Section VIII. Appellation of a place of origin
Section IX. Registration and granting of the right to use appellation of origin
Section X. The use of the appellation of origin
Section XI. Termination of a legal protection of the appellation of the place of origin
Section XII. Final provisions

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Section VIII.
APPELLATION OF PLACE OF ORIGIN OF GOODS

Article 27. Appellation of Place of Origin of Goods

Appellation of place of origin of goods is the name of the country, settlement, location or other geographic area (hereinafter referred to as geographic object) used to denote a good, special properties of which are exclusively or mainly determined by natural conditions or human factors of that geographical place or by natural conditions and human factors simultaneously.

The appellation of place of origin of goods may be a historical name of a geographic object.

No designation shall be recognized as the appellation of a place of origin of goods, though representing by itself or containing the name of geographic object but come into general use in the Kyrgyz Republic as a designation of goods of a certain kind not related to the place of its manufacture.

Article 28. Arising of Legal Protection

Legal protection of an appellation of place of origin of goods in the Kyrgyz Republic shall arise on the basis of registration according to the order established by the present Law or by virtue of international agreements of the Kyrgyz Republic.

Appellation of place of origin of goods shall be protected by the Law.

Appellation of place of origin of goods may be registered by one or several legal entities or physical persons. The person registered the appellation of place of origin of goods shall obtain the right to use it if the good manufactured by this person meets the requirements set forth in paragraph 1, Article 27 of this Law.

The right to use the same appellation of place of origin of goods registered in the established order may be granted to any legal entity or physical person located in the same geographical place manufacturing the good with the same properties.

The registration of appellation of place of origin of goods shall be valid for unlimited time.

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