Overview:

As well as guaranteeing physical property, the Mongolian Government ensures protection for intellectual property. Mongolia became a member of the World Intellectual Property Organization in 1979. Mongolia also has joined eleven International Conventions including the Paris Convention on the Protection of Industrial Property and Madrid Agreement on International Registration of Trademarks.

Capital: Ulaan Baatar

Population: 2,422,000

IP Internet website: http://www.ipom.mn, http://www.mongol.net/ipom

Intellectual Property:

The Mongolian Government guarantees physical property and ensures protection for intellectual property. Mongolia became a member of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in 1979. Mongolia also has joined eleven International Conventions including the Paris Convention on the Protection of Industrial Property and Madrid Agreement on International Registration of Trademarks.

• Administration:

• Supervisory Ministry
• Ministry of Justice and Home Affairs
• Intellectual Property Office of Mongolia

• Membership of WIPO Treaties:

• WIPO Convention, since February 1979.
• Paris Convention (Industrial Property), since April 1985.
• Berne Convention (Literary and Artistic Works), since March 1998.
• PCT (Patents), since May 1992.
• Madrid Agreement (International Registration of Marks), since April 1985.
• Madrid Protocol (International Registration of Marks), since June 2001.
• Hague Agreement (International Deposit of Industrial Designs), since April 1997.
• Nice Agreement (International Classification of Goods and Services), since June 2001.
• Locarno Agreement (International Classification for Industrial Designs), since June 2001.
• Strasbourg Agreement (International Patent Classification), from March 2002.
• Nairobi Treaty (Protection of the Olympic Symbol), since August 2002
• WCT (WIPO Copyright Treaty), since October 2002
• WPPT (WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty), since October 2002

• Membership of WTO:

• Member and Signatory to TRIPS Agreement, since January 1997.

On October 25 2002, Mongolia became party to the WIPO Copyright Treaty and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty.¹²

Intellectual Property Office of Mongolia:²⁰

• Patents: Patent Law of Mongolia (as of June 1993) covers inventions, industrial designs, innovation certificates, and utility models, and has been last amended in April 1995 and again in February 1997.

• Trademarks: Law on Tradenames and Trademarks (as of February 1997) and prior to that, the Statute on Trademarks, 1967, and has been last amended in September 1987.

• Copyright: Copyright Law (as of September 1993) and has been last amended in 1999.

• Supervisory Ministry
• Copyright Office
• Mongolian Society of Rights of Authors and Composers (MOSRAC)

Applications Filed and/or Registered (as of 2001) in Mongolia:

Educational Institutions in Intellectual Property:

• There are three educational institutions that have specialized classes in teaching Intellectual Property.

• State University of Mongolia Law School
• Mongolian University of Science and Technology
• Otgontenger University

Mongolian Authorities Enforcing Intellectual Property:

• Intellectual Property Tribunal
• Any Mongolian courts can deal with infringement cases.

Trade-related Intellectual Property in Mongolia:

Mongolia's laws in the field of intellectual property rights are in conformity with the provisions of the Agreement on the Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), and Mongolia fully applies the provisions of the Agreement on TRIPS on the date of its accession to the WTO.

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