The Government of Turkmenistan has submitted to WIPO an act of accession to the Protocol to the Eurasian Patent Convention for the Protection of Industrial Designs.
In accordance with Article 22(4) of the Protocol, in three months after the act of accession is submitted to the depository, the international treaty will enter into force with respect to Turkmenistan.
Thus, from January 04, 2025, applicants will be able to file one Eurasian application to obtain protection simultaneously in all EAPO member states. Let us recall that such an application can include up to 100 industrial designs belonging to one class of the International Classification of Industrial Designs.