On July 13, the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov signed the Law of Turkmenistan ‘On Accession to the Protocol to the Eurasian Patent Convention of September 9, 1994, on the protection of industrial designs. The Protocol was adopted on September 9, 2019, at the diplomatic conference in Nur-Sultan.

After Turkmenistan’s accession, all Member States of the Eurasian Patent Organization will become parties to the Protocol. The full membership enables the EAPO to accede to the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs.

According to Article 22 of the Protocol, this international treaty will enter into force for Turkmenistan three months after the deposit of the instrument of accession with the depositary.