(WIPO code: BY) (last revised July 2020)
by KATZAROV S.A., Geneva, Switzerland and PAG-E-PAG, Minsk - Mr. Sergey Vinogradov, Patent Attorney
Belarus
General Information
Area
208,000 sq. km.
Population
9,477,918 (estimated July 2020).
Capital
Minsk.
Languages
Belarusian (official), Russian.
Currency
ruble (BYN).
General Remarks
One of the ex-USSR republics, Belarus is now an independent State with its own Patent Office (National Center of Intellectual Property - NCIP). The first Belarusian Patent, Trademark and Industrial Design Laws came into force on February 5, 1993.