On the introduction of amendments and supplements to
certain legislative acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan (extractions)
Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan April 5, 2002
The Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan has resolved as
follows:
To introduce amendments and supplements to the following
legislative acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan:
II. In the May 6, 1994 Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On
legal protection of computer programs and databases" (Gazette of the
Supreme Soviet of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 1994, No. 5, Art. 136):
1) in Part one of Article 1:
the second Paragraph after the words 'the aggregate of data
(for example: articles, calculations) is supplemented with the words
'expressed in the objective form and';
the third Paragraph after the words "data and commands" is
supplemented with the words "expressed in the objective form and";
2) the first sentence of Part two of Article 3 is stated as
follows:
"The copyright is applicable to any computer programs and
databases considered to be the result of creative activity of the
author (co-authors) both issued and not issued, expressed in the
objective form, irrespective of their assignment and advantages";
3) in Article 9:
the name of the Article is stated in the following wording:
"Article 9. The right for registration and registration of
computer programs and databases";
in the first Part the words "in the appropriate body under
State patent department of the Republic of Uzbekistan (further Agency)"
are substituted for the words "to the State Patent Office of the
Republic of Uzbekistan (hereinafter referred to as the Patent Office);
in Parts two through six the words "the Agency" are substituted
for the words "the Patent Office";
Part eight is stated as follows:
"Patent fees are levied for legal actions associated with
the registration of computer programs or databases and the registration
of agreements on the assignment of rights to use computer programs and
databases. Patent fees are paid to the Patent Office for it to cover
expenses connected with the performance of functions stipulated by
the present Law. Amount and the procedure for payment of patent fees
are specified by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of
Uzbekistan";
4) in the second Part of Article 10 the words "the Agency" are
substituted for the words "the Patent Office";
5) the third Part of Article 12 is stated as follows:
"With a view to study the structure of computer program a
person who lawfully possesses a copy of such computer program may
decompile it, whether a written consent of the author or other
possessor of right is available or not, if:
information received as a result of decompilation and required
to interact independently of computer program, developed by the given
person, with other computer programs, is inaccessible from other
sources;
decompilation is carried out only with regard to such parts of
computer program that are required to organize such interaction;
the information received as a result of decompilation, can not
be used for the development, production or distribution of computer
program similar to decompiled computer program or to fulfil any other
action violating copyright";
6) the Law is supplemented with Article 16 of the following
wording:
"Article 16. Rights enjoyed by foreign legal and
physical persons
Foreign legal and physical persons enjoy rights stipulated by
the present Law on a par with legal and physical persons of the Republic
of Uzbekistan or on the ground of reciprocity principle".
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President
Republic of Uzbekistan I. Karimov
