On September 17, 2020, an online seminar on "International registration of Industrial property. The Hague system for the registration of Industrial Designs" was held by the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan with the assistance of the World Intellectual Property Organization.

On September 17, 2020, an online seminar on "International registration of Industrial property. The Hague system for the registration of Industrial Designs" was held by the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan with the assistance of the World Intellectual Property Organization.

The purpose of the seminar is to study the Hague system of industrial design protection, as well as familiarization with the experience of other countries on the protection of industrial design rights.

The main target audience of the seminar is representatives of interested state bodies and organizations of the Republic of Kazakhstan, justice bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as applicants and patent holders of industrial designs in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

During the online seminar, international experts presented materials on the following topics: international registration system for Industrial Designs, protection of Design in Germany and Europe, protection of Industrial Design in the Russian Federation, and others.

Also, on September 18, 2020, within the framework of this seminar were held expert discussions on the prospect of Kazakhstan's accession to the 1999 Act of the Hague agreement.

International experts and participants of the seminar took an active part in the discussion of the above issues and shared their experience on the protection of industrial design rights.