LAW OF TURKMENISTAN

of November 22, 2025

About scientific intellectual property

This Law governs the relations arising during creation and use of objects of scientific intellectual property and is aimed at providing protection of the property rights to objects of scientific intellectual property.

Article 1. Basic concepts

1. In this Law the following basic concepts are applied:

1) scientific intellectual property – property on the results of research, design and survey, developmental and experienced and technological activities (further – scientific works) which are types of intellectual property in the scientific direction;

2) objects of scientific intellectual property – monographs, theses, scientific reports, scientific articles, scientific reports, depending on the purposes of creation, characteristics, contents, forms of presentation, and also the scientific and methodical instructions following from objects of the specified scientific works, summaries, papers and other objects of conversion of scientific intellectual property;

3) the scientific work – the protected result of intellectual activities received during creative activity of physical person (group of persons) in the scientific sphere stated in certain form and containing the new scientific knowledge received by results of scientific activities;

4) the monograph – the scientific publication received as a result of the scientific research conducted on any subject or several interconnected subjects, the containing new scientific knowledge;

5) the thesis – the creative work of scientific degree on any subject containing the generalized results of researches in which evidence-based decisions which implementation will be important for the corresponding industry are stated or will make powerful contribution to development of the country;

6) the scientific report – the work provided for the public in which results of scientific research on any subject are stated;

7) the scientific article – the work on any subject published in the scientific publication containing theoretical and practical generalization;

8) the author – physical person which creative activity creates object of scientific intellectual property;

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