Article 9: Right to registration and registration of computer programmes and databases

The right to register a computer programme or database shall be vested in natural or legal persons of the Republic of Uzbekistan or other states, who possess all personal and property rights in respect thereof or only property rights in accordance with a contract. The right holder directly or through its representative may register a computer programme or database in the State Register of Computer Programmes or the State Register of Databases by submitting an application to the Intellectual Property Agency under the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Uzbekistan (hereinafter referred to as the Agency).

The application for official registration of a computer programme or database (hereinafter referred to as the application for registration) shall relate to one computer programme or one database. The Agency shall determine the rules for registration application.

Within ten days from the date the registration application is received, the State Institution "Intellectual Property Center" under the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Uzbekistan (hereinafter referred to as the State Institution) shall verify the availability of the necessary documents and their compliance with the requirements of the rules. If the result of the verification is positive, the ministry shall include the program or database for electronic computing machines in the relevant register, send the applicant a certificate of official registration formalized in electronic form with a single QR code (matrix barcode), and publish the information on the registered programs and databases for electronic computing machines in the official bulletin of the ministry.

The applicant shall have the right, upon the request of the State Institution or on their own initiative, to supplement, clarify, and correct the application materials until the information is published in the official bulletin. If the result of the examination is negative, the State Institution shall send the applicant a document notifying them of the refusal of official registration.

The procedure for the official registration of computer programs or databases, including the rules for formalizing the registration application, shall be established by an administrative regulation approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The Ministry shall establish the forms of the official registration certificate and the composition of the data indicated therein. The list of information to be published in the official bulletin shall also be determined by the Ministry.