Article 16. Rights of subjects of innovative activity

Subjects of innovative activity have the right to:

carry out free innovative activity, independently choosing and applying methods, technical means and equipment;

carry out innovative activity on an individual or collective basis;

participate in competitions for innovative projects, including those financed from the State budget of the Republic of Uzbekistan;

independently determine and assess the risks of innovation, choose methods for assessing and reducing them;

receive scientific, technological, statistical and other information necessary for the implementation of innovative activity, with the exception of information constituting state secrets and other secrets protected by law;

be recognized by their authors or rightholders in cases of creation of objects of intellectual property, as well as legal protection of intellectual property;

enjoy tax, customs privileges and preferences provided by law;

disclose the results obtained by them in the course of innovative activity, if they do not contain information constituting state secrets and other secrets protected by law.

Subjects of innovative activity may also have other rights in accordance with the legislation and concluded agreements.