The Republic of Tajikistan, known as Tajikistan for short, established the market economy-oriented national economic policies and carried out the privatization in 1995. On March 2, 2013, it became officially the 159th member state of WTO.

The national institution of Tajikistan for protecting industrial property is the National Center of Patent Information (so-called “Patent Office” in relevant laws and regulations and hereinafter referred to as “NCPI”) under the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, which will implement lasting national policies to protect industrial property and manage invention patents, industrial designs, trademarks, geographical indications and layout designs of integrated circuits. Copyright management is the responsibility of the Ministry of Culture of Tajikistan.