Article 1262. The State Registration of Computer Programmes and Databases

1. Within the effective term of the exclusive right to a computer programme or database, the right holder, if he so wishes, may register the programme or database with the federal executive governmental body charged with intellectual property matters.
The computer programme or database containing information classified as state secrets are not subject to state registration. The person that files a state registration application (applicant) shall be accountable for disclosing information on the computer programmes and databases containing information classified as a state secret under the legislation of the Russian Federation.

2. An application for the state registration of a computer programme or database (a registration application) shall cover one computer programme or one database.
The registration application shall comprise the following:
an application for the state registration of the computer programme or database including reference to the right holder and the author, unless he has refused to be mentioned in this capacity, and the place of residence or whereabouts of each of them;
the deposited materials identifying the computer programme or database, including a synopsis;
a document confirming that a state duty has been paid at the established rate or that grounds exist for relieving from the payment of a state duty or for reducing the rate thereof or deferring the payment thereof.
The rules for drawing up a registration application shall be established by the federal executive governmental body charged with normative legal regulation in the area of intellectual property.

3. On the basis of the registration application the federal executive governmental body charged with intellectual property matters shall verify the availability of the necessary documents and materials, their compliance with the requirements set out in Item 2 of the present article. If the results of the verification are positive, the said federal body shall enter the computer programme or database to the Register of Computer Programmes and the Register of Databases respectively, issue a certificate of state registration to the applicant and publish information on the computer programme or database registered in a publication of that body.
On a request of the said federal body or on his own initiative the author or other right holder is entitled to do the following until the publication of the information in the publication: amending the documents and materials mentioned in the registration application.

4. The procedure for the state registration of computer programmes and databases, the forms of certificates of state registration, a list of the details to be indicated therein and a list of the details to be published in the publication of the federal executive governmental body charged with intellectual property matters shall be established by the federal executive governmental body charged with normative legal regulation in the area of intellectual property.

5. Contracts of alienation of the exclusive right to a registered computer programme or database and the transfer of the exclusive right to such programme or databases to other persons without a contract shall be subject to state registration with the federal executive governmental body charged with intellectual property matters.
Information on the change of the owner of an exclusive right shall be entered to the Register of Computer Programmes or the Register of Databases on the basis of a registered contract or another right establishing document and shall be published in the publication of the federal executive governmental body charged with intellectual property matters.

6. The details entered in the Register of Computer Programmes or the Register of Databases shall be deemed reliable in as much as otherwise is not proven. Responsibility for the reliability of the information provided for state registration purposes shall be borne by the applicant.

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