On July 2, 2021, the President of Russia signed amendments to the Law on the Regulation of Alcoholic Products, which introduce additional requirements for alcoholic beverages. In particular, the law allows the use of the name “champagne” only for Russian…
On June 10, 2021, the Armenian government approved an agreement with the EU on financial support to Armenia in the amount of 3 million euros for the refusal to label “cognac” on alcoholic beverages. The very agreement on the gradual…
On June 1, 2021, a solemn ceremony was held at the Eurasian Patent Office, symbolizing the launch of the Eurasian system of legal protection for industrial designs. As part of the ceremony, the first Eurasian design application was filed. It…
ADS-Decor LLC was forced to change its name to TD Decor Pro LLC, stop using the designation “ADS” in the domain name of the site https://ads-decor.com/ and the email address adskiev@ukr.net and pay a fine in the amount of UAH…
On May 6, 2021, the Svyatoshinsky District Court of Kyiv passed a verdict against a resident of Ukraine who distributed pirated copies of films from the American studio Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. It was established that in the period from…
The Ministry of Economy of Ukraine has approved the Procedure and special requirements for food labeling, for which it is mandatory to indicate the country of origin or place of origin. The procedure establishes the rules for indicating the country…
From May 6, 2021, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has extended the possibility of the UDRP-based Domain Dispute Resolution Procedure at the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center to a number of third-level domains in the zone. UA. The procedure…
The Eurasian Patent Office begins accepting applications for the grant of Eurasian patents for industrial designs since June 1, 2021. The Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO) began work in 1995, and since 1996, applications for Eurasian patents for inventions have been…
The Kalininsky District Court of St. Petersburg awarded Dmitry Miklouho-Maclay, known under the pseudonym Dmitry Orekhov, compensation for using his parody play Bluff. In 2018, Orekhov learned that Peter Production LLC was staging the play Bluff, which, as he believed,…
On April 27, 2021, the Parliament of Ukraine adopted in the first reading a bill amending the Law On Advertising on advertising of electronic cigarettes and liquids used in electronic cigarettes. The bill proposes to amend the article of the…