On July 24, 2020, the Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture published Order No. 1329, which approved 72 forms of international certificates for supporting products of animal origin during their import (shipment) to the customs territory of Ukraine and…
On July 21, 2020, the Ukrainian parliament adopted a law on amending some legislative acts to strengthen the protection of rights to trademarks and industrial designs and to combat patent trolling. The document improves the process of registration and protection…
On July 21, 2020, the parliament of Ukraine adopted the law “On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts Concerning the Reform of Patent Law”. The document shortens the list of objects that can receive patent protection and introduces a post-grant opposition…
Ukraine is one of the leading world countries as to the number of patent applications. Each year State Enterprise “Ukrainian Institute of Intellectual Property” (Ukrpatent) receives more than 4 thousand new applications on patents for invention, 9 thousand applications on…
The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine provided Ukrainian companies LLC Atlantis, PMP Lozmen, LLC Ukrainian Distribution Company, LLC SP Aquavintex with mandatory recommendations to consider stopping the use designations on labels, counter labels and in advertising that could mislead consumers, about…
The State Duma of Russia adopted a law amending the Civil Code, according to which Rospatent will be able to issue protecting documents in electronic form and accept applications containing three-dimensional models of the claimed intellectual property rights object. After…
The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine fined Yuria-Pharm LLC 528 thousand hryvnias ($20 thousand) for disseminating false information about its ability to fight coronaviruses in advertising its medicine ‘Dekasan’. The manufacturer assured in the commercial that the medicine acts on all…
On June 30, 2020, orders of the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine No. 281 and No. 282 of June 9, 2020, aimed at improving the protection of intellectual property rights at customs, entered into force. The need to develop relevant…
Geropharm pharmaceutical company (Saint Petersburg) filed a lawsuit with the Intellectual Property Rights Court regarding the cancellation of the extension of one of the Novo Nordisk’s invention. Danish pharmaceutical manufacturer Novo Nordisk A/S has filed an application for registration of…
Luxembourg company Soremartec S.A. (Ferrero group) has achieved recognition of the Raffaello trademark as well-known in Russia. Soremartec S.A. filed an application for recognition of TM Raffaello as well-known in relation to goods of the 30th class of ICGS (candies)…