On March 2, 2023, the court of first instance rejected the claim of SpaceX (Space Exploration Technologies Corp.) to LLC “Starlink” in the case regarding the cancellation of the certificate for TM “Starlink” in Ukraine. The American SpaceX tried to…
On March 20, 2023, the parliament of Ukraine amended a number of laws to strengthen the protection of intellectual property rights. In particular, amendments were made to the Civil Code on the regulation of intellectual property protection by the court.…
The Bureau of Economic Security of Ukraine identified residents of Zakarpattia Oblast who stored counterfeit coffee of a well-known international brand in a rented warehouse. Thereafter, falsified products were sold on the market in the Zakarpattia region and via the…
According to the results of 2022, the Intellectual Property Office of Ukraine received almost 29,000 applications for the registration of objects of intellectual property rights, which is 41% less than in 2021. The biggest drop occurred in applications for industrial…
On February 9, 2023, the Supreme Court of Ukraine ruled in favor of Nemiroff Intellectual Property Establishment in the dispute against Ukrpatent and Prime Distillery LLC, invalidating the decision to register the MIRONOFF trademark. Prime Distillery applied for the registration…
Following the Eurasian Patent Office, Azerbaijan was the first among EAPO member countries to introduce the technology of working with 3D models in patent applications. Thus, the national agency of Azerbaijan plans to introduce a procedure for accepting and considering…
On January 18, 2023, the Supreme Court of Ukraine satisfied the complaint of the Ukrainian pharmaceutical company “Darnytsia” and canceled the recognition of the trademark “Corvalol Corvalolum ” of another Ukrainian pharmaceutical company “Farmak” as well-known recognized in 2017 by…
Back in 2020, the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine decided that Children’s Television of Ukraine LLC violated the legislation on the protection of economic competition by using too similar designations of another TV channel with the same target audience – Nickelodeon.…
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. won a lawsuit in Ukraine against the pharmaceutical company JSC “Farmak” regarding the registration of a medicinal product whose active substance is the compound sitagliptin, protected by patents for inventions owned by the American company.…
On January 1, 2023, the updated Law on Copyright and Related Rights, adopted by the Parliament of Ukraine, entered into force. A number of related laws entered into force and amended, in particular the Civil Code, the Economic Code, the…