On June 23, 2022, the European Council officially granted the status of a candidate for the European Union to Ukraine and Moldova. In 2014, an association agreement was concluded between Ukraine and the EU, and on February 28, 2022, the…
All the list of official fees regarding Eurasian patents for inventions changes starting from July 1, 2022. The fees are increased by 25-39% depending on the action with a patent application. The official fee for filing grows from 28 thousand…
The Parliament of Ukraine extended the martial law in the country for another three months – until August 23, 2022. Thus, in accordance with the law On Protection of Interests of Persons in the Sphere of Intellectual Property during Martial…
June 1, 2022, enters into force a new value of basis for calculation of official fees in Uzbekistan, incl. fees for actions with intellectual property objects. The basis for calculation rises by 12%, i.e. all official fees for actions with…
The Cabinet of Ministers of Azerbaijan made the amendments to the list of official fees for actions with trademarks starting from May 19, 2022. The most significantly increased official fee for trademark renewal – the cost for renewing a trademark…
In January-March 2022, the Ukrainian IP Office received 5,891 applications for registration of new intellectual property rights objects, which is 40% lower than in the first quarter of 2021. The number of applications for registration of utility models decreased the…
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has approved a number of changes to the procedures for state registration and re-registration of medicines and their circulation for the period of martial law, in particular: – the procedure for emergency state registration…
With the exit of many companies, Russia has decided to abandon the national principle of exhaustion of rights and allow the import of products into its territory without the permission of the right holders. Russia’s Ministry of Industry and Trade…
On May 1, 2022, the Eurasian Patent Office issued the first electronic Eurasian patent for an industrial design, owned by Gillette Company LLC (USA). The electronic patent for an industrial design was issued on the first day of the new…
Against the background of the military invasion of Ukraine and numerous war crimes committed against civilians, Russia has made a number of steps, which turns this country into a jurisdiction, where IP rights infringements are supported by the government. Court…