At the request of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) of Russia, the pharmacological company Ipsen entered into a contract with the distributor Biotec LLC for the supply of its drugs for sale in Russia. In 2019, Biotech approached Ipsen several…
The Supreme Court of Ukraine in the case of Holy Land LLC v. Individual entrepreneur Savisko V.G. provided an interpretation of the possibility of using a trademark to sell goods online without the consent of the right holder of the…
The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) of Russia has issued orders to stop the distribution of inappropriate advertising to Yandex and Google. Also, companies face administrative fines ranging from 100 to 500 thousand rubles ($1.3-6.4 thousand). In March 2020, an advertisement…
From November 1, 2020, marking tires and tires with a unique DataMatrix code in Russia becomes mandatory. It is expected that this will help buyers to purchase only high-quality goods and report illegal products to regulatory authorities through a special…
The State Customs Service of Ukraine has presented a new register of objects of intellectual property rights – applications will be submitted online, instead of paper filing, as it was before. The new register accepts applications in electronic form through…
The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine called on the Odesa Cognac Factory to refuse to distribute on the labels of its products designations that can mislead consumers about the French origin of drinks. Comments were caused by the products “Champagne of…
On October 13, 2020, the government of Ukraine adopted an order “On the National Intellectual Property Body”, according to which the functions of the National IP Agency will be performed by the state enterprise “Ukrainian Institute of Intellectual Property”. Minister…
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Prime Minister of Great Britain Boris Johnson signed an Agreement on Political Cooperation, Free Trade, and Strategic Partnership between Ukraine and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on October 8, 2020.…
On October 7, 2020, the European Parliament recognized the Ukrainian seed certification system as equivalent to EU requirements. This will make it easier for Ukrainian producers to export seeds to the EU countries. In April, the European Commission, based on…
Investigators of the Main Investigation Department of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine together with the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine stopped the scheme of illegal movement of tobacco products through the customs territory of Ukraine. Searches were conducted…