On February 15, 2024, the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova voted in the second reading of the draft Law on trademarks, developed to ensure the correspondence of the national trademark protection system to the European one and the compatibility…
The Danish LEGO Group filed a lawsuit against the Ukrainian LLC “Company Genesis” regarding the attempt to import Chinese-made toys under the Alle Blox brand into Ukraine. The Ukrainian company ordered 11,064 children’s constructors from a Chinese manufacturer that distributed…
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Domain Name Dispute Resolution Service is now accessible for both top-level domain names (.UA) as well as second- and third-level domain names. Starting from February 1, 2024, the WIPO Center will start accepting applications for…
Starting from January 15, 2024, it became possible to validate European patent applications and European patents issued by the European Patent Office (EPO) in Georgia. 39 countries are members of the European Patent Organization, including all 27 EU member states.…
Detectives of the Bureau of Economic Security of Ukraine exposed a large-scale scheme for the sale of excise goods without excise tax stamps. The investigation established that a group of people sold illegally manufactured cigarette liquids, electronic cigarettes, and their…
The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine fined TAYROVO WINERY LLC for improper use of the “PROSECCO” designation and VYNAL LLC for spreading misleading information about the origin of Ukrainian cognacs under the “ADJARI” designation. The Committee started a case against TAYROVO…
From January 1, 2024, the Eurasian Patent Organization will establish new amounts of certain fees for applications and Eurasian patents for inventions, as well as Eurasian patents for industrial designs. Fees have been increased for all major actions with applications…
On November 24, 2023, the order of the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine On approval of the Procedure for state registration of copyright and agreements relating to property rights to a work entered into force. This allowed the IP office…
The Supreme Court of Ukraine and the World Intellectual Property Organization signed a Memorandum on the WIPO Lex-Judgments Database. Ukrainian court decisions will be available in the international intellectual property database. The WIPO Lex-Judgments initiative was created by WIPO in…
The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine fined DKP PHARMACEUTICAL FABRYKA LLC for improperly using the design of the packaging of the drug “KORVALAZID”, similar to the design of the packaging of the drug “KORVALOL” of another Ukrainian pharmaceutical company FARMAK JSC.…