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.…
By resolution of October 10, 2023, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved a mechanism for protecting the personal non-property rights of the author regarding works that have passed into the public domain, in the absence of heirs. This procedure…
The National Center of Intellectual Property of Georgia (Sakpatenti) became aware that the protected Georgian geographical indication, cheese “Sulguni” was used illegally on the territory of Germany. In particular, cheese was sold in several German trade chains. Sakpatenti in coordination…
The meeting of representatives of the National IP Office of Ukraine and the management of the EU Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) took place on October 23, 2023, in Kyiv. Among the priorities of the meeting was the determination of short-term…
The Mediation Center of the IP Office has developed and published documents for the possibility of conducting mediation regarding intellectual property objects in Ukraine. In particular, the following were prepared: Rules for conducting mediation in the field of intellectual property.…