On December 16, 2021, the Parliament of Ukraine adopted the bill “On Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine Concerning Public Health from the Harmful Effects of Tobacco”. The document strengthens the protection of Ukrainians, especially children, and young people, from…
The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine fined the telecommunications operator Lifecell LLC for violating the law “On Protection again Unfair Competition”, namely the dissemination of false and inaccurate information about the leadership in the provision of certain services. The Antimonopoly Committee…
On December 15, 2021, the parliament of Ukraine passed a bill to amend the law “On effective management of copyright holders’ rights and (or) related rights” to ensure the collection of revenue from the rights of collective management organizations. The…
On December 1, 2021, Roskomnadzor (The Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media), based on the decision of the Oktyabrsky District Court of Tambov, blocked access to Etsy.com in Russia. The judgment was made back in…
From January 1, 2022, in connection with the increase in the size of the minimum level of subsistence for able-bodied persons, the amount of the court fee in Ukraine also increased. So, rates increased by 9% – the minimum wage…
Samsung, trying to lift the ban on the sale in Russia of its smartphones that use Samsung Pay technology, applied to the Chamber of Patent Disputes of Rospatent to cancel the patent of Sqwin SA for the invention of the…
The Pechersk District Court of Kyiv sided with Ukrainian showman Oleksiy Durnev, who sued his former TV channel, which belonged to the TV company “TET”. Thus, in 2017, Oleksiy Durnev filed an application for registration of the mark for goods…
The Economic Court of Kyiv partially satisfied the petition of the Ukrainian “daughter” of Sberbank of Russia for its own decision from 2017 and allowed to postpone the renaming of the bank until August 2022. The court decided that the…
Azamat Ibatullin, a figure in many legal disputes over intellectual property rights, filed a lawsuit against the Perm society Ant+, which, according to the applicant, illegally used the word “Ant” on the sign of its store. Ibatullin filed a lawsuit…
Ukraine and Turkey, which have been negotiating the creation of a free trade zone since 2012, hope to finally sign an agreement in February 2022. This was announced by Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba. “Currently, a number…