Despite the Russian military invasion of Ukraine, the Ukrainian IP Office (Ukrpatent) continues to work. Still, the IP rights protection system faces restrictions in Ukraine. 1. Ukrpatent continues to accept new applications for trademarks, patents, and copyrights – both under…
On March 14, 2022, Ukraine became a full member of the Regional Group of the Central European and Baltic States (CEBS) of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The CEBS regional group includes 20 countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria,…
On February 3, 2022, Ukraine and Turkey signed a Free Trade Agreement. Negotiations between the two countries have been going on since 2006. During this time, Ukraine and Turkey were several steps closer to signing the agreement, but could not…
On February 24, 2022, the Russian Government started a full-scale invasion of Ukraine throughout all territory of Ukraine, sending missiles, bombs, tanks, sabotage grounds against military and civilians. Shelling is being sent both from Russian-Ukrainian and Belarusian-Ukrainian borders. The full-scale…
Apple Corporation has filed an opposition with the USPTO in filing a trademark application for Apple-Man in Class 9. The application was filed by Ukrainian director Vasyl Moskalenko. Under this title, he released and published on YouTube a satirical film…
On January 25, 2022, the parliament of Ukraine supported the amendments to the Customs and Tax Codes, which increased the limit on duty-free delivery of parcels from abroad, the invoice value of which was from 100 euros to 150 euros.…
The Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus by a resolution supplemented the list of objects of mandatory conformity assessment of the National System of Conformity Assessment. From April 1, 2022, a requirement for mandatory certification is established for…
Uzbekistan joined Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) and offers the option to obtain a patent based on an international patent application. Entry into the national phase in Uzbekistan is possible within 31 months from the priority date. Uzbekistan Patent Office accepts…
The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine recognized the copying of the packaging design of competitors’ products and fined the private enterprise Divotsvit for violation of the legislation on protection against unfair competition for UAH 1.658 million. The committee found out that…
On December 7, 2021, during a meeting at Roskomnadzor (The Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media), Internet companies and copyright holders signed a new version of the anti-piracy memorandum. From now on, not only links…