Starting in January 2025, the Ukrainian National Office of Intellectual Property and Innovations (IP Office) will issue certificates for trademarks, patents, and other IP objects in electronic format only. This rule applies to both newly filed applications and protection documents…
In December 2024, the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine recognized that LLC “Izumrud LTD” and PrJSC “Novomoskovskiy Zavod Minvody” violated the Law of Ukraine “On Protection against Unfair Competition” in the form of dissemination of misleading information. Thus, PrJSC “Novomoskovskiy Zavod…
According to 2024 results, the number of industrial design applications filed with the Eurasian Patent Office exceeded 500 for the first time. The acceptance of Eurasian industrial design applications began on June 1, 2021. During this time, the Office received:…
On December 4, 2024, the Ukrainian National Office of Intellectual Property and Innovations (IP Office, UKRNOIVI) published an information notice on the procedure for issuing protection documents for intellectual property rights objects. The IP Office drew attention to the fact…
One of the most pressing issues for Uzbekistan is the acceleration of its accession to the World Trade Organization and the need to align national legislation with WTO norms. In this regard, based on the requirements of the Agreement on…
According to Lyudmila Zaporozhets, Head of the Department for Ensuring Judicial Protection of Intellectual Property Rights of the Department for Protection of Intellectual Property Rights of UKRNOIVI, in Ukraine, cases on intellectual property rights protection are usually considered for at…
According to the Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between the European Union and Armenia, more than 3,000 geographical indications and geographical names of product origin have received legal protection in the territory of Armenia starting from November 15, 2024.…
On October 30, 2024, Kyrgyzpatent received the first application for registration of Arstanbap wild nut as a geographical indication. The application was submitted by the Association for the Management of the Geographical Indication “Arstanbap Wild Nut”. In March 2023, a…
On September 18, 2024, the Rules for drawing up, submitting a trademark application, application for international trademark registration, and conducting the examination of a trademark application, international trademark registration with extension to Ukraine entered into force. The new rules comply…
From October 1, 2024, Uzbekistan implemented an annual increase in the size of the basic calculation value used to calculate a number of state fees, including for actions with objects of intellectual property. The size of the basic estimated value…