The Government of Belarus, by decree No. 232 of April 15, 2020, introduced bans and restrictions on the sale of non-tobacco nicotine containing products. The Decree describes the particularities of selling tobacco products, electronic smoking systems, liquids for electronic smoking…
On April 28, 2020, the Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances of the World Intellectual Property Organization officially entered into force. The treaty was adopted by WIPO Member States in 2012. The Beijing Treaty improves and adapts to modern realities the…
The Legal 500 recognized Crane IP Law Firm as a recommended firm in Intellectual property law in Ukraine and placed us in Tier 3 in 2020 ranking edition. ‘The firm has high-quality know-how combined with a very high legal level in the…
The District Court of Kyiv issued an explanation that due to the entry into force of the law amending certain legislative acts aimed at providing additional social and economic guarantees due to the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-2019), court decisions…
March 31, 2020, the Parliament of Ukraine adopted the law On Amending Certain Legislative Acts Concerning the Turnover of Agricultural Land. If earlier the opening of the land market in Ukraine was planned from October 1, 2020, in the final…
The law allows the import and use in Ukraine of unregistered medicines officially recommended for the treatment of COVID-19 by the authorities of the USA, EU member states
Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Ukraine has simplified the procedure for applying for a certificate of force majeure.
In October 2019, an evil-doer, by guessing login and password, logged in to another person’s account in the online game “World of Tanks”. After that, he sold the tank belonging to the player’s profile to a third party. During the…
The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) acknowledged the violation of Arbidol medicine advertising, which spoke of its effectiveness against a new type of coronavirus. The manufacturer of the drug OTCPharm distributed a commercial on the radio stations in 2020 stating that…
Ukraine joined the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) in 1991 and implemented the mechanism of unified submitting foreign patent applications into the national phase. The deadline to enter PCT national phase in Ukraine is 31 months from the priority date. Ukrainian…