Intellectual Property Laws of Ukraine and state bodies of intellectual property system

Government: Unitary semi-presidential constitutional republic

Area: 603,628 km²

Population: 42.4 mln people

GDP (PPP): $411 billion

Global Innovation Index 2023 ranking: 55

Currency: Ukrainian hryvnia (UAH)

Time zone: UTC+2

• Universal Copyright Convention;

• Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations;

• WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT);

• WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT);

• Brussels Convention Relating to the Distribution of Programme-Carrying Signals Transmitted by Satellite;

• Agreement on Cooperation in the Field of the Protection of Copyright and Neighboring Rights.

• Civil Code of Ukraine;

• Law of Ukraine On Copyright and Related Rights;

• Law of Ukraine On Cinematography;

• Law of Ukraine On Television and Radio Broadcasting;

• Law of Ukraine On Publishing;

• Law of Ukraine On the Distribution of Copies of Audiovisual Works and Phonograms;

• Law of Ukraine On Advertising;

• Law of Ukraine On Architectural Activities, etc.

• Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property;

• Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT);

• Patent Law Treaty (PLT);

• Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs;

• Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks;

• Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks;

• Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks;

• Trademark Law Treaty (TLT);

• Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol;

• International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants;

• Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure.

• Civil Code of Ukraine;

• Civil Procedure Code of Ukraine;

• Criminal Code of Ukraine;

• Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine;

• Economic Code of Ukraine;

• Economic Procedure Code of Ukraine;

• Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offenses;

• Customs Code of Ukraine;

• Labor Code of Ukraine;

• Law of Ukraine On the Protection of Rights to Inventions and Utility Models;

• Law of Ukraine On the Protection of Industrial Designs Rights;

• Law of Ukraine On the Protection of Rights to Marks for Goods and Services;

• Law of Ukraine On the Protection of Rights to Indicating the Origin of Goods;

• Law of Ukraine On the Protection of Rights to the Topography of Integrated Circuits;

• Law of Ukraine On the Protection of Rights to Plant Varieties, etc.

Telephone number: +380 (44) 253-93-94

Intellectual property Department: +380 (44) 596-67-54

E-mail: meconomy@me.gov.ua

www.me.gov.ua

Consultation for applicants: +380 (44) 285-85-88, 254-38-13,  494-06-63, 494-06-88

Consultation for copyright applicants: +380 (44) 494-06-87, 494-06-50, 494-06-51, 494-06-52

Sector of registration of documents on applications for industrial property objects: +380 (44) 494-05-94

E-mail: office@ukrpatent.org

www.uipv.org

Telephone number: +380 (44) 234 22 38

E-mail: info@uacrr.gov.ua

www.uacrr.org