On June 1, 2021, a solemn ceremony was held at the Eurasian Patent Office, symbolizing the launch of the Eurasian system of legal protection for industrial designs. As part of the ceremony, the first Eurasian design application was filed. It…
In 2020, prosecutors identified 3,300 violations of intellectual property rights. To eliminate them, 408 officials were brought to disciplinary responsibility, 89 criminal cases were initiated, and another 300 people were brought to administrative responsibility. In order to protect the rights…
ADS-Decor LLC was forced to change its name to TD Decor Pro LLC, stop using the designation “ADS” in the domain name of the site https://ads-decor.com/ and the email address adskiev@ukr.net and pay a fine in the amount of UAH…
On May 6, 2021, the Svyatoshinsky District Court of Kyiv passed a verdict against a resident of Ukraine who distributed pirated copies of films from the American studio Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. It was established that in the period from…
The Ministry of Economy of Ukraine has approved the Procedure and special requirements for food labeling, for which it is mandatory to indicate the country of origin or place of origin. The procedure establishes the rules for indicating the country…
The Russian parliament adopted a bill that allows the production and use of medicines for export in Russia without the consent of the patent holder. The bill allows the government, in cases stipulated by international treaties, to make a decision…
From May 6, 2021, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has extended the possibility of the UDRP-based Domain Dispute Resolution Procedure at the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center to a number of third-level domains in the zone. UA. The procedure…
The Kalininsky District Court of St. Petersburg awarded Dmitry Miklouho-Maclay, known under the pseudonym Dmitry Orekhov, compensation for using his parody play Bluff. In 2018, Orekhov learned that Peter Production LLC was staging the play Bluff, which, as he believed,…
On April 27, 2021, the Parliament of Ukraine adopted in the first reading a bill amending the Law On Advertising on advertising of electronic cigarettes and liquids used in electronic cigarettes. The bill proposes to amend the article of the…
The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine has provided advisory clarifications on the application of the provisions of the Law “On Protection against Unfair Competition” on the dissemination of misleading information. The advisory clarifications highlight the Committee’s approach to identifying claims in…