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Federal Antimonopoly Service sent warnings to manufacturers of chocolate Lindt and washing powder Persil and Ariel about violating competition law.

President of Russia signed a law prohibiting the sale of gadgets in Russia without installed domestic software from July 1, 2020.

The list of goods that are subject to mandatory digital marking has expanded in Russia

European Union and China signed an agreement on the protection of geographical indications

President of Ukraine signed a law amending the Criminal Code regarding liability for counterfeiting drugs or trafficking in counterfeited drugs.

Government of Russia has changed the rules for introducing drugs into civilian circulation

The government introduced a draft law to the parliament with amendments to the Civil Code that would allow producing of medicines without the consent of the patent holder.

The procedure for domain disputes based on UDRP for .com.ua available since December 19, 2019.

Head of Ukrpatent Andriy Kudin and head of Department of Intellectual Property of the Ministry Valeriy Zhaldak were dimissed

On November 12, 2019, the parliament of Ukraine adopted the Law on amending certain legislative acts of Ukraine regarding the harmonization of legislation in the field of comparative advertising with the law of the European Union. Thus, Ukrainian legislation is…