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03 Oct2025On September 4, 2025, the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine recognized the actions of Berkana+ LLC as a violation of the Law "On Protection against Unfair Competition" in the form of unlawfu...
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The Ministry of Justice's Intellectual Property Department has stopped the production of counterfeit dietary supplements in Uzbekistan. Euro Lifecare, the British manufacturer of the dietary s...
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09 Sep2025On August 14, 2025, the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine adopted a decision recognizing the actions of Gledpharm Ltd. and Ilan Pharm Ltd. as violations of the Law of Ukraine “On Protection Agai...
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05 Aug2025Ukrainian director Andriy Pryimachenko said that he had concluded an agreement with the HBO channel, which used his video work without permission in the first episode of the mini-series "Chernoby...
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04 Jun2025On May 2, 2025, the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine registered the order of the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine “On approval of the Procedure for considering applications for additional protection...
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05 May2025On April 29, 2025, the President of Ukraine signed into law legislation repealing the suspension of deadlines concerning intellectual property rights that had been in force during martial law. The pro...
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08 Apr2025The Grand Chamber of the Supreme Court of Ukraine confirmed the conclusions of the court of appeals that a change of trademark owner does not affect the five-year period of continuous non-use of a tra...
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Environmental protection issues are gaining more attention each year, and environmental awareness is becoming a very catchy subject. Terms like: Eco, Eco friendly, environmentally friendly or susta...
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06 Jan2023In line with Article 53(b) of the European Patent Convention, the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) of the European Patent Office (EPO) has changed its stand through conclusive pronouncement on the paten...
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The registration of a trademark does not guarantee the preservation of the protection right to the mark, because it still has to be used. The obligation of genuine use of trademarks aims at eliminatin...
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12 Oct2022In 2022 works related to the launch of the unitary patent system accelerated sharply. The institution of the European patent with unitary effect and the activity of the Unified Patent Court will affec...
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09 Sep2022We are witnessing the most substantial changes in European patent law since its inception. As announced, the European patent with unitary effect will soon become operational, and with it the...
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14 Jul2022Plastics are an integral and important part of the global economy, and their production has increased from 15 million tonnes in the 1960s to 311 million tonnes in 2014 over the last 50 years. This fig...
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A signature element of the Dr. Martens boots is the yellow stitching on the edge of the sole. Airwair, the business behind the shoe brand, registered this specific yellow stitching as a position mark ...
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21 Apr2022Following years of heated debates and legislative work related to the creation of the Unified Patent Court, it appears that it will officially begin functioning still in 2022. With the creation of the...
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14 Mar2022Despite the pandemic, statistics from the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) indicate a growing interest in the EU trademark and industrial design protection system. In 2020, the EUIP...
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14 Feb2022On 1 July 2020, in order to meet the proposals of practitioners, intellectual property courts, in the form of Intellectual Property Divisions (IPDs), were introduced in Poland. This role was entrusted...
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22 Nov2021A new study has been published by the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (European Commission) prepared by the Institute for Manufacturing’s Engage (IfM Engage) team o...