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Hungary Amends Copyright Law
Jun 2021 —
The amendments to the Hungarian Copyright Act were published in the Hungarian Official Gazette on May 6, 2021.
CIS Members Sign New Agreement on Cooperation in Prevention and Repression of the Use of False Trademarks and GIs
Jun 2021 —
On May 28, 2021, the members of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan) signed the Agreement on Cooperation in Prevention and Repression of the Use of False Trademarks and Geographical Indicati
EAEU Trademark Agreement Enters into Force
May 2021 —
The Agreement on the Eurasian Economic Union Trademarks, Service Marks and Appellations of Origin, signed on February 3, 2020 by all five EAEU member countries –Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Russia, entered into f
Kazakhstan to Introduce Mandatory Digital Labeling of Footwear
Sep 2021 —
Mandatory digital labeling of footwear is to be introduced in Kazakhstan on November 1, 2021. The production and import of unlabeled shoes will be prohibited on that date, but retailers will be able to sell unlabeled shoes until November 1, 2022.
Russia to Expand Grounds for Granting Compulsory Licenses
Jan 2021 —
On December 15, 2020, the amendments to the Russian Civil Code expanding the list of grounds for granting compulsory licenses were approved by the Russian State Duma, the lower house of the Russian Federal Assembly, in the first reading.