IP News Eastern Europe: General
2023
- EUIPO Extends Deadlines for Ukraine Parties
- Kazakh IPO Amends Official Fees
- Uzbekistan Amends Competition Law Excluding IP-Related Provisions
- Slovenia Amends Industrial Property Act
- Uzbekistan Orders IP Law Compliance Checks When Certifying Products
- More Patents and Fewer Trademarks Valid in Hungary in 2022
- Hungarian IPO Tightens Criteria for Authorized IP Representatives
- Ukraine Adopts Amendments Strengthening IP Rights Protection
- Ukrainian IPO Reform Explained
2022
- Ukrainian Travel Company Fined for Violating Antitrust Legislation
- Serbian IPO Amends Certain Official Fees
- Holiday Recess for Hungarian IPO
- Ukrainian IPO Reorganizes and Transitions to UKRNOIPI, Online Filing System Re-Launched
- Ukraine Introduces TSG Protection
- EUIPO Extends Deadlines for Ukraine Parties
- Kazakh IPO Amends Official Fees
- European Parliament Adopts Digital Services Package
- New Law on Trade Secrets Enters into Force in Kosovo
- Kazakhstan Amends Several IP Laws, Introduces GI Protection
- More Design and Trademark Applications in Hungary in 2021
- Uzbekistan Adopts Resolution Aiming to Improve its IP Protection System
- IP Protection Excluded from OFAC Sanctions
- Important Notice Concerning Deadlines in IP Matters before the Ukrainian IPO
- Kazakhstan Amends Official Language Legislation
- IP Deadlines under Martial Law in Ukraine
2021
- Ukrainian Wine Producer Fined for Unfair Competition
- Law on Personal Data Protection Enters into Force in Belarus
- Eurasian Design System Enters into Force in Tajikistan, EAPO to Serve as ISA, IPEA
- Albania Amends Industrial Property Law
- Plant Variety Protection Term to be Extended from 25 to 30 Years for Certain Plants
- Kazakhstan to Introduce Mandatory Digital Labeling of Footwear
- Kazakhstan to Introduce Mandatory Digital Labeling of Medicines
- Russian IPO Introduces Fee for Issuing Paper Copies of Documents
- More National IPR Applications in Hungary in 2020
- Serbia Adopts New Trade Secret Law
- Russian Trademark and Design Filing Activity Grows in 2019
- Uzbekistan Introduces Measures to Improve IPR Protection System
- Russia Introduces Measures against Discriminatory Internet Censorship
2020
- Kazakhstan Adopts Regulations on Collecting and Processing Personal Data
- Uzbekistan to Introduce New Food Labeling Requirements
- Romanian IPO Improves Electronic Filing Services
- Ukraine Creates New IPO
- Uzbekistan Announces Upcoming Improvements to its IPR Protection System
- Moldova to Establish IPR Protection Information Platform
- Kazakhstan Introduces Mandatory Labeling of Tobacco Products
- Croatian IPO Amends Official Fee Structure
- How Brexit Will Impact Your IP Rights
- Russia Introduces Electronic Registration Certificates and Letters Patent
- Kazakhstan Amends Digital Technology Regulations
- Uzbekistan Approves Legal Requirement to Prescribe Medicines Using International Nonproprietary Names
- More Patent Validations and Utility Model Applications in Hungary in 2019
- Poland Introduces Specialized IP Courts, New Types of Court Actions
- Russia Introduces Mandatory Drug Labeling
2019
- Serbia Tops Greenfield FDI Performance Index 2019
- Uzbekistan Amends Pharmaceutical Licensing Regulation
- Russia to Introduce Electronic Registration Certificates and Letters Patent
- Montenegrin IPO Loses Autonomy to Newly Founded Directorate for Internal Market and Competition
- Fewer National Applications, More Patent Validations in Hungary in 2018
- Uzbekistan Introduces New Administrative Fines for IP Rights Infringement
- Slovenia Adopts Trade Secrets Act
- Fewer National Applications, More Patent Validations and PCT Applications in Slovenia in 2018
- Slovenia Drafts Amendments to Industrial Property Act
- New Uzbekistan Resolution Aims to Strengthen Enforcement Efforts
- North Macedonia’s IP Delegation Visits Brussels as Part of EU Screening
- Uzbekistan: New Labeling Requirements for 54 Types of Goods
- The Birth of North Macedonia
2018
- Uzbekistan Simplifies Approval of Medicines Registered in 20 Other Countries
- Ukraine Increases Number of Judges in IP Court
- Kazakhstan Amends IP Legislation
- New Croatian IP Legislation Abolishes Appeal Boards
- Uzbekistan Amends Medicine Registration Regulation
- Ukraine Amends Civil, Commercial and Administrative Procedure Codes
- US Announces Partial GSP Suspension for Ukraine Due to Poor IPR Protection
- Reorganized Ukrainian Supreme Court Starts Operating