Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights - Notification of laws and regulations under Article 63.2 of the TRIPS Agreement - Ukraine : Order of the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine No. 20599 "On Approval of the Regulation on Intellectual Property Representatives (Patent Attorneys) and Amendments to the Regulations on Attestation and Maintenance of the State Register of Intellectual Property Representatives (Patent Attorneys)" of 29 December 2023

NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT

Ukraine: Order of the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine No. 20599 "On Approval of
the Regulation on Intellectual Property Representatives (Patent Attorneys)
and Amendments to the Regulations on Attestation and Maintenance
of the State Register of Intellectual Property Representatives
(Patent Attorneys)" of 29 December 2023

Notifying Member

Ukraine

 

Details of the notified legal text

 

Title

Order of the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine No. 20599 "On Approval of the Regulation on Intellectual Property Representatives (Patent Attorneys) and Amendments to the Regulations on Attestation and Maintenance of the State Register of Intellectual Property Representatives (Patent Attorneys)" of 29 December 2023

Subject matter

Industrial property (general); Trademarks; Geographical indications; Industrial designs; Patents (including plant variety protection); Layout-designs (topographies) of integrated circuits

Nature of notification

[X]     Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation_

[  ]     Other law or regulation_

Link to legal text[*]

https://ip-documents.info/2024/IP/UKR/24_03670_00_e.pdf
https://ip-documents.info/2024/IP/UKR/24_03670_00_x.pdf

Notification status

[X]     First notification

[  ]     Amendment or revision to notified legal text

[  ]_     Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)

Previous notification(s) referred to

Not applicable

Brief description of the notified legal text

 

The Order approves the Regulation on Intellectual Property Representatives (Patent Attorneys) and sets out in a new version the Regulation on the Attestation Commission of the National Intellectual Property Authority, the Regulation on the Appeals Chamber of the National Intellectual Property Authority and the Regulation on the State Register of Intellectual Property Representatives (Patent Attorneys), approved by the Order of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine of July 19, 2019 No. 1241 "On Approval of the Regulations on Attestation of Intellectual Property Representatives (Patent Attorneys) and Maintenance of the State Register of Intellectual Property Representatives (Patent Attorneys)".

 

Accordingly, the approved Regulations:

 

-      define the legal status of intellectual property representatives (patent attorneys) and regulate   relations related to the acquisition, exercise and termination of the right to engage in the   activities of a patent attorney;

 

-      define the powers of the Attestation Commission and the Appeals Chamber, their composition,    formation procedure, member requirements, term of office, rules and procedures of their   activities;

 

-      define the procedure for maintaining the State register of intellectual property representatives        (patent attorneys), issuing certificates to intellectual property representatives (patent    attorneys) and providing extracts from the Register.

 

Language(s) of notified legal text

English, Ukrainian

Entry into force

11 March 2024

Other date

Adoption: 29 December 2023

 

Notification details

 

Submission date of notification

30 May 2024

Other information

Available in Ukrainian at:

https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/z0263-24#Text

 

Agency or authority responsible

Ministry of Economy of Ukraine

 



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