On 4 April 2019 the Minister of Justice submitted a draft bill
to amend the Code of Civil Procedure and other acts (No. UD 497
from the list of legislative works of the Council of Ministers) for
public consultation and solicitation of opinions from relevant
institutions.
The proposed changes are aimed at including proceedings related
to the infringement of intellectual property rights in a separate
regulation, which will be applied by specialist courts at the
regional level. At the same time, new or modified procedural
mechanisms facilitating the protection of rights and market
position are to be made available to individuals seeking to assert
their rights, as well as to entities unsure as to the legality of
their actions. The final piece of the jigsaw in the proposed
amendment is that it professionalizes the activities of both
parties in a case by imposing an obligation on them to be
represented by professional representatives, i.e. advocates, legal
advisers and
