GREEN LIGHT TO ESTABLISHING A NEW PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE:
IMPLICATIONS AND LIFEHACKS FOR RIGHTSHOLDERS
On 23 August 2016, the Ukrainian Government (the
"Government") green lighted the winding up procedure of
the State Intellectual Property Service of Ukraine (the
"Service"), and transformation of the State Enterprise
"State Intellectual Property Institute of Ukraine" (the
"UAPTO") into governmental organization
– duumvirate of regulatory bodies, which were regulating the
intellectual property system in Ukraine since 2011.
The Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine (the
"Ministry") – a successor of the
Service – will also acquire two affiliates of the Service:
State Organisation "Ukrainian Agency for Copyright and Related
Rights" (responsible for collective management of copyright
and related rights) and State Enterprise "INTELZAKHYST"
(responsible for maintaining of the register of control marks for
marking of certain copyrighted works and,
