Yearly Archives: 2017

Ukraine carries out interesting innovative researches in various fields, so the support for innovative solutions is a guarantee and an important prerequisite for economic development. Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman said this in an interview with the Ukrayinsky Tyzhden newspaper, the Government portal reports. “Ukraine possesses unmanned technologies, and is competitive in this field. We have very good potential in the technological sector of the agro-industrial complex. There is a fairly large number of start-ups in Ukraine, and they can subsequently

The President of Ukraine signed the Law “On introducing the amendments to the Сode of Commercial Procedure of Ukraine, the Code of Civil Procedure of Ukraine, the Code of Administrative Procedure and other legislative acts”. The draft law was developed by the Judicial Reform Council into account the recommendations of national and international experts. The document is aimed at bringing Ukraine’s legal procedure in a compliance with the best European and international practices. This is the most significant reform of the

The establishment of Intellectual Property High Court will be instrumental to the development of knowledge-based economy which is very important nowadays, – noted Dovydas Vitkauskas, Team Leader of the EU Project “Support to Justice Sector Reforms in Ukraine, at a round table “Competition to the Intellectual Property High Court: expectations of participants”. The event was organised in Kyiv by the EU Project and Ukrainian Bar Association. “We should gain a momentum and intensify our work on establishing the IP Court with

President Petro Poroshenko has signed a decree to establish the High Court for Intellectual Property, according to his website. Its headquarters will be in Kyiv. The decree is effective from the date of its publication. According to the State Judicial Administration, the court will have 21 judges who will deal with the disputes about copyright, trademarks, inventions, patents, author’s rights and administration of titles to intellectual property. Last year, the Cabinet of Minister dissolved the State Service of Intellectual Property. Its functions were handed