Ukraine to establish IP court
Ukraine has become the latest country to implement a dedicated intellectual property court under new laws that are awaiting approval by the country’s president.
The reforms, agreed by Ukraine’s parliament the Verkhovna Rada on June 3, provide measures for establishing a high court to hear IP issues.
It is hoped the court will be implemented by autumn next year.
The court’s rulings will be reviewed in the Court of Appeal within the chamber of the Supreme Court of Ukraine.
Petro Poroshenko, Ukraine’s president, will need to sign the agreement into law before the court can be implemented.
The UK, US, China, Brazil, Germany, Sweden and Japan are among the countries that have specialised IP courts.
Last month, WIPR reported that a report by the International Chamber of Commerce had said that dedicated IP courts increase the effectiveness and quality of litigation and enforcement, and can serve as an example to others.
Anastasiia Radomska, associate at law firm Synergy IP Law Agency in Ukraine, welcomed the news.
She wrote on the IPWatchdog blog: “Ukraine is constantly changing, and we hope these changes will be effective and will help Ukraine to be a law-governed state with a viable mechanism of justice.”
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