{"id":283293,"date":"2020-09-02T11:06:54","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T08:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eba.com.ua\/?p=283293"},"modified":"2020-09-02T11:22:55","modified_gmt":"2020-09-02T08:22:55","slug":"ukrayina-pokrashhennya-zakonodavstva-u-sferi-ohorony-prav-na-torgovelni-marky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eba.com.ua\/en\/ukrayina-pokrashhennya-zakonodavstva-u-sferi-ohorony-prav-na-torgovelni-marky\/","title":{"rendered":"[:ua]\u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0430: \u043f\u043e\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0449\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044f \u0437\u0430\u043a\u043e\u043d\u043e\u0434\u0430\u0432\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0430 \u0443 \u0441\u0444\u0435\u0440\u0456 \u043e\u0445\u043e\u0440\u043e\u043d\u0438 \u043f\u0440\u0430\u0432 \u043d\u0430 \u0442\u043e\u0440\u0433\u043e\u0432\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0456 \u043c\u0430\u0440\u043a\u0438[:en]Ukraine: trademark law makeover[:]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>Recent changes to the Ukrainian Trademark Law establish largely anticipated novelties and instruments aimed at improving the enforcement of trademark rights.<\/p>\n<p>On August 16, 2020, the Law of Ukraine &#8220;On Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine Concerning Strengthening of Protection of Rights to Trademarks and Industrial Designs and Combating Patent Trolling&#8221; (&#8220;<strong>Law<\/strong>&#8220;) became effective and introduced new grounds for refusal of registration, new rules for opposition procedure and other significant refinements.<\/p>\n<p>Trademark owners should prepare for new opposition deadlines and consider new enforcement instruments.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key takeaways<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Law introduces a number of important changes, including:<\/p>\n<p><strong>New Absolute Grounds for Refusal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Law enlarges the list of objects that shall not be registered by adding the signs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>consisting exclusively of the shape, or another characteristic, which (1) results from the nature of the goods themselves; (2) is necessary to obtain a technical result; or (3) gives substantial value to the goods;<\/li>\n<li>reproducing registered or applied-for <strong>plant varieties<\/strong>;<\/li>\n<li>containing registered or applied-for g<strong>eographical indications<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Collective Trademarks<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An association or other similar organization <strong>may now register collective trademarks<\/strong> which may be used by its members to distinguish their goods and services from those of non-members. In addition to standard requirements for trademark applications, a collective trademark application should also contain a <strong>list of entities <\/strong>allowed to use such trademark and <strong>document setting out terms of its use<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>E-Prosecution<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Possibility of <strong>e-prosecution<\/strong>, including e-filing, is now also fixed at the legislative level.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recognition of Letters of Consent<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Consent of an owner of an earlier registered trademark is now recognized by the Law as a <strong>sufficient argument <\/strong>for overcoming relative grounds for refusal of trademark registration. Yet, such consent may be disregarded if there is a potential risk of consumers confusion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>New Opposition Rules<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The most important change introduced by the Law is significant amendments to opposition procedure, namely:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a pre-grant opposition should be filed <strong>within a three-month period<\/strong> of the application&#8217;s publication date;<\/li>\n<li>a novelty also stipulates a possibility to file post-grant opposition with the Appellate Chamber, however <strong>only the person who filed a pre-grant opposition<\/strong> is entitled to file such post-grant opposition no later than two month after receipt of the final decision on the respective trademark application;<\/li>\n<li>though the Law expended the instruments provided by the opposition procedure, trademark owners or other stakeholders are <strong>highly recommended to recalibrate their trademark monitoring services<\/strong> to be able to meet the new opposition deadlines and fully benefit from the new procedure.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It is expected that the above new rules would apply only to trademark applications filed after the Law&#8217;s entering into force. However, further official clarifications are awaited to confirm such position.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Extended Non-Use Period<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Law eliminates the discrepancy between the old version of the Ukrainian Trademark Law and EU-Ukraine Association Agreement in respect of the duration of non-use period eligible for respective registration cancellation action. A continuous <strong>five-year period <\/strong>is now a unified standard in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Limitation to Right of Re-Registration<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The period when the trademark owner may exercise its exclusive right of re-registration of trademark is <strong>shortened to two years<\/strong> after termination of respective certificate. However, other persons may register such trademark before the end of this period, provided that the owner of terminated certificate consents to such registration.<\/p>\n<p><strong>New Trademark Invalidation Ground<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Owners of foreign trademark registrations may bring an action against their agents or representatives who registered same trademarks in Ukraine without proper authorization (<strong>acting in bad faith<\/strong>). One of the two options may be requested in court:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>invalidation of a trademark certificate; or<\/li>\n<li>assignment of rights to such trademark.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Contacts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"mailto:Ruslan.Drobyazko@bakermckenzie.com\">Ruslan Drobyazko<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<br \/>\nPartner Baker McKenzie<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"mailto:Myroslava.Koval-Lavok@bakermckenzie.com\">Myroslava Koval-Lavok<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nAssociate Baker McKenzie<\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent changes to the Ukrainian Trademark Law establish largely anticipated novelties and instruments aimed at improving the enforcement of trademark rights. 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