Denis Ashikhin
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21 August 2017
Several Eurasian countries (Russia, Byelorussia, Kazakhstan, Armenia, and Kyrgyzstan) are currently on the way to integration in economic field. They established a Eurasian Economic Union forming a common market. This brings to the fore the importance of protecting intellectual property in those countries. In fact, there is already in place a Eurasian Patent Convention which encompasses Armenia, Azerbaijan, Byelorussia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan. As can be seen, the Eurasian Patent Convention covers more countries than the Eurasian Economic Union. Hence, when making a decision to protect an invention the applicant should consider whether to file a Eurasian patent application covering eight countries or national applications in selected countries.
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16 December 2016
Denis Ashikhin, Gorodissky & Partners, compares the national and regional patent protection policies and tools in Russia and the Eurasian Economic Union respectively.
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