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16 May 2013
On May 16, 2013, the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission approved the Draft Treaty on the Eurasian Trademarks, Service Marks and Appellations of Origin on the territories of Member-States of the Customs Union and the Common Economic Space and asked the Member-Sates — Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan — to carry out, by August 1, 2013, the internal procedures required for the signing of the Treaty. After the internal procedures have carried out, the Draft Treaty will be considered by the Council again.
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21 August 2012
July 21, 2012. President Vladimir Putin signed a law on ratification of a protocol on Russia’s accession to the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization. According to WTO’s rules the entry of Russia into the organization will take place on August 22, 2012.
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3 April 2012
April 3, 2012, Bill No. 47538–6 «On amendments to parts I, II, III and IV of the Russian Civil Code, and to individual acts of legislation of the Russian Federation» submitted by the Russian President to the State Duma for consideration on April 3, 2012, was registered and published at the Web-site of the State Duma.
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15 March 2012
It becomes apparent that the Russian PTO services has been amended and the fees have been increased, including those for search of registered trademarks and applied for registration that are identical and similar to a word trademark in «Trademarks of the Russian Federation computer-aided system».
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12 March 2012
A draft Administrative Rules of the Russian PTO was published by the Russian Ministry of Economic Development on March 12, 2012, and public hearings connected with said draft will held till March 26, 2012.
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