Legal updates
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7 February 2012
On February 7, 2012, on the
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17 January 2012
On January 17, 2012, the Law of Ukraine № 4025-VI «On amendments to some legislative acts of Ukraine regarding the humanization of responsibility for violations in the sphere of economic activity and official activities» (hereinafter — the Law) came into effect.
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13 January 2012
The Republic of Moldova expressed its decision to leave the Eurasian patent system by depositing with WIPO a Notification of denunciation of the Eurasian Patent Convention. According to Article 27 of the Eurasian Patent Convention the denunciation will take effect on 26 April 2012, meaning that the Eurasian Patent Office starting from this date will be unable to grant Eurasian patents valid with respect to the Republic of Moldova.
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8 December 2011
On December 8, 2011, the Russian Government took a Government Decree No. 1024 «On Introducing Changes in the Government Decree of the Russian Federation of April 22, 2009 No. 342 " (in force from December 27, 2011), which refined the special features of consolidation of the Russia’s rights to the results of science and technology activities.
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8 December 2011
On December 8, 2011, it was changed the procedure of the early termination of the legal protection of a trademark in connection with its non-use, as on the day it was issued and entered into force the Federal Law of December 8, 2011 No. 422-FZ «On introducing changes to certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation in connection with the establishment within the system of the arbitrazh courts the Court on intellectual property rights» (hereinafter, «Federal Law No. 422-FZ»).
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