乌克兰新专利商标法生效

As of August 16, 2020, major amendments to Ukrainian patent and trademark law took effect and drew it closer to European law.

2020年8月16日乌克兰专利及商标法修订条例生效，向欧洲法律看齐。

The most remarkable changes are summarized below:

最为显著的修改内容总结如下：

Patents

- post-grant opposition system (administrative), pre-grant opposition system and third-party observations have been introduced;

- supplementary patent certificates (SPC) and paediatric extensions thereto have been introduced;

- the prior disclosure grace period for inventions/utility models is now 6 months;

- therapeutical/diagnostical methods are no longer eligible for patent protection;

- the inventive step criterion regarding secondary pharma inventions has been stiffened;

- utility models now may only relate to a device or a method;

专利

-引入了授权后异议制度（行政），授权前异议制度和第三方意见；

-引入了补充专利证书（SPC）及其它保护延续；

-发明/实用新型的提前披露宽限期现在为6个月；

-治疗/诊断方法不再有资格获得专利保护；

-强化了有关二级药物发明的发明步骤标准；

-实用新型现在有可能仅涉及一种设备或一种方法；

Designs

- registered designs now have a 5-year validity term and are to be renewed every 5 years, up to 25 years;

- unregistered designs are now under protection (3 years);

- a new criterion has been introduced (“individual character”);

- the prior disclosure grace period is now 12 months;

- up to 100 designs can now be combined in a multiple design application.

- post-grant opposition system (administrative) has been introduced.

外观设计

-已授权的外观设计有效期为5年，每五年续展一次，最多达25年；

-未注册的外观设计受到保护，为期3年；

-引入了新的标准（“个别特征”）；

-提前披露宽限期现为12个月；

-一个多项外观设计中现可最多包括100个设计。

-引入了授予后异议制度（行政）。

Trademarks

- it is prohibited to register trademarks, which are used by another party in a foreign state, if the application is filed in the name of an agent or representative of such party, without this party's consent;

- letters of consent are now officially prescribed by the legislation of Ukraine;

- provisions on registration of collective trademarks have been added;

- the deadline for filing oppositions against pending applications has been changed to 3 months from the date of publication in the official Gazette.

商标

-若申请商标由国外一组织使用，在并未获得该组织同意的情况下，禁止该组织的经销商或者代理提交此商标申请；

-乌克兰法律现正式规定了同意书的使用；

-增加了关于集体商标注册的规定；

-申请商标提出异议的期限更改为该申请商标在官方公报上公布之日起的3个月。

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