2,573 applications for trademark registration were filed by foreigners in 2024, according to the Ukrainian National Office of Intellectual Property and Innovation (UKRIPO). More than 40% of them belong to companies from the US, Cyprus, and Switzerland. Most of them are engaged in medical/veterinary products and advertising and administration.
2.5 thousand applications for trademark registration were filed in Ukraine last year. This is 37% less than before the full-scale trademark reform, when more than 4 thousand applications were filed.
We keep track of companies ‘ trademarks in Opendatabot.
18.4% of all applications belong to companies from the United States, and another 12.5% – from Switzerland. The top three countries in terms of applications are Cyprus – 9.7%. Businesses from China, the United Kingdom, and Poland were also actively applying for registration.
The top 5 applicants include the following companies:
● Philip Morris Products S.A. – 91 applications;
● Mistral Capital Management Limited – 69;
UPL Mauritius Limited – 69;
British American Tobacco (Brands) Inc;
Farmak AG – 45.
The most frequently filed trademarks last year were those related to:
● medicinal products for medicine, veterinary medicine and hygiene – 711 applications or 27.6% of the total
● advertising, administration and office services – 472 or 18.3%,
Tobacco products, accessories and substitutes – 341 or 13.3%;
Scientific, electronic and optical instruments – 306 or 11.9%;
● cosmetics, care products and household chemicals – 282 or 11.0%.
FELIX TRADE PTE. Ltd. became the record holder, having filed for registration a trademark with 20 areas of activity.
https://opendatabot.ua/analytics/foreign-trademarks-2024
Unemployment in the eurozone stood at 6.3% in December last year, up from an all-time low of 6.2% a month earlier, the European Union’s statistics office said.
Analysts also expected 6.3%, according to Trading Economics. The November level was revised from 6.3%. For comparison, in December 2023, unemployment was 6.5%.
In December, the number of unemployed in the region increased by 96 thousand compared to the previous month to a three-month high of 10.83 million.
Among young people (population under 25), the share of unemployed fell to 14.8% from 14.9%.
The lowest unemployment rate among the largest eurozone countries was recorded in Germany (3.4%, the same as a month earlier), and the highest in Spain (10.6% vs. 10.7% in November). In France, unemployment rose by 0.1 percentage points to 7.8% in December, and in Italy it increased by 0.3 percentage points to 6.2%.
Overall, the unemployment rate in the European Union was 5.9% last month, up from 5.8% in November. In December 2023, it was 6%.
The Patrol Police Department on January 31 announced a tender for the purchase of services of compulsory insurance of civil liability of owners of land vehicles, reported in the system of electronic public procurement Prozorro.
The expected cost of the purchase of insurance services is UAH 12.124 million. The deadline for submission of proposals is February 8.
As reported, earlier the winner of a similar tender was IC “Guardian”.
In the south and south-east of Ukraine on Monday, February 3, moderate wet snow and rain, in some places sticking wet snow, in the rest of the territory in some places light snow, reported Ukrhydrometcenter.
The roads are icy in places. The wind is predominantly north-western, 5-10 m/s.
The temperature at night 0-5° frost, in the Carpathians 4-9° frost, in the southern part, during the day in Ukraine from 2° frost to 3° warm, in the Crimea 2-7° warm.
In Kiev on Monday in places a light snow. The wind is north-westerly, 5-10 m/s. The temperature at night 1-3° frost, in the daytime about 0°.
According to the Central Geophysical Observatory named after Boris Sreznevsky. Borys Sreznevsky, in Kiev on February 3, the highest temperature during the day was 12.3 in 2002, the lowest at night -26.8 in 2012.
On Tuesday, February 4, in Ukraine in places a light snow, at night in the south-eastern part of moderate snow.
On the roads in some places icy. The wind is north-western, 5-10 m/s.
The temperature at night 3-8° frost, during the day from 4° frost to 1° warm, in Transcarpathia 0-5° warm; in the Carpathians at night 9-14° frost, during the day 1-6° frost.
In Kiev on Tuesday there will be light snow in some places. The wind is north-westerly, 5-10 m/s. The temperature at night 3-5° frost, during the day 0-2° frost.
The US imposition of an additional 10 percent duty on imported Chinese goods seriously violates WTO rules and not only fails to solve its own problems, but also disrupts normal economic and trade cooperation between the two countries, a spokesman for China’s Ministry of Commerce said in a statement on Sunday.
“China will file a lawsuit at the WTO against the US for its abusive practices and take appropriate countermeasures to resolutely safeguard its rights and interests,” the statement said.
According to it, China hopes the U.S. side will objectively and rationally consider and solve its own fentanyl and other problems, rather than threatening other countries with tariffs at every turn.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry also issued a statement in connection with the imposition of a 10% duty on imports of Chinese goods, calling on the U.S. to correct its erroneous approach and work with the Chinese side to engage in frank dialog, strengthen cooperation and resolve differences on the basis of equality, mutual benefit and mutual respect.
The Foreign Ministry emphasized that China is one of the countries in the world with the most strict and thorough drug control policies, and fentanyl is America’s problem, and China, in the spirit of humanism, has supported the U.S. in dealing with this problem, being the first country among other countries to put fentanyl-like substances in a separate category.
Mortality in Ukraine in 2024 exceeded the birth rate in 2.8 times, the leader in newborns was Kiev, the most deaths were registered in Dnipropetrovsk region.
This follows from the report of the Ministry of justice, published on the website.
In total last year was born 176679 children, registered death 495090 people.
The birth rate in Ukraine in 2024 is 5.8% less than in 2023 – then 187.3 thousand children were born.
The leaders in the number of newborns were: Kyiv – 19.7 thousand; Lviv region – 15.6 thousand; Dnipropetrovsk region – 14 thousand; Odessa region – 12.5 thousand; Kyiv region – 10.2 thousand.
Most deaths were registered in Dnipropetrovsk region (53268), followed by Kyiv (35528), Kharkiv region (34883), Odessa region (32147) and Kyiv region (29339).
