The Ministry of Economy of Ukraine has announced that its order approving new rules for the registration of patent attorneys and their activities came into force on March 11.
“This year, after approval of the composition of the Attestation Commission of the Ukrainian National Office of Intellectual Property and Innovations (Ukr. which performs the functions of the National Intellectual Property Authority, the consideration of applications of citizens who have expressed their intention to acquire the right to practice as patent attorneys and their certification will finally be resumed,” Deputy Minister Vitaliy Kindrativ said in a release from the Ministry of Economy.
The Ukrainian register of patent attorneys currently includes 514 people without specifying whether they are currently engaged in this activity. The latest registrations are dated January 2017.
The Ministry of Economy clarified that the order approved four documents in total. These are, in particular, the Regulation on Patent Attorneys, which defines who patent attorneys are, how they act, their rights and obligations, the Regulation on the Attestation and Appeal Commission, which regulates the consideration of applications and complaints during the attestation of patent attorneys, and the Regulation on the State Register of Patent Attorneys, which defines the procedure for updating information on all registered patent attorneys in Ukraine and the possibility of obtaining free access to it in electronic form,
“The certification of new patent attorneys will increase the number of certified intellectual property professionals in Ukraine who provide services in this area and will be able to represent the interests of national innovators and foreign investors,” the Ministry of Economy concluded.
