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“Compliance with patent rights is guarantee of investment in economy”: opening IP Eurasia
The development of legal mechanisms for IP protection directly affects the public’s access to essential medicines. Representatives of the national IP offices of the Eurasian region, government authorities and industry leaders discussed practical tools for business in the field of intellectual property in the Eurasian space within the framework of the EAPO and at the First International Conference "IP Eurasia'22: Space of Innovation".
EAPO hosts Administrative Council session
Plenipotentiary representatives of the Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO) member states took part in the forty-first (twenty-ninth ordinary) session of the EAPO Administrative Council held on September 20-21, 2022.
WIPO and EAPO hold a series of free joint seminars and trainings on the PCT system
Following the launch of the Eurasian Patent Office (EAPO) as an International Searching and Preliminary Examining Authority, a series of educational trainings will be held on the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) system. The first webinar will take place on September 26, 2022.
EAPO and CNIPA agreed to deepen cooperation
On September 16, 2022, a videoconference meeting was held between President of the Eurasian Patent Office (EAPO) Grigory Ivliev and Commissioner of the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) Mr. Shen Changyu.
Grigory Ivliev: The logic of the development of regional law is especially relevant in connection with the idea of the Greater Eurasian Partnership
At the plenary session of the 5th International Forum of Lawyers and Economists “Modern Problems of Law and Economics in Europe and Asia”, the President of the Eurasian Patent Office (EAPO) outlined the most important priorities for the development of the regional intellectual property system.
September 9 – the Day of signing the Eurasian Patent Convention
On September 9, 1994, at a meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Eurasian Patent Convention (EAPC) was signed. This date actually became the founding day of the Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO).
EAPO held workshop for Kazakhstan entrepreneurs
Head of the Industrial Designs Division of the Examination Department of the Eurasian Patent Office (EAPO) Asemgul Abenova presented the benefits of Eurasian industrial design patent to the entrepreneurs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Six states of Eurasia have recognized the EAPO as a competent International Searching Authority
Before starting the national or regional procedure for obtaining patent protection, the PCT system allows an applicant to assess the chances of getting patents in States Party to the PCT (156 states). The Eurasian Patent Office, which has been appointed as an International Searching Authority (ISA) and International Preliminary Examining Authority (IPEA) provides applicants with an expert opinion related to patentability since July 1, 2022.
Regional seminar results: speakers presentations
The seminar "Building the Eurasian Patent Information Space: Experience and Prospects" was completed in the city of Osh (Kyrgyz Republic) on August 24th. The event was focused on the exchange of experience in digitalization and the further development of electronic interaction between national offices and the Eurasian Patent Organization.
Digitalization as a universal regional trend in the development of national IP systems
This thesis is stated in the summary document of the regional seminar "Building the Eurasian Patent Information Space: Experience and Prospects", prepared by the participants of the event.
Grigory Ivliev: Common Patent Space has been Built in the Eurasian Region
А regional seminar "Building the Eurasian Patent and Information Space: Experience and Prospects" started in the city of Osh (Kyrgyz Republic) on August 23, 2022.
Draft EAPO budget for 2023 prepared
The twenty-eighth session of the Budget Working Group of the Administrative Council of the Eurasian Patent Organization was held at the headquarters of the Eurasian Patent Organization.
EAPO Marks 27th Anniversary of EAPC
On August 12, 1995, the Eurasian Patent Convention (EAPC) entered into force. The first states Party to the EAPC were Turkmenistan, the Republic of Belarus and the Republic of Tajikistan. Today, the regional system of registration of intellectual property covers eight Eurasian states.
Patent of the Month: Affordable Housing Program
No matter how much is said about digital developments, the primary needs of a person are connected with the real tangible world. For example, with the need for housing. Therefore, even in such a conservative industry as construction, there is a constant search for new technologies that make new housing more affordable and at the same time energy efficient.
The website of the first international Eurasian conference "IP Eurasia: Space of Innovation" launched
This year, IP Eurasia, which will be held on September 21, 2022, is dedicated to the issues of patent protection of medicines, the balance of interests of society, developers of innovative drugs and pharmaceutical companies.
Grigory Ivliev: Development of regional IP registration systems is WIPO priority
President of the Eurasian Patent Office (EAPO) Grigory Ivliev and the Counsel to the EAPO President, one of the founders of the Eurasian Patent Organization Alexander Grigoriev welcomed national patent office’s examiners undergoing training at EAPO.
The 9th session of the Permanent Working Group on Information Technologies
On July 28, 2022, the ninth meeting of the Permanent Working Group on Information Technologies (PWGI) of the Administrative Council of the Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO) was held via videoconference.
Policy for cooperation and development: the Eurasian Patent Office continues the dialogue in the course of the WIPO Assemblies
Within the framework of the 63rd series of meetings of the Assemblies of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the President of the Eurasian Patent Office (EAPO) held a number of bilateral meetings with the leadership of WIPO and heads of intellectual property offices.
EAPO President met WIPO Director General: multilateral cooperation and maintaining established contacts in the interests of applicants
Within the framework of the 63rd series of meetings of the Assemblies of the World Intellectual Property Organization, WIPO Director General Daren Tang highly appreciated the importance the Eurasian Patent Organization activity for WIPO.
Intellectual property for the benefit of everyone: the principles of equality and partnership against sanction measures
EAPO President Grigory Ivliev made a general statement at the meeting of the Assemblies of the World Intellectual Property Organization in Geneva.
Pharmaceutical Industry and Intellectual Property: IP Eurasia Conference to Discuss Best Practices for IP Management in the Eurasian Patent Space
On September 21, 2022, the first international conference on intellectual property and technology "IP Eurasia'22: Space of Innovation" will be held.
63rd Series of WIPO Assemblies Opened
The sixty-third series of meetings of the Assemblies of the Member States of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) will take place from 14 to 22 July at WIPO Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.
The EAPO began to act as an International Searching Authority
The first applications under the new status of the EAPO were received on the fourth day of the office's operation as an International Searching and Preliminary Examining Authority (ISA/IPEA) under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT).
EAPO Pharmaceutical Register introduced to patent attorneys
Darya Rubailo, Principal Examiner of the Chemistry and Medicine Division of the Eurasian Patent Office, spoke at the XXII “St. Petersburg Collegial Readings” invited by the St. Petersburg Patent Bar.
Opening of IP Summer Academy was marked by Eurasian Agenda
IP Summer Academy, annually held by the Russian State Academy of Intellectual Property (RSAIP), has opened in Sochi. This year, special attention is paid to the Eurasian IP integration and the regional system of IP registration.
From July 1, 2022, the Eurasian Patent Office acts as an International Authority under the PCT
The Eurasian Patent Office starts operations as an International Searching Authority (ISA) and an International Preliminary Examining Authority (IPEA) under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). Only 24 patent offices in the world have status of International Authorities.
Development of Eurasian integration in IP was discussed at the Legal Forum
On June 30, the session "Russia and Eurasia – a Common Patent Space" was held in the margins of the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum-2022.
TASS: EAPO President stated almost instantaneous processing of e-application for Eurasian patent
Grigory Ivliev noted that electronic interaction has a great advantage
TASS: The EAPO announced the actually created mechanism for online registration of patent transactions
The Eurasian Patent Office noted that the specifics of cooperation with it is interaction via the EAPO-online system
EAPO supports development of the TISCs in Belarus
The IX Forum of Russian and Belarusian Regions started its work in Grodno, Republic of Belarus. At the Forum, the delegation of the Eurasian Patent Office (EAPO) took part in the seminar “Development of a network of Technology and Innovation Support Centers (TISCs) in Belarus. The importance of geographical indications for the protection of national brands”.
Ryazan State Radio Engineering University honored with the highest award of the Eurasian Patent Organization
On June 23, 2022, the President of the Eurasian Patent Office Grigory Ivliev awarded Mikhail Chirkin, Rector of the Ryazan State Radio Engineering University named after V.F. Utkin (RSREU) with V.I. Blinnikov Gold Medal "For Promoting Inventive and Patent Practice".
The EAPO will start acting as an International Searching and International Preliminary Examining Authority under the PCT from July 1, 2022
The Eurasian Patent Office (EAPO) informs all interested parties that from July 1, 2022, the EAPO will start operations as an International Searching Authority (ISA) and an International Preliminary Examining Authority (IPEA) under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). The decision to appoint the EAPO as an ISA and IPEA was made at the 53rd session of the Assembly of the PCT Union, which took place in October 2021.
From July 1, 2022, the amount of fees paid with respect to Eurasian applications and patents for inventions will change
The Eurasian Patent Office (EAPO) informs all interested parties that from July 1, 2022, new fees for legally significant and other actions performed in relation to Eurasian applications and patents for inventions come into force.
The EAPO Administrative Council Approved the EAPO Annual Report
The Administrative Council of the Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO AC) under chairmanship of the plenipotentiary representative of the Republic of Tajikistan Mirzo Ismoilzoda, held its fortieth (twelfth extraordinary) session in Moscow on April 11-12, 2022.
EAPO President Grigory Ivliev Met with Chairman of Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyz Republic Akylbek Zhaparov
On March 22, 2022, President of the Eurasian Patent Office (EAPO) Grigory Ivliev met with Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers and Head of the Administration of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic Akylbek Zhaparov as part of his working visit in Bishkek.
EAPO and CNIPA Agreed on Extension of PPH Program
The Eurasian Patent Office (EAPO) and the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) agreed to continue cooperation on the Patent Prosecution Highway Program (PPH Program) for one year since April 1, 2022.
EAPO and WIPO will Help Technoparks of the Eurasian Region in the Commercialization of Intellectual Property
On March 14, 2022, President of the Eurasian Patent Office (EAPO) Grigory Ivliev and Assistant Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Marco Aleman discussed the implementation of a joint project to expand the capabilities of technology parks in the field of intellectual property commercialization in the Eurasian region.
EAPO President Met with the Head of Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property at the World Exhibition EXPO 2020 DUBAI
Grigory Ivliev stressed the intention of the Eurasian Patent Organization to develop cooperation with the member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.
EAPO will Form a Common Patent Examination Environment and Develop Digital Services for Applicants
On March 3, 2022, EAPO President Grigory Ivliev took part in the opening ceremony of the Rospatent conference "Intellectual Property as an Asset of the Future" at the world exhibition EXPO 2020 DUBAI.
EAPO President Grigory Ivliev: The EAPO Pharmaceutical Register has Increased the Transparency of the Drug Market in the Eurasian Region
Exactly one year ago, on March 1, 2021, the EAPO Pharmaceutical Register, a unique database of Eurasian patents related to active pharmaceutical ingredients, was launched.
Grigory Ivliev Assumed his Functions as President of the Eurasian Patent Office
The EAPO President inauguration ceremony took place at the headquarters of the Eurasian Patent Organization in Moscow.
Saule Tlevlessova Completed her Six-Year Term as EAPO President
On February 10, 2022, Saule Tlevlessova held a meeting with the staff of the Eurasian Patent Office (EAPO) on the expiration of her tenure as President of the Eurasian Patent Office.
Belarus Deposits its Instrument of Accession to the Industrial Designs Protocol
On January 19, 2022, the instrument of accession of the Republic of Belarus to the Protocol on the Protection of Industrial Designs to the Eurasian Patent Convention was deposited at the headquarters of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
EAPO Annual Report 2021
Annual Report 2021 of the Eurasian Patent Organization is available for review online at DOCUMENTS - Annual Reports.
The Republic of Belarus Accedes to the Protocol on the Protection of Industrial Designs
On December 31, 2021, the President of the Republic of Belarus signed the Law of the Republic of Belarus № 137-3 “On Accession of the Republic of Belarus to the Protocol on the Protection of Industrial Designs to the Eurasian Patent Convention of September 9, 1994”.
EAPO-KIPO PPH Programme Became Permanent
The Eurasian Patent Office (EAPO) informs that the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) programme between the EAPO and the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) became permanent on 1 January, 2022.
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