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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword.............................................................................................................................

1. IntellectualPropertyLegislationImprovement...............................................................

1.1IndustrialPropertyLegislationImprovement........................................................... 1.2.CopyrightLegislationImprovement.........................................................................

2. RegistrationofIntellectualPropertyRights....................................................................

2.1.ExaminationandRegistrationofIndustrialPropertyRights.................................... 2.2.EnteringtheDataConcerningContractsonDispositionofEconomic.................... IndustrialPropertyRightstotheStateRegisters........................................................... 2.3.RegistrationofAuthor’sRight................................................................................

3. IntellectualPropertyRightsEnforcement.......................................................................

3.1IndustrialPropertyRightsEnforcementinanAdministrativeProcedure.................. 3.2IndustrialPropertyRightsEnforcementinaJudicialProcedure.............................. 3.3.EnforcementofCopyrightandRelatedRights........................................................ 3.4.CollectiveManagementOrganizationsActivities.................................................... 3.5.ControlovertheObservanceofLegislationintheSphereofIntellectualProperty....

4. InformationSupportoftheActivitiesintheIntellectualPropertySphere.......................

4.1.InformationSupportofExaminationofApplicationsforIndustrialProperty Rights.PatentDocumentationFileUpdating................................................................. 4.2.IndustrialPropertyInternationalClassifications..................................................... 4.3.OfficialandInformationPublications....................................................................... 4.4.AutomationofOfficeProceduresonApplicationsforIPRs.Information TechnologiesImplementation........................................................................................ 4.5InternetResourcesoftheStateSystemofIntellectualProperty RightsProtection............................................................................................................

5. InternationalCooperation...............................................................................................

5.1.CooperationwiththeWorldIntellectualPropertyOrganization............................... 5.2.CooperationwithEuropeanPatentOffice............................................................... 5.3.UkraineParticipationintheWorldTradeOrganization(WTO)............................... 5.4.ImplementationofMeasuresAimedatEUIntegration............................................ 5.5.FormationoftheFreeTradeAreabetweenUkraineandEuropeanFree TradeAssociation.......................................................................................................... 5.6.BilateralCooperation.............................................................................................. 5.7.CooperationwiththeCISCountries........................................................................

6. ProfessionalTrainingandSkillUpgradingintheSphereofIntellectualProperty. CreativeActivityStimulation..........................................................................................

6.1.SpecialistTrainingandSkillUpgrading.................................................................. 6.2.ScientificandPracticalConferencesandSeminars.............................................. 6.3.CreativeActivityStimulation...................................................................................

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Dearcolleagues!Human intellect and creative work have always been an essential condition

of the progress on the way of innovative development of the world community.Radicalstructuralchangesineconomy,rapidadvanceofcompetitivehi-techfieldsin thewholeworlddirect toward themaximumuseof intellectualproperty rights.Our country cannot stand aside of this process. It is intellectual property rightsthat gradually but steady becomeone of themost costly elements of the socialproduct; they need, therefore, constant improvement of the legislative protectionandgovernmentsupport.Intherecentyearstheactivityofthedomesticinventors,scientists,innovators,authors,andcreatorshasbeenconstantlyincreasing.

Ukraineconfidentlygainstheauthorityofastatewithahighintellectualpotentialandmodernstatesystemoflegalprotectionofintellectualproperty.Wetakevigilantcareoftheleveloflegalprotectionofintellectualproperty,refineourworkforthesakeofonegoal:thecreativecommunityinUkrainehastobesurethatourstate’sdevelopmentlevelinintellectualspherecorrespondstotheEuropeanstandards.

To support this direction of its activities, in 2009 the State Department ofIntellectualPropertyensuredthemaintenanceofthedraftlawonamendmentstotheLawofUkraine«OnDistributionofCopiesofAudiovisualWorks,Phonograms,Videograms, Computer Programs, Databases» developed according to thepropositionsoftheEuropeanBusinessAssociationandprovidingthatthesubjectsofcopyrightandrelatedrightswillbeinvolvedintheprocessofissuingcontrolmarksforthementionedcopies.Theseinnovationswillserveasadditionalmechanismsinfightingpiracy.

During the year under report works connected with accession of Ukraine tointernationalagreementsinthefieldofintellectualpropertycontinued.OnFebruary18, 2009, theVerkhovnaRadaofUkraine adopted the LawofUkraine «On theAccession of Ukraine to the Vienna Agreement Establishing an InternationalClassificationof theFigurativeElementsofMarks»,andonApril15of thesameyear–theLawofUkraine«OntheRatificationoftheSingaporeTreatyontheLawofTrademarks».

The support of a set of works connected with Ukraine’s integration to theEuropeanUnionisoneofimportantdirectionsoftheSDIPactivities.

In2009weachievedthemostfruitfulcooperationwithinternationalorganizations–World Intellectual Property Organisation, World Trade Organisation, as well asthe European Union. Co-work with regional international intellectual propertyorganisations–EuropeanPatentOfficeandEuropeanFreeTradeAssociation–wasactivated.

SDIP specialists took part in TRIPS Council meetings. On professional leveltheyrepresentedUkraine,reportedonthestateoflegislationimplementationintheintellectualpropertysphere,receivedfavourableresponsesof thememberstatesof theWorld TradeOrganisation, in particular EuropeanUnion, Switzerland andCanada.

During 2009 SDIP continued cooperation with the Embassy of the USA inUkraine.WejoinedoureffortstoholdanumberofmeetingsofUkrainian-AmericanIntellectual Property Enforcement Cooperation Group, as well as negotiationsconcerningproblematicissuesconnectedwithUkraine’sremovalfromtheSpecial301WatchList.

Within the framework of the measures on preparing and holding the finaltournament of the 2012 UEFA European Football Championship, with theparticipation of the specialists of the state system of intellectual property rightsprotection, a number of practical seminars on acquisition and enforcement ofintellectualpropertyrightsoftheUnionofEuropeanFootballAssociationsanditscommercialpartnerstookplaceinhostcities–Kyiv,Lviv,DonetskandKharkiv.

In2010SDIPwillpayspecialattentiontoamendingthelegislationinthesphereof intellectual property rights protection. Detailed information on any direction ofactivitiesofthestatesystemofintellectualpropertyrightsprotectioncanbefoundonthepagesofthepresentReport.

Ihopeeveryonesharesmycertainty thatUkrainemustbeahighlydevelopedstatewithsublimespiritualityandthelifeleveldeservedbyitstalentedpeople.Wearedeterminedtocontinueworkingforthesakeofcreativepeople!

Faithfully yours,Chairman of the State Department of Intellectual Property Mykola Paladii

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1.1. Industrial Property Legislation Improvement

Improvementofthecurrentintellectualpropertylegislationhasalwaysbeenand isan importantkind of the State Department of IntellectualProperty(SDIP)activity.

One of the tasks assigned for SDIP in thelawmaking sphere in 2009was legal support ofthe draft Law of Ukraine «On Amendments toCertainLegislativeActsofUkraineonIntellectualProperty Rights Protection», drafted in 2008,at the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and theVerkhovnaRada of Ukraine. The draft lawwasapproved by the Government, submitted to theVerkhovna Rada of Ukraine, and on November18, 2009 approved by the Verkhovna RadaCommitteeonEuropeanIntegration.

The purpose of the draft law is bringing thelegislation of Ukraine into compliance with therequirements of theEuropeanUnion legislation,introducingintotheintellectualpropertylegislationthelatestinternationallawchanges,bringingthespecialintellectualpropertylegislationofUkraineinto full compliance with the requirements ofinternational treaties concluded byUkraine, andimplementationoftheproposalsonimprovementof Ukrainian investment climate submitted byinvestors and participants of the Authority andBusinessPartnershipForum.

But for some new regulations correspondingto the European Union legislation the draft lawincludes the number of interesting novationsaimed at providing favourable conditions foracquisition and fair use of intellectual propertyrights. They are the following: possibility to filean application both on paper carrier and inelectronicform;extensionofadesignpatenttermto25years;possibilitytofileamultipleapplication

containingupto100industrialdesigns;publicationof data on a trademark application and designapplication after completing formal examinationat the official SDIP web-site and provision oftheinterestedpartieswiththepossibilitytofileamotivatedopposition to the registrationof rightswithin3monthsfromthepublicationdateofsuchapplications.Moreover,thedraftlawprovidesforapossibilitytoopposeadecisiononatrademarkor design application at the Appeals Chamberboth to an applicant and a person opposingthis application. It is essential that the draft lawcontains such provisions as the specification oftheindicationdeemedcontrarytothepublicorderandmoralprinciples, thepossibility to registeramark by consent of the earlier right holder, andregulationsontheconditionsofregisteredandnon-registered geographical indications compatibilityareintroduced.Thedraftlawprovidesanaccess

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Volodymyr Dmytryshyn, Deputy Chairman of the State Department of Intellectual Property

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totheinformationonthedecisionsoftheAppealsChamberthatcameintoforce.

Moreover, in 2009 the Verkhovna Rada ofUkraine adopted two laws of Ukraine on theaccessionto internationalagreementsdraftedbySDIP:onFebruary,18–the lawofUkraine«OntheAccessionofUkrainetotheViennaAgreementEstablishingan InternationalClassificationof theFigurative Elements of Marks», on April, 15–the law of Ukraine «On the Ratification of theSingaporeTreatyontheLawofTrademarks».

The International Classification of the Figu-rativeElementsofMarks is aunifiedmeans forclassifying documents at international level andisaneffectivetoolforsearchingforidenticalandsimilar marks. Joining the Vienna Agreementprovided the functioning of the state intellectualproperty protection system on the level ofdevelopedcountriesandimprovedtheprocessoftrademarkapplicationsexamination.

Provisions of the Singapore Treaty cover alltypesofmarksincludinghologram,position,motionmarks,andsimplifyformalitiesintheregistrationprocedure, extend forms of communication, inparticularbyelectronicmeans,set requirementsto registration of licenses to use trademarks,changesandcancellationsoflicenseregistrations,specify consequences of violating terms of alicense etc. Implementation of these provisionsin Ukraine will help to make the trademarkregistration process quicker and simpler, willreduceexpensesandprovideadditionalbenefitsforapplicantsandtrademarkholders.

Thedraft lawofUkraine«OnAmendmentstoCertainLegislativeActsofUkraineonOrganizationand Conducting of the Final Tournament ofthe European Football Championship 2012 inUkraine»wasdevelopedandonDecember,16,

2009 submitted to the Cabinet of Ministers ofUkraine to regulate issues on UEFA intellectualproperty rightsenforcementandperformanceofthePlanofhigh-priorityactivitiesoncompletingin2009aSpecialStateProgrammeofPreparingandConductingtheFinalTournamentoftheEuropeanFootballChampionship2012inUkraine.

The draft law provides for preventing andstopping UEFA and its commercial partnersintellectual property rights infringement, ambushmarketing and other measures for executionof guarantees given to UEFA and appropriateconductingofthechampionship.

ThedraftlawinparticulardefinesUEFArightssubjectmatter,procedureof intellectualpropertyrights acquisition by UEFA in Ukraine, UEFAintellectual property rights holders, procedure ofusing intellectual property rights for informationpurposes,waysofusingUEFAandchampionshipreputation for commercial purposes, the orderof championship tickets circulation, authorityof governmental bodies on UEFA intellectualproperty rights protection, provision of safety atofficialplacesandprotectionofpublicorder.

The draft law also defines that the centralexecutiveauthorityon intellectualpropertyrightsprotection in the interestsof thestatecomplainsto the court about UEFA intellectual propertyrightsenforcementandstopofambushmarketingaswellastakesactionsprovidedbyotherlawstoprotecttheserights.

According to the preliminary conclusion ofUEFAthedraftlawmeetstherequirementsinthepartofenforcementofUEFAanditscommercialpartnersintellectualpropertyrights.

Another task set before SDIP in legislationsphere is to bring subordinate legislation intomorefullcompliancewithcurrentlawsofUkraine.Anactivity ondevelopmentof a revised versionof regulations for drawing, filing and examiningindustrialpropertyrightsapplicationswasstartedin2009tothateffect.

Intheyearunderreviewtheeffectofchangesin legal regulation of relations concerning thepayment of fees for the activities connectedwith intellectual property rights protection wasfelt. That was due to Ukraine’s acquisition oftheWTO-member statusandcoming intoeffectof the Resolution of the Cabinet ofMinisters ofUkraine of September 19, 2007 No. 1148 «OnAmendmentstotheOrderofPaymentofFeesfortheActivitiesConnectedwithIntellectualPropertyRightsProtection».

Seminar on UEFA issues held at the Ukrainian Industrial Property Institute

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Theseamendmentsprovide for determinationoftheamountoffeesforapplicantsfromdifferentcountriesirrespectivelyofthegrossnationalincomeperpersonandcomplywithrequirementsofArticle4 of the TRIPS Agreement on most-favoured-nation treatment that excludes discriminativesystemoffeespayment.Thepracticalapplicationofthisresolutionwasmonitoredin2009.

InMarch2010two-yearperiodofoperationoftheresolutionpasses.Monitoringtheeffectivenessoftheresolutionwithinthisperiodwillprovideanopportunitytotakemeasuresfortheimprovementof its provisions in order to meet the needs ofapplicants, to create favourable conditions forintellectual property rights acquisition and toprovide functioning of the state system of theintellectualpropertyrightsprotection.

1.2. Copyright Legislation Improvement

In2009SDIPtooksignificantmeasuresrelatedtotheimprovementofthecopyrightlegislation.

In execution of the instruction of the Cabinetof Ministers of Ukraine on the proposals of theEuropean Business Association SDIP providedlegal support of the draft law of Ukraine «OnAmendments toArticle 5 of the Law ofUkraineOn the Distribution of Copies of AudiovisualWorks, Phonograms, Videograms, ComputerPrograms,Databases»intheVerkhovnaRadaofUkraine.Accordingtothementionedamendmentscopyrightandrelatedrightsholdersare involvedin the procedure of control marks distribution.Thisisgoingtobeanadditionaltoolinanti-piracycampaign.

There were considerable improvements inlegal regulation of collecting remuneration forcommercialuseofrelatedrightsinpublicdomain,creationandfunctioningofcollectivemanagementorganizations.

InApril2009 theResolutionof theCabinetofMinistersofUkraineofApril2,2009No.450«OnAmendmentstotheResolutionoftheCabinetofMinistersofUkraineofJanuary4,2003No.71»wasapproved.Accordingtothisacttheprocedureof paying remuneration by economic entitiesfor the use of phonograms, videograms andperformances they contain which are publishedforcommercialpurposesisimproved.

Accordingtothechangesintroduced:– afulllistofcommercialusesubjectsobliged

topayremunerationforpublicuseofphonograms,videograms and performances they contain

whicharepublished for commercialpurposes isdefined;

– thereisaspecificationaboutacompulsoryconclusionofacontractonremunerationpaymentbetween authorized collective managementorganizationsandthementionedsubjects;

– essential terms of the contract defined bythepartiesarestated;

– provisions concerning performing thecontrolbytheauthorizedcollectivemanagementorganizationsoverthelegaluseofphonograms,videograms and performances they containwhicharepublishedforcommercialpurposesareprovidedfor.

Moreover, in January 2009 the Order of theMinistryofEducationandScienceofUkraineofDecember22,2008No.1175«OnApprovaloftheProcedure for Appointing Authorized CollectiveManagement Organizations Responsible forCollecting and Distributing Remuneration(Royalties) for the Use of Phonograms andVideogramsPublishedforCommercialPurposes,andAmendmentstotheProcedureforCollectiveManagement Organizations Registration andtheirActivitiesSupervision»wasregisteredintheMinistryofJusticeofUkraine.

This order provides for improvement of theactingcollectivemanagementsystem,inparticularestablishesadistinctandcleararrangementsfor:

– registration of collective managementorganizations;

– appointing authorized collective manage-mentorganizationsonthebasisofcorrespondingcriteria;

– statemonitoringoftheiractivitiesbasedonreportinginformationbythisorganizations;

– removal of authorized organizations fromtheregister,cancellationofcollectivemanagementorganizationregistration(invalidationofcertificate)

in caseof copyright and related right legislationinfringement;

– payingtocopyrightandrelatedrightholderscollectedremunerationleftontheaccountsofanorganization as of the date when the decisionto remove it from the register of authorizedorganizationsortocanceltheregistration(cancelthecertificate)wasmade;

– giving back the original certificate to thestateauthorityincaseofitsinvalidation.

Taking into account a special status ofauthorizedorganizationsthatenablestocollectanddistributeremunerationtoperformers,phonogram

and videogram producers the mentioned orderconsiderably strengthens requirements tocollectivemanagementorganizationswhichclaimto become authorized and essentially improvesprovisionsontheirresponsibilities.

Theamendmentsofthementionedlegalactsin2009makeitpossibletosubstantiallyimprovethelegislationinthesphereofcollectivemanagementofeconomicrightsofcopyrightandrelatedrightsholders and to establish a distinct and clearmechanism of appointment, registration andremoval from register of collectivemanagementorganizationsetc.

Actions have also been taken to introduceprovisions on responsibility for camcording inUkrainian cinemas. In particular, argumentationofthenecessityandobligatorinessofintroducingthisprovision to the legislationwassubmitted tothe Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and to theVerkhovnaRadaofUkraine.

Copyright and related rights issues, includingthose on collectivemanagement, where speciallytreatedatthestatelevel.Theseissueswheresubjectto discussions at hearings on the Effectivenessof Copyright and Related Rights LegislationImplementation held in the Verkhovna Rada ofUkraine Committee on Science and Education inJune 2009. Recommendations to these hearingsaretakenintoaccountandputtouse.

Mykola Paladii, SDIP Chairman, with popular Ukrainian songster Ruslana and Eduard Klim, General Manager of Lavina Music Holding

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Alla Zharinova, Director of the State Enterprise «Ukrainian Industrial Property Institute»

2.1. Examination and Registration of Industrial Property Rights

The global economic crisis that has negativeinfluenceontheeconomicdevelopmentindicatorsinUkrainewasstronglyfeltintheareaofindustrialpropertyrightsprotectionaswell.

In 2009 the total number of applications forindustrialpropertyrightsprotectionfiledwithSDIPamountedtoover42thousand(table2.1).Atotalof over 14 thousand applications for inventionsandutilitymodels,over1.6thousandapplicationsfor industrial designs and nearly 26.5 thousandapplications for trademarks and service marks(including17.9thousandthoseunderthenationalprocedure)werefiled.

Table 2.1. Filing applications for industrial property rights protection

Industrialpropertycategories

Numberofapplicationsfiled

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Inventions 5,592 5,930 6,163 5,697 4,815

Utilitymodels 7,286 8,171 8,870 9,600 9,203

Industrialdesigns 2,010 2,236 2,147 2,285 1,669

Trademarksandservicemarks,including

underthenationalprocedure

undertheMadridAgreement

24,399

16,366

8,033

29,996

20,813

9,183

33,266

23,746

9,520

33,081

22,371

10,710

26,479

17,866

8,613

Topographiesofintegratedcircuits 2 – 9 – –

Qualifiedindicationsofthesourceofgoods 2 2 6 2 7

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Inventions

In 2009 a total of 4,815 applications forinventionswerefiled(table2.2,fig.2.1).

The activity of domestic applicants in theyear under review has decreased by 13% ascomparedwiththepreviousyear.TheactivityofforeignapplicantsunderthePCTprocedurehasdecreasedby16%.Theshareofapplicationsfiledbyforeignapplicantsin2009amountedto49%oftotalfilings(asagainst51%in2008).ThenumberofapplicationsfiledwithSDIPasreceivingofficeby domestic applicants for patenting inventionsunder the PCT procedure in foreign statesamountedto72in2009.

The largest number of foreign filings camefrom theUSA(647applications),Germany (417applications), Switzerland (211 applications),France(158applications),theRussianFederation(99 applications), Japan (93 applications), theUnited Kingdom (81 applications), Sweden(74 applications), Belgium (72 applications),the Netherlands (60 applications) and Italy (56applications)(Annex1).

The distribution of applications for inventionsfiled under the PCT procedure by countries oforiginisshowninfig2.2.

The priorities of distribution of applicationsfor inventions according to the IPC classes areshownintable2.3.

Table 2.2. Applications for inventions filed and patents granted

Subjectmatterк 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Applicationsfiled: 5,592 5,930 6,163 5,697 4,815

Underthenationalprocedure 3,842 3,788 3,766 3,149 2,681

bydomesticapplicants 3,535 3,472 3,440 2,823 2,436

byforeignapplicants 307 316 326 326 245

UnderthePCTprocedure 1,750 2,142 2,397 2,548 2,134

includingdomesticapplicants 3 2 – 2 –

Grantedpatentsforinventions: 3,433 3,698 4,058 3,832 4,002

todomesticapplicants 2,171 2,495 2,618 2,399 2,395

toforeignapplicants 12,62 1,203 1,440 1,433 1,607

patentswith6-yeartermofvalidity 286 7 2 – –

Fig. 2.1. Trends in filing, pendency of applications and granting patents for inventions


Fig. 2.2. Distribution of applications filed under the PCT procedure by countries of origin

Table 2.3. Priorities of distribution of applications for inventions according to the IPC

IPCclass

ClassheadingsTotalnumberofapplications

Domesticapplicants

Foreignapplicants

C07 Organicchemistry 580(12%) 35(1.4%) 545(22.9%)

A61 Medicalorveterinaryscience;hygiene 566(11.8%) 196(8%) 370(15.6%)

A01 Agriculture;forestry;animalhusbandry… 270(5.6%) 103(4.2%) 167(7%)

G01 Measuring;testing 186(3.9%) 166(6.8%) 20(0.8%)

H04 Electriccommunicationtechnique 144(3%) 10(0.4%) 134(5.6%)

C12Biochemistry;beer;spirits;wine;vinegar;microbiology…

97(2%) 35(1.4%) 62(2.6%)

A23 Foodsorfoodstuffs;… 96(2%) 40(1.6%) 56(2.4%)

B01Physicalorchemicalprocessesorapparatusingeneral

94(2%) 44(1.8%) 50(2.1%)

C01 Inorganicchemistry 91(1.9%) 66(2.7%) 25(1.1%)

H01 Basicelectricelements 91(1.9%) 68(2.8%) 23(1%)

E21 Earthorrockdrilling;Mining 78(1.6%) 67(2.7%) 11(0.5%)

B65Conveying;packing;storing;handlingthinorfilamentarymaterial

77(1.6%) 17(0.7%) 60(2.5%)

E04 Building 76(1.6%) 38(1.6%) 38(1.6%)

F16 Engineeringelementsorunits;… 67(1.4%) 37(1.5%) 30(1.3%)

The total number of decisions taken onapplications for inventions in 2009 amounted to4,221, including 4,171 decisions on grant of apatent and 50 decisions on refusal of a patent.Thetotalnumberofdisposalsin2009amountedto5,836(fig.2.1).

In 2009 4,002 patents for inventions weregranted. Patents granted to foreign applicantsamountedto1,607(table2.2,fig.2.1).

Themost patentswere granted to applicantsfrom the USA – 357 (22.2%), Germany – 347(21.6%),France–122(7.6%),Switzerland–105

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(6.5%), the Russian Federation – 72 (4.5%),Belgium–65(4.0%)andSweden–50(3.1%).

The priorities of distribution of patents forinventions according to the IPC classes areshownintable2.4.

AsofJanuary1,2010,atotalof94,020patentsforinventionswereenteredtotheStateRegister,amongthem24,651patentsforinventionsbeinginforce(table2.5).

Table 2.5. Number of patents in force

Numberofpatentsinforceasof01.01.2009

includingthosewith6-yeartermofvalidity

26,929

3,776

Patentsgrantedin2009 4,002

Numberofpatentsexpiredin2009

includingthosewith6-yeartermofvalidity

6,280

3,776

Numberofpatentsinforceasof01.01.2010 24,651

Table 2.4. Priorities of distribution of patents for inventions according to the IPC

IPCclass

ClassheadingsTotalnumberofpatents

Todomesticapplicants

Toforeignapplicants

А01 Agriculture;forestry;animalhusbandry… 214(5.3%) 104(4.3%) 110(6.8%)

А23 Foodsorfoodstuffs;… 75(1.9%) 41(1.7%) 34(2.1%)

А61 Medicalorveterinaryscience;hygiene 487(12.2%) 190(7.9%) 297(18.5%)

В01 Physicalorchemicalprocessesorapparatusingeneral

94(2.3%) 67(2.8%) 27(1.7%)

В21 Mechanicalmetal-workingwithoutessentiallyremovingmaterial;punchingmetal

76(1.8%) 38(1.6%) 38(2.4%)

В65 Conveying;packing;storing;handlingthinorfilamentarymaterial

82(2%) 33(1.4%) 49(3%)

С07 Organicchemistry 364(9.1%) 67(2.8%) 297(18.5%)

С21 Metallurgyofiron 66(1.6%) 51(2.1%) 15(1%)

Е21 Earthorrockdrilling;Mining 94(2.3%) 88(3.7%) 6(0.4%)

F16 Engineeringelementsorunits;generalmeasuresfor…

69(1.7%) 54(2.3%) 15(1%)

G01 Measuring;testing 282(7%) 250(10.4%) 32(2%)

H01 Basicelectricelements 122(3%) 103(4.3%) 19(1.2%)

H02 Generation,conversionordistributionofelectricpower

71(1.8%) 63(2.6%) 8(0.5%)

H04 Electriccommunicationtechnique 101(2.5%) 13(0.5%) 88(5.5%)


Utility Models

In 2009 the number of applications for utilitymodelsdecreasedby4%.Atotalof9,203appli-cations, including 9,065 (98.5%) applications

from domestic applicants, were filed (table 2.6,fig.2.3).

The Russian Federation remains the majorforeign source of applications (the share of appli-

Table 2.6. Applications for utility models filed and patents granted

Subjectmatter 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009




Patentsgranted: 7,467 8,268 9,215 9,282 8,391


toforeignapplicants 126 141 121 143 121

Fig. 2.3. Trends in filing, pendency applications and granting patents for utility models

Fig. 2.4. Distribution of applications for utility models by countries of origin

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Industrial designs

In 2009, 1,669 applications for industrialdesigns were filed, including 1,413 those fromdomestic applicants (table 2.8, fig. 2.5). Thenumber of applications from foreign applicantshas decreased, and share of those in the totalnumberofapplicationsamountednearly to15%asinthepreviousyear.

In the year under review the most activewereapplicantsfromtheRussianFederation(41applications, 16.0%), Poland (34 applications,13.3%),theUSA(19applications,7.4%),Belarus(17applications,6.6%), theCzechRepublic (13applications, 5.1%), the United Kingdom andTurkey(by12applications,4.7%).

In 2009, 1,563 decisions on grant and 4decisionsonrefusalofapatentweretaken,182applicationswerewithdrawn.Thetotalnumberofdisposalsin2009amountedto1,749(fig.2.5).

A total of 1,754patents for industrial designswere granted, including 1,425 – to domesticapplicants(table2.8).

51 patents (15.5%) were granted to the

cations from the Russian Federation amounts to53%).Thedistributionofapplicationsforutilitymo-delsfromforeignapplicantsisshowninthefig.2.4.

Themost applications for utilitymodels werefiled in classes: A61 (Medical or veterinaryscience; hygiene) – 1,735 applications, 461 ofwhich belong to subclass A61K (Preparationsfor medical, dental or hygienic purposes); G01(Measuring; testing) – 735 applications, A01(Agriculture; forestry) – 599, A23 (Foods orfoodstuffs, their treatment)–306,E21 (Earthorrock drilling; mining) – 198, F16 (Engineeringelementsorunits)–185andB01(Basicelectricelements)–153applications.

In 2009, 8,572 decisions concerning utilitymodels were taken, including 8,548 those on

grantofapatentand24–onrefusalofapatent.In2009,8,876applicationsforutilitymodelswereprocessed(fig.2.3).

In the year under review 8,391 patents forutilitymodelswere granted including 8,270– todomestic applicants. 121 patents were grantedto foreign applicants, including 54 grants toapplicants from the Russian Federation, by 10grants toapplicants fromCiprusandPoland,by5 – to applicants from Germany and the USA,4–theCzechRepublic,3– India.Theshareofpatentsgrantedtoapplicantsfromthosecountriesamountsto72.0%.

AsofJanuary1,2010,46,713patentsforutilitymodelswereenteredtotheStateregister,including33,575patentsbeinginforce(table2.7).

Table 2.7. Number of patents in force


Patentsforutilitymodelsgrantedin2009 8,391

Numberofpatentsexpiredin2009 5,198


applicants from Poland (15.5%), 39 patents(11.9%) – the Russian Federation, 35 patents(10.6%)–theUSA,31patents(9,4%)–Turkey,27patents(8.2%)–Belarus,16patents(4,9%)–Japan and 14 patents (4.3%) – the UnitedKingdom.

The largest number of patents was grantedin classes: 19 (Stationeryandofficeequipment,artist’s and teaching materials) – 403 (22.9%),09(Packagesandcontainersforthetransportorhandlingofgoods)–303(17.9%),06(Furnishing–133 (7.6%), 25 (Building units and constructionelements)–118 (6.7%),12 (Meansof transportor hoisting) – 103 (5.9%) and 11 (Articles ofadornment)–102(5.8%).

As of January 1, 2010, 19,850 patents forindustrial designs were entered to the Stateregister,including10,375patentsbeinginforce.

In 2009, the effect of 440 internationalregistrations under the Hague AgreementConcerning the International Registration ofIndustrialDesignswasextendedtotheterritoryofUkraine(fig.2.6).


Table 2.8. Applications for industrial designs filed and patents granted

Subjectmatter 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009




Patentsgranted: 1,569 2,061 2,213 2,503 1,754


toforeignapplicants 146 258 410 418 329

Patentsinforcebytheendoftheyear 7,312 8,234 9,659 11,102 10,816

Fig. 2.5. Trends in filing, pendency of applications and granting patents for industrial designs

Fig 2.6. Distribution of registrations under the Hague Agreement by countries of origin

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Trademarks and service marks

National procedure

In 2009 a total of 17,866 applications fortrademarks and service marks were filed. Theactivityofdomesticapplicantshasdecreasedby20%as comparedwith the previous year (table2.9, fig. 2.7). A total of 3,115 applicationswerefiled by foreign applicants, these amounted to17.4% of the total number of applications filedunderthenationalprocedure.

The most active were applicants from theUSA – (711 applications, 22.8%), the RussianFederation (285 applications, 9.1%), Germany(173 applications, 5,6%), Switzerland (159

applications, 5.1%), the United Kingdom (152applications, 4.9%), Belarus (146 applications,4.7%),Japan(134applications,4.3%),India(125applications,4,0%)andCyprus(103applications,3.3%).

In 2009 most of the marks filed under thenationalprocedurewereclassifiedinclasses35,41,05,33,29,16,09,03,43,38,32,and25oftheNiceClassification.Thedomesticapplicantspreferredclasses35,41,33,05,29,16,43,38,09,32and03,and foreignapplicants–05,35,03, 09, 33 and 16. The priorities of distributionof domestic and foreign filings according to theclasses of the Nice Classification are shown intable2.10.

Table 2.9. Applications for trademarks and service marks filed and registered

Subjectmatter 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009



byforeignapplicants 3,182 3,643 3,858 3,875 3,115

Marksregistered: 11,645 13,134 15,375 15,357 15,137


toforeignapplicants 2,227 2,807 3,245 3,383 3,110

Registrationsinforcebytheendoftheyear 52,823 64,974 78,848 92,837 105,988

Fig. 2.7. Trends in filing, pendency of applications and registration of trademarks and service marks


Thereweretaken17,326decisionsongrantingthecertificatesfortrademarksandservicemarks,1,755decisionsonrefusaltograntthecertificates,3,683applicationswerewithdrawn in2009.Thetotal number of disposals in 2009 amounted to22,764(fig.2.7).

Intheyearunderreview15,137certificatesfortrademarks and service marks wereregistered. Of the total amount ofregisteredcertificatestheregistrationsto foreign applicants amounted to20.5%(table2.9,fig.2.7).

691 (22.2%) certificates wereregistered to the applicants from theUSA, 284 (9.1%) – to the applicantsfrom the Russian Federation, 209(6.7%) – from Switzerland, 177

Table 2.10. Priorities of distribution of applications for marks according to classes of the Nice Classification

ClassoftheNiceClassification

ClassheadingsTotalnumber

ofmarksDomesticapplicants

Foreign

applicants

35Advertising;businessmanagement;businessadministration;officefunctions…

5,843(18.0%) 5,220(20.1%) 623(9.7%)

41Education;providingoftraining;entertain-ment;sportingandculturalactivities…

2,068(6.4%) 1,876(7.2%) 192(3.0%)

05Pharmaceuticalandveterinarypreparations;sanitarypreparationsformedicalpurposes…

2,040(6.3%) 1,194(4.6%) 846(13.1%)

33 Alcoholicbeverages(exceptbeers) 2,012(6.2%) 1,733(6.7%) 279(4.3%)

29Meat,fish,poultryandgame;meatextracts…

1,333(4.1%) 1,112(4.3%) 221(3.4%)

16Paper,cardboardandgoodsmadefromthesematerials…

1,204(3.7%) 961(3.7%) 243(3.8%)

09Scientific,nautical,surveying,photo-graphic,optical,weighing,measuring…

1,073(3.3%) 743(2.9%) 330(5.1%)

03Bleachingpreparationsandothersubstancesforlaundryuse;…

1,042(3.2%) 682(2.6%) 360(5.6%)

43Servicesforprovidingfoodanddrink;temporaryaccommodation

963(3.0%) 844(3.3%) 119(1.8%)

38 Telecommunications 950(2.9%) 844(3.3%) 106(1.6%)

32Beers;mineralandaeratedwatersandothernon-alcoholicdrinks…

881(2.7%) 690(2.7%) 191(3.0%)

25 Clothing,footwear,headgear 833(2.6%) 636(2.5%) 197(3.1%)

(5.7%)– from Germany, 152 (4.9%) – fromPoland, 146 (4.7%) – theUnited Kingdom, 136(4.4%) – Japan, 116 certificates (3.7%) – fromBelarusand92certificates(3.0%)totheapplicantsfromCyprus.

In2009 themostofmarkswere registered inclasses35,41,05,42,16,36,09,37,33and30

of the Nice Classification (table 2.11).The domestic applicants were mostactive in registering marks in classes35, 41, 42, 16, 37, 36, 33, 43and05andforeignapplicants–inclasses05,35,09,16,41,30and42.

As of January 1, 2010, 106,714certificates for trademarksandservicemarkswereregistered,ofwhich105,491certificateswereinforce.

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Table 2.11. Priorities of distribution of marks registrations by national and foreign applicants according to classes of the Nice Classification

ClassoftheNiceClassification

ClassheadingsTotalnumber

ofregisteredmarksTodomesticapplicants

Toforeignapplicants

35Advertising;businessmanagement;businessadministration;officefunctions…

5,661(15.8%) 4,980(17.2%) 681(9.8%)

41Education;providingoftraining;entertainment;sportingandculturalactivities…

2,234(6.2%) 1,981(6.9%) 253(3.7%)

05Pharmaceuticalandveterinarypreparations;sanitarypreparationsformedicalpurposes…

1,777(5.0%) 1,019(3.5%) 758(10.9%)

42Scientificandtechnologicalservices…

1,724(4.8%) 1,480(5.1%) 244(3.5%)

16Paper,cardboardandgoodsmadefromthesematerials…

1,711(4.8%) 1,359(4.7%) 352(5.1%)

36Insurance;financialaffairs;monetaryaffairs;realestateaffairs.

1,359(3.8%) 1,143(4.0%) 216(3.1%)

09Scientific,nautical,surveying,photographic,optical,weighing,measuring…

1,359(3.8%) 1,005(3.5%) 354(5.1%)

37Buildingconstructions;repair;installationservices.

1,342(3.7%) 1,215(4.2%) 127(1.8%)

33Buildingconstructions;repair;installationservices.

1,320(3.7%) 1,085(3.8%) 235(3.4%)

30Coffee,tea,cocoa,sugar,rice,ta-pioca,sago,artificialcoffee,flour…

1,240(3.5%) 990(3.4%) 250(3.6%)

43Servicesforprovidingfoodanddrink;temporaryaccommodation

1,194(3.3%) 1,073(3.7%) 121(1.7%)

38 Telecommunications 1,048(2.9%) 899(3.1%) 149(2.1%)

International procedure

Foreign applicantsmaintained their activity infilingapplicationsformarksundertheinternationalprocedure (fig. 2.8, table 2.12). In 2009, 8,613international applications were received fromthe WIPO International Bureau, including 7,230(84.0%)applicationsundertheMadridAgreementand1,383–undertheMadridProtocol.

The largest users of theMadrid systemwereGermany (1,744 applications), France (789applications),Switzerland(676applications),Italy(655 applications), theRussian Federation (602applications), China (425 applications), Poland(327 applications), Austria (268 applications),the Czech Republic (241 applications), the

Netherlands (231 applications), Hungary (182applications), Belgium (162 applications), Spain(160applications)andSlovenia(113applications).The share of applications from these countriesamounted to76.0%of the total filingsunder theinternationalprocedurein2009(fig.2.9).

In 2009 the most active among the memberstatesoftheProtocoltotheMadridAgreementinfilingapplicationswiththeextensiontotheterritoryof Ukraine were Turkey – 309 applications, theUSA–276,theUnitedKingdom–213applications,Denmark–96applications,Japan–93applicationsandSweden–82applications(fig.2.9).

In 2009, the legal protection was granted to9,664internationalmarks(table2.12,fig.2.8).


Table 2.12. Applications for trademarks and service marks filed and registered under the Madrid Agreement

Subjectmatter 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

ApplicationsfiledundertheMadridAgreement, 8,033 9,183 9,520 10,710 8,613

includingtheMadridProtocol 1,341 1,753 1,703 1,924 1,383

MarksregisteredundertheMadridAgreement 6,899 9,396 8,298 9,459 9,664

Fig.2.8. Trends in filing, pendency of applications and registration of trademarks and service marks under the Madrid Agreement

Fig.2.9. Distribution of international applications filed under the Madrid Agreement and the Madrid Protocol by countries of origin

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2.2. Entering the Data Concerning Contracts on Disposition of Economic Industrial Property Rights to the State Registers

In 2009 the total number of registrationsof the contracts on disposition of economicindustrial property rights amounted to 1,927,thatis3.8%lessthaninpreviousyear,amongthem1,530registrationsconcerningtransferofexclusive economic industrial property rights(79.4%);178registrationsconcerningissuanceof licenses on exploitation of the industrialproperty rights (9.2%); 219 licenses of rightto use inventions, utilitymodels and industrialdesigns(11.4%).

According to the abovementioned data thenumber of registered data on the assignmentof exclusive economic industrial property rightssufficientlyexceedsthenumberofentries to thestateregistersontheissuanceoflicenses.

AsofJanuary1,2010,dataconcerning13,304contracts on disposition of economic industrialpropertyrightswereenteredtothestateregisters,including2,890contractsconcerning inventions,642 – utility models, 9,029 – trademarks andservicemarks,743–industrialdesigns.

Informationonenteringthedataondisposition

of economic industrial property rights to therelevantregistersisshowninthetable2.13andfig.2.10.

Thedatapresentedinthetable2.13showsthatin2009thenumberofregisteredlicensecontractsonexploitationofinventionsandtrademarksandservicemarksaswellasthenumberofrecordsinstateregistersontheassignmentofrightsinutilitymodels, industrial designs and trademarks andservice marks decreased slightly as comparedwiththepreviousyear.

The total number of industrial property rightsin respect of which data on assignment ofexclusive economic rights andgranting licenseswere entered in respective state registers hasincreased by 6.5% and amounted to 3,320 (asagainst3,188 in2008) including374 inventions,177 utility models, 145 industrial designs and2,624trademarksandservicemarks.

Thenumberofpublicationsconcerninglicensesofrightforinventionshasincreasedby12.5%,ascomparedwith2008.

Data shown in table 2.14 testify that theaveragenumberoftrademarksandservicemarkstherightsinwhicharetransferredinonecontractforUkrainianownersis2.0andforforeigners3.0marksinonecontract.

Table 2.13. Distribution of registered contracts on disposition of economic intellectual property rights by the categories

Kind

ofcontract

Numberofregistrations

Inventionsandutilitymodels Industrialdesigns Trademarksandservicemarks Total

2006 2007 2008 2009 2006 2007 2008 2009 2006 2007 2008 2009 2006 2007 2008 2009

Non-exclusivelicenses

19

+12*

19

+23*

13+

22*

4

+5*8 2 5 5 160 214 148 131 199 258 188 145

Exclusivelicenses

7

+7*

13

+15*5*

1

+3*4 1 – 1 50 32 35 27 68 61 40 32

Solelicenses

2

+1*1 – 1* – – – – 1 1 3 – 4 2 3 1

Assignmentofright

85

+34*

121

+87*

131

+96*

137

+70*64 94 107 69 826 996 1395 1254 1009 1298 1729 1530

Licensesofright

49

+17*

32

+22*

12

+31*

150

+67*10 – – 2 – – – – 76 54 43 219

Total 233 333 310 438 86 97 112 77 1037 1243 1581 1412 1356 1673 2003 1927

*Utilitymodelsaremarkedbyasterisk


Fig 2.10. Trends in registration of contracts on disposition of economic industrial property rights in 2000-2009

Table 2.14. Comparative data on entering data on disposition of economic rights in trademarks and service marks to the state register

Kindofcontract

2009р.

Numberofcontracts

Numberoftrademarksandservicemarks

Contractsonassignmentofexclusiveeconomicrightstomarksforgoodsandservices:

1,254 2,371

byUkrainianowners 1,008 1,713

byforeignowners 246 658

Licensecontractsonexploitationoftrademarksandservicemarks:

158 253

byUkrainianowners 115 144

byforeignowners 43 109

2.3. Registration of Author’s Right

In 2009 the State Department of IntellectualProperty continued the state registration ofauthor’s right and contracts concerning author’sright in a work in accordance with the Law ofUkraine“OnCopyrightandRelatedRights».

A total of 4,286 applications for registrationof author’s rightwere filed in 2009. Thereweretaken 4,499 decisions on registration and 3

decisions on refusal for registration. The totalnumberofregistrationsofauthor’srightinaworkamounted to4,458 (fig.2.11).The trends in theregistration testify that the state registration ofauthor’srightgainsin importanceandpopularityamongauthorsandotherpersonswithtime.

Over the reporting period the total numberof registrations of author’s economic right inemployee’sworksamountedto484.Asin2008,

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401 registrations of author’s economic rightbelongtoemployer.

Dataondistributionofregistrationsbycategoriesofworksshow thatas in thepreviousyears theauthor’srightsmostlywereregisteredfor literarywrittenworksofdifferentnature36.1%):scientific,scientific-and-practical, scientific-and-technical,technical, practical, educational, fiction, popularscientific, educational, informational; works forradio, television, cinema; works concerning artsetc.Thosearefollowedbymusicalcompositions

(17.1%), composite works (15.1%), computerprograms (11.9%), works of fine art (7.0%),and illustrations, drawings, sketches (6.7%),(table2.15).

In 2009, 165 contracts on author’s right in awork were registered with SDIP and 1 decisionon refusal to register a contract was taken(fig.2.12).

In 2009 the total number of applications forregistrationofcontractsonautor’srightinaworkamountedto141.

Fig. 2.11. Trends in the state registration of author’s right in 1995-2009

Fig. 2.12. Trends in the state registration of contracts in 2002-2009

Table 2.15. Distribution of state registrations by categories of copyrighted works in 2009

No. Categoriesofcopyrightedworks Numberofregistrations

1. Literarywrittenworks 2,201

2. Musicalworkswithorwithoutwords 1,044

3. Compositeworks 923

4. Computerprograms 729

5. Illustrations,drawings,sketch 427

6. Worksoffineart 411

7. Audiovisualworks 89

8. Derivativeworks 69

9. Photographicworks 52

10. Worksofappliedart 46

11. Databases 36

12. Worksofarchitecture,town-planning,landscapearchitecture 28

13. Workscreatedforscenicshow 24

14. Oralworks 13

15. Cartographicwork 5

16. Choreographyworks 1

17. Dramatics 1

18. Productionofworkscreatedforscenicshow 1

The registered contracts concern mainly theassignment (alienation) of economic rights ina work (119), almost all of them regard thecompletetransferofrightsinawork.Inaddition,36contractsonassignmentofexclusiveright touseaworkand8contractsonassignmentofnon-exclusiverightwereregistered.

Theinformationonregistrationsmadein2009waspublishedintheOfficialBulletinoftheStateDepartment of Intellectual Property «CopyrightandRelatedRights»(issueNo.18-20,2009)andin theCatalogueof theStateRegistration (13thedition,2009).

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3.1. Industrial Property Rights Enforcement in an Administrative Procedure

IntheyearunderreviewtheAppealsChamberconsideredatotalof133oppositionsincluding128oppositions lodgedin 2009 and 40those entertainedin2008.

Oppositions lod-ged in 2009 brokeup by the industrialproperty categoriesas follows: inven-tions– 20, utilitymodels – 3, indu-strial designs – 1,trademarksandser-vicemarks–69.

Therewereheld233 sessions ofthe boards of theAppeals Chamberwhere 22 oppo-sitions to theSDIPdecisionsonpatentapplications, twooppositionstoutilitymodelapplications,80 oppositions to trademark and service markapplicationswereconsidered.

In2009thetotalof90decisionsoftheAppealsChamber were sent to appellants including 41decisionsoncompletesatisfactionofopposition,10 on partial satisfaction of opposition and 39decisions on dismissal of opposition. Sevenoppositionswerenotacceptedforconsideration,theappellantswithdrewoneopposition.

In 2009 the Appeals Chamber got 8 claimsfor recognition of trademarks to be well-knowninUkraine.Therewereheld12meetingsof theAppealsChamber.

Eight decisions of the Appeals Chamberwere sent to applicants,all of them on recognitionof trademarks to be well-known in Ukraine. Oneapplication on recognitionof trademarks to be well-knownwaswithdrawn.

3.2. Industrial Property Rights Enforcement in a Judicial Procedure

In2009proceedingswerecommenced on 229 casesrelatedtoindustrialpropertyrightsenforcementincludingthosein:

• administrative courts(40cases);

• economic courts (98cases);

• courtsofgeneraljuris-diction(91cases).

TheMinistryofEducationand Science of Ukraine and/or the StateDepartmentofIntellectualPropertywerelitigantsinthosecases.

Proceedingson515caseswereconductedincourtsofprimaryjurisdiction,courtsofappealandcourtsof review(6casesofyear2003,4casesofyear2004,20casesofyear2005,27casesofyear2006,66casesofyear2007,163casesofyear2008,and229casesofyear2009).

3 Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement

Valentyn Chebotariov, Deputy Chairman of the State Department of Intellectual Property


Casesindisputesconcerningindustrialpropertyrights enforcement were considered in courtsof general jurisdiction (178 cases), economiccourts(208cases)andadministrativecourts(115cases).Therewereheld1,206courtsessionsonthesecases.

Theanalysisofcourtcasesshowsthatthemostofthemdealwithtrademarksandservicemarks.

Theinvalidationoftrademarkandservicemarkcertificatesandinternationalregistrationofmark,the cancellation of SDIP decisions as well aspremature termination of trademark and servicemarkcertificatesand international registrationofmarkwerethemattersofsuchdisputes.

3.3. Enforcement of Copyright and Related Rights

In 2009 SDIP took part in consideration ofthree cases concerning collective managementorganizations,21–concerningstate registrationofauthor’sright.

During2009theStateEnterprise«TheUkrainianAgency of Copyright and Related Rights»(UACRR) took part in 36 court proceedings inactions against copyright users on infringementof exclusive economic author’s rights, collectionofreceivables,non-compliancewiththetermsoflicenseagreementsetc.

In2009UACRRbrought14complaints topro-gramserviceproviders,televisionandradiobroad-casting companies and other users. In addition,38claimsweresenttoinfringersonthemattersofdebtsreceivable,non-compliancewiththetermsoflicenseagreements,unlicenseduseofworksetc.

Subsequent to the results of the mentionedactivities more than 688,000 UAH entered toUACRRaccountsasofJanuary1,2010.

3.4. Collective Management Organizations Activities

InaccordancewiththelegislationinthesphereofcopyrightandrelatedrightsSDIPperformsthefollowingfunctions:

keeps a register of collective managementorganizations;

appoints authorized collective managementorganizations;

monitorscollectivemanagementorganizationsactivity and provides their methodologicalsupport;

acts as a mediator in negotiations and inresolution of conflicts between organizations aswellasbetweentheseorganizationsandcopyrightandrelatedrightsholders;

promotescollectivemanagementorganizationsactivity.

Currently, 11 collective management orga-nizations have been registered. Among themthe State Enterprise «The Ukrainian Agency ofCopyright and Related Rights», private organi-zation «The Ukrainian Agency of Copyright»,five public organizations established by naturalpersonsascopyrightand related rightsholders,four consolidated enterprises – associationsestablishedbylegalentities.

Within actions aimed at monitoring collectivemanagement organizations activities to executetheorder of theCabinet ofMinisters ofUkraineSDIPcarriedouttheirauditin2009.

Three collective management organizationswere deregistered because of infringement ofcopyright and related rights legislation (the All-UkrainianPublicOrganization«UkrainianAuthorsUnion»,thePublicOrganization«TheAssociationof Right Holders in the Sphere of Fine Art and

Correlation of cases brought before court and sustained ones in 2009

IPcategories

Casesbroughtbefore

courtagainstSDIP

decisions

CancelledSDIP

decisions

Actionsforinvalidation

ofpatents/certificates

Invalidatedpatents/

certificates(according

totheregisterdata)

Inventions 4 – 10 2

Utilitymodels – – 7 1

Trademarksandservicemarks

41 2 72 28

Industrialdesigns 1 – 21 2

Total 46 2 110 33

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ArchitectureActivities«Status»,theAll-UkrainianPublicOrganization«FilmDirectorsGuild24/1»).

In 2009 SDIP also performed the followingactions to execute the order of the Ministry ofEducationandScienceofUkraineofDecember22,2008No.1175:

1)appointed the following organizations asauthorizedcollectivemanagementorganizations:theAssociationofEnterprises«UkrainianMusicAlliance» (in the sphere of public broadcastingof phonograms, videograms, and performancestheycontainwhicharepublishedforcommercialpurposes); the Association of Enterprises«Ukrainian League of Music Rights» (in thesphere of public performance of phonograms,videograms, and performances they containwhicharepublishedforcommercialpurposes);

2)cancelledcertificatesonappointmentofcol-lectivemanagementorganizationsasauthorizedorganizationsgranted to theAll-UkrainianAsso-ciationofCopyrightandRelatedRightsHolders«Oberih», the All-Ukrainian Public Organization«The All-Ukrainian Agency of Copyright andRelatedRights».

Toincreaseamountsofthecollectedremune-ration in thesphereofpublicbroadcastingSDIPtogetherwiththeMinistryofFinanceofUkraineandtheStateTreasuryofUkrainedefinedthesourcesof remuneration to be paid by state televisionand radio broadcasting companies to collectivemanagement organizations. Corresponding offi-cial lettersweresent to theStateCommittee forTelevisionandRadioBroadcastingofUkraineandtheNational Television andRadioBroadcastingCouncil of Ukraine for further informing of statetelevisionandradiobroadcastingcompanies.

Themechanismof payment and collectionofremunerationfortheuseofrelatedrightsobjects

in thespheresofpublicperformanceandpublicbroadcastingbymeansofregulatorydesignationofthelistofusersthathavetopayremuneration,including program service providers, wasdeveloped.Compulsoryconclusionofagreementsonpaymentofremunerationbetweenauthorizedcollectivemanagement organizations and userswasalsoprovidedfor.

In order to provide practical assistance totelevision and radio organizations and programserviceprovidersaswellastoeconomicentitiesperforming public use of copyright and relatedrights objects and use of these objects via theInternet corresponding recommendations weredeveloped,thoseareavailableattheSDIPweb-portal.

In the sphere of collection and distribution ofroyaltiesforhomeuseofworksandperformances,recorded in phonograms, videograms and theircopies(virginmediaandequipmentforrecording)theAssociationofEnterprises«UkrainianMusicAlliance» acts as an authorized organization.SDIPdevelopedrecommendationsforproducersand importers of equipment and virgin mediaon payment of remuneration to copyright andrelated rights holders. These recommendationsare available at the SDIP web-portal for theuse by the mentioned economic entities intheir activity. Moreover, the recommendationswere sent to the authorized organization andinterested governmental authorities, namely totheStateCustomsServiceofUkraine,theStateCommitteeofUkraine forRegulatoryPolicyandEntrepreneurship, the State Tax AdministrationofUkraine.

According to the legislation SDIP supervisescollective management organizations activities.Everyhalf-yearperiod theorganizationsprovidereports according to which trends in collection,distribution and payment of remunerationare monitored. In particular, the amount ofremuneration collected by all organizations in2009wasmorethan31millionUAH.Theamountof paid remuneration to copyright and relatedrights holders was over 25 million UAH (31%moreascomparedtothepreviousyear).

According to copyright and related rightslegislation SDIP performs mediation in conflictresolutionsbetween:

• collectivemanagementorganizations;• these organizations and copyright and

relatedrightsholders.In order to consolidate activities of collective

In the course of the session at the State Department of Intellectual Property


management organizations the CoordinationCouncilonCopyrightandRelatedRightsfunctionsat SDIP. The Council includes representativesfrom all organizations and aims its activity atconsidering and solving problematic issues.Moreover, section on copyright and relatedrights issuesattached to theSDIPPublicBoardwoks. It includes representatives from collectivemanagementorganizations, creativeunionsandotherassociations.

So SDIP systematically performs activitiesaimedatinvolvementofgeneralpublicinsolvingproblematicissues.

SDIP fulfils a function of promoting collectivemanagementorganizationstoexerciseauthoritiesprovidedbylegislation.Supportisprovidedinthefollowingareas:

1)methodological support of collectivemanagement organizations in the form ofrecommendations and explanations of legalrequirements on conclusion of agreements andpayment of remuneration by economic entities.In particular, these recommendations andexplanations are available at the SDIP web-portal. The Official Bulletin «Copyright andRelatedRights»ispublishedonregularbasisandcontainsnormativeactsoncopyrightandrelatedrights,informationaboutorganizationsetc.;

2)popularization of collective managementorganizationsactivity inUkraine. In recentyearsgreat educational work has been performed toincrease public legal culture level in mattersof copyright and related rights objects use,familiarization of economic entities with legalrequirements in this sphere (conferences,including international ones with the assistanceof internationalexpertsoncopyrightand relatedrightsmatters, roundtablediscussions,seminarsandothereventswereheld);

3)cooperation with corresponding stateinstitutionsandcoordinationofactivities thereof.Taking intoaccountdifficulties in theprocessofremuneration payments by television and radioorganizations SDIP sent written notifications totheNational Television andRadioBroadcastingCouncilofUkraine,theStateTelevisionandRadioBroadcasting Committee of Ukraine for furtherforwardingofthesenotificationstostatetelevisionand radio organizations. The notifications arebased on explanations given by the Ministry ofFinanceofUkraine,theStateTreasuryofUkraineon the use of budgetary financing by statetelevisionandradioorganizations.

In order to organize the collection ofremuneration for resale of artistic works (artistsresaleright)arrangementsforclosercooperationwith fine art market participants were effectedduringtheyear.SDIPspecifiedthelistofgalleries,exhibitions, auctions, involved in organizationof exhibition arrangements where artistic worksare sold. SDIP sent letters to these institutionsof art with a notification about the necessityto conclude agreements and pay remunerationvia collective management organizations. Atpresent a collective management organizationacting in the sphereof fineart theAll-UkrainianPublic Organization «The All-Ukrainian Agencyof Copyright» is conducting negotiations withtheseorganizationsonconcludingcorrespondingagreements.

TocreateconditionsforfineartmarketentitiestoactwithinthelegislationconcerningpaymentofremunerationforartistsresalerightsSDIPdraftedrecommendations on collecting, distribution andpaymentof remuneration forartists resalerightsand forwarded thereof to the Ukrainian ArtistsSociety, the Ukrainian Galleries Association forpracticaluse.

UACRR, subordinate to SDIP, acting as acollective management organization, collected20.07 million UAH of authors’ remuneration in2009.It’salmost0.77millionUAHmorethanwascollectedin2008(19,3millionUAH).

InthereportyearUACRRpaidtonationalandforeign authors about 14,4 million UAH. To thestate budget 2.7 million UAH were transferred.The rest of the collected remuneration will bepaidwithinnextperiods inviewof thenecessitytoidentifyauthors.

The bulk of amount of collected author’sremuneration covers the sphere of publicperformance that is a so-called «tradition» forthe period of UACRR activity. The majority ofincomewasprovidedby«grandrights»(royaltiesfortheuseofworksinthedramaticperformancesphere)– over 9.8 million UAH that is almost56.3%oftotalroyaltiescollectedinUkraine.

Incomesfor«small rights»(royaltiescollectedfor the use of works on TV, radio stations,in cafes, restaurants, night clubs, concerts)constitutedalmost3.9millionUAHthatisalmost23% of total royalties collected in Ukraine (in2008 for «small rights»6.2millionUAHor33%of total amount of royalties in Ukraine wascollected). It is worth mentioning that declineof amounts of collected authors’ remuneration

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from«small rights»categoryusers in2009wascaused by the effect of world financial crisis.Reduction of incomes of TV-channels, radiobroadcasters, cafes, restaurants, night clubsand other entertainment establishments causedreductionofroyaltiesforauthors.

Almost 2.7 million UAH was received for theuseofUkrainianauthors’worksfromabroad.Thisfact witnesses a growing interest in Ukrainianartists’worksall over theworld. In2008 foreignincomesconstitutedalmost2millionUAH.

The lowest amounts of royalties were for«mechanical recording» (royalties for the useof copyright objects on mechanical media –CD, DVD disks, magnetic tapes etc.). In 2009«mechanical recording» incomes shortenedalmostbyfourtimesandamountedto0.45millionUAHascomparedwith2008.Butthereasonsofsuch a recession are objective and correspondto worldwide trends. Due to modern technicalmeansand first of all due to Internet expansionmechanical media are becoming less popularall over the world. Besides, it is impossible notto take into account a considerable influenceof«music piracy» on the remuneration collectionrateinthissphere.

Nevertheless UACRR forges ahead andcarefullystudiesnewtrendsandappliesmaximumeffortstodevelopnewmarketsofauthors’worksuse.In2009significantadvancewasmadeinthesphere of mobile communications (royalties forthe use of copyright objects inmobile phones).In 2009 incomes from payers of this type ofremuneration were 0.9 million UAH that is 0.3millionUAHmorethanin2008.

Like before, UACRR pays considerableattention to the work with international partnersandorganizationsworkingforcopyrightprotectionpurpose.

3.5. Control over the Observance of Legislation in the Sphere of Intellectual Property

In 2009 a number ofmeasures aimed at thecoordination of efforts of law-enforcement andcontrolling authorities to provide control overthe observance of legislation in the sphere ofintellectualpropertywasimplemented.Jointorderof the Ministry of Education and Science, theMinistry of InternalAffairs, theSecurityService,the State Customs Service, the State TaxAdministrationandtheMinistryofCulturalAffairsofUkraineofNovember24,2009No.1055/491/753/1120/656/52«OntheApprovaloftheProgramofCoordinatedActionsofLaw-EnforcementandControlling Authorities to Provide Control Overthe Illegal Production, Distribution and Sale ofAudio and Video Products, Compact Disks andOther IntellectualPropertySubjectMatters andto Provide UEFA Intellectual Property RightsEnforcement»wasdevelopedandsigned.

TheCoordinationCouncil on the control overlaw infringements in the sphere of intellectualpropertywasestablishedinKyiv.Itsmembersandregulations on its activitywere approved by theOrderof theKyivStateMunicipalAdministrationofOctober14,2009No.1182.

In the report year the state intellectual pro-perty inspectors carried out 738 inspectionsof economic entities. The result is that 427administrative offence reports were drawn upand sent to courts. The counterfeit products totheamount ofmore than5.7millionUAHwereexpropriated(Fig.3.1,3.2).

Basedonthe inspectionscarriedout togetherwith theMinistry of Internal Affairs, theSecurityService of Ukraine and tax police 138 criminalcaseswereinitiated.

The state intellectual property inspectorsgive constant attention to the inspection ofmanufacturersofdisksforlaser-readingsystemsand stampers. In 2009, 63 inspections of thementioned enterprises and 10 inspections ofeconomic entities performing compact disksexportandimportwerecarriedout.

One of the priorities in intellectual propertyinspectors’ activity is educative and explanatorywork aimed at prevention of law infringementsin thesphereof intellectualproperty.During theperiodunderreviewthestateinspectorsheld269seminars and round-table discussions on legaluseofintellectualpropertyrightsinUkraine.More


than 50 publications and presentations weremadeinmassmedia.

Recovery of conclusion of agreements onpaymentofauthors’remunerationwasobservedasaresultofthementionedactivities.Considerablepart of intellectual property right users addressstate inspectors to takecontrollingmeasuresonlegaluseoftheserights.

AccordingtotheParagraph14oftheProcedureofComputerProgramsUseinExecutiveBodies,

approved by the Resolution of the Cabinet ofMinisters of Ukraine of September 10, 2003No.1433,SDIPintroducedmeasurestoincreasethe level of legal computer programs use inexecutivebodies.Inparticular,thecorrespondinginventorywasconducted,thenumberofcomputerprogramstobelegalizedwasdetermined,issueson including by executive bodies amounts offinancing for programs legalization to budgetdemands for 2010 and following years were

Fig.3.1. The number of inspections carried out by regions

Fig.3.2. Counterfeit products expropriated by regions (UAH)

settled with ministries and other executivedepartments. Results of the inventory showedthat 1,451,055 items of computer programs areusedinexecutivebodies,772,220ofthembeingwithoutacorrespondinglicense(53.2%).

To ensure support of economic entities onthe improvement of the system of computerprogramslegaluseinternalcontrolcorrespondingletters were sent, and recommendations on theprovisionof legaluseofsoftwareintheiractivitywereprovided.

Copies of legalization contracts with suchcompaniesastheAdobeSystems,CorelCorp.,EmbaracaderoTechnologies,ABBYYandNeroAG, the Limited Liability Company «PROMT»,the Close Joint-Stock Company «KasperskyLaboratory», the Limited Liability Company«Doctor Web» concluded by the Ministry ofEducationandScienceofUkrainetogetherwithterms of supply of the corresponding computerprograms were sent to executive bodies forfurther conclusion of contracts on computerprograms legalization with the mentioned rightholders.

In 2009 the Register of Software Producersand Distributors was supplemented with theinformation on economic entities distributingcomputerprograms.Informationintheregisterisopenandavailabletopublic,thisprovidesuserswith an opportunity to get data about licensedsoftware providers (http://www.sdip.gov.ua/ukr/help/registers/register/).

There were 229 claims on registration in theRegisterofSoftwareProducersandDistributors.Within the period under review 200 claimswere considered, 137 economic entities wereregistered.

The inquiry system on legal distribution anduse of computer programs was in operation.Any interestedperson is able toget informationby electronicmeans on legal foundations,waysand means of legalization (http://www.sdip.gov.ua/ukr/help/licence/).

SDIPhasdevelopedrecommendationsontheprovisionoflegaluseoffreecomputerprogramswith due consideration of economic aspects offreesoftware.Therecommendationsareofferedto authors, distributors, free software users forpracticaluse.

In accordance with the Law of Ukraine «Onthe Distribution of Copies of AudiovisualWorks,Phonograms, Videograms, Computer Programs,Databases» the State Enterprise «Intelzahyst»issued23,011,520controlmarks,538,734ofthembeing type«A»,1,749– type«В»,22,471,037–type«К».

There is a reducing trend in the number ofissuedcontrolmarks.Thereasonisinextensivedevelopment of high technologies causingcopyrightandrelatedrightsobjectstransferintoadigitalareaandtheirdistributionviatheInternet.

Topreventtheuseofcounterfeitcontrolmarkstheir automatic checkhasbeen introduced. It isperformedwhiledistributingcopiesofaudiovisualworks, phonograms, videograms, computerprograms,databases.

In 2009 according to the Law of Ukraine«OnthePeculiaritiesof theGovernmentControlof the Activity of Economic Entities Relatedto the Production, Exportation, Importation ofDisks for Laser-Reading Systems» SDIP as alicensing body issued 3 licenses for productionofdisksforlaser-readingsystemsandstampers.Four licenses were re-issued, one license wascancelled.Atpresenteightlicensesareissuedtoeconomicentitiesintotal.

PursuanttotherequirementsofthementionedLaw and the Resolution of the Cabinet ofMinisters of Ukraine of April 26, 2003 No. 623«On Adopting the Order of Assignment andApplicationaSpecialIdentificationCodeonDisksfor Laser-Reading Systems and Recognition ofSpecial Identification Codes Applied on Disksand/or Stampers Exported or Imported» SDIPissued19abstractsfromtheCID-codesRegistertocorrespondingeconomicentities.

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4 Information Support of the Activities in the Intellectual Property Sphere

4.1. Information Support of Examination of Applications for Industrial Property Rights. Patent Documentation File Updating

Informationsupportoftheexaminationprocessincludes updating the Patent Information Base(PIB) and providing access of examiners tospecifiedelectronicinformationresourcesviatheInternet.

Throughout the report year the PIB contentsremainedthesameasinthepreviousyears.Thecollectionwasupdatedbycurrentacquisitionsofnational and foreign patent documentation andby the end of 2009 comprised 12.97 thousandopticaldiscs,535ofwhichwere received in thereportyear.

TheReferenceandInformationCollection(RIC)isapartofthePIBusedbytheexaminersduringthe examination of applications for industrialproperty rights (IPRs), by specialists of otherdivisions of the examination body which is theState Enterprise «Ukrainian Industrial PropertyInstitute» (UIPI), as well as specialists of theStateDepartmentofIntellectualProperty.Duringthe report period the RIC was replenished by28.7 thousand copies of the Ukrainian patentspecifications, books, booklets and periodicalsandasofJanuary1,2010numberednearly293.0thousanditems.

The activities on updating the RIC andservicing specialists in the reading room andin the modes of lending library and selectivedisseminationofinformationhavebeenoptimisedandcarriedoutonasufficientlyhighlevelwithinthe current years. Considering multidisciplinaryqueries of examiners, the inter-library exchangesystemisthemostcalled-forandefficientkindof

service. Given the significant number of ordersfor information sources (above 2.7 thousand)concerning analogues of inventions claimedin application materials, the figures of lendingoriginalsourcesin2009amountedto77%,whichis5%higherthanin2008.Thehighpercentageofworkefficacyisachievedthankstointensiveuseofmoderninformationtechnologies.Inparticular,to provide the examination of applications forinventions with full texts of the articles fromforeignperiodicals,anagreementwithELSEVIERpublishingcompany(theNetherlands)concerningprovidingtheUIPIwithfee-basedon-lineaccessto thedatabase(DB)of thearticlespublished inscientificand technicalmagazinesandbooksofthispublisherwassignedin2009.

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The growth of the number of fulfilled ordersfor information sources activated the works onformingtheknowledgebasewhicharecarriedoutbywayof scanning theoriginal sources.During2009thebasewassupplementedby641articlesand by the end of December comprised 2082articles.

The servicing of the structural departmentsof UIPI and SDIP in the mode of selectivedissemination of information continued duringthe report period.To form the information tobeincluded in thematic bibliographic lists, analysisandselectionofthemostsignificantarticlesfrommagazines and collected books on intellectualpropertymatterswerecarriedout.During2009atotalof143addressees received61 informationnoticesaboutnewacquisitionsofbooksand58thematicbibliographiclistsofarticles.

Throughouttheyearacomplexoforganizationaland coordination works aimed at providingexaminers with access to commercial DBs andforeign information products on the basis ofsignedagreementswascarriedout.Asaresult,theexaminersgainedaccessto:

– theEPOsearchsystemwithintheframeworkoftheEPOQUENetcommercialserviceaccordingtotheatwo-yearAgreementsignedbythisOfficeon22.09.08;

– thespecializedDBs in the fieldoforganicchemistry according to the agreement signedin 2007 with the European service of STNInternational(FIZKarlsuhe);

– the GenomeQuest search system ofGenomeQuestInc.(USA)forsearchingbiologicalsequences;

– the information product of the «Twincom»company (Russia) «All Encyclopaedias ofRubricon»,anewagreementfortheuseofwhichwassignedintheIVquarterof2009fortheperiodofthenextyearfor22users;

– VINITIdatabank(Russia),theuseofwhichis ensured by a permanent agreement in forcesince2005.

The term of agreement for the use of Geno-meQuestsearchsystemexpiredintheIIIquarterof 2009 and, considering the relatively highcost of searches in this system,adecisionwasmade not to continue using it. Free-of-chargeInternetDBswillbeusedforbiotechnologysear-ches in the nearest period as an alternative toGenomeQuest.

Alltheabove-mentionedinformationresourceswere used by examiners together with the PIB

collectionandfree-of-chargeDBsprovidedontheweb-sitesoftheleadingpatentoffices.

International exchange of patent docu-mentation with foreign offices has remainedthemain source of updating the foreign patentdocumentationfilesbothforexaminationneeds(PIB)and for theneedsof theUkrainianpublic(the Public Patent Documentation Collection,PPDC) for over 15 years.Over a period since1993 until today, international cooperation inthis area enabled Ukraine to collect significantamounts of foreign patent documentation onpaper carrier and optical discs which can, bytheircontent,basicallysatisfytheusers’needs.However, during the last years, internationalexchangeof patent documentationmoved toanew level connected with the widespread useof the Internet forofficialpublicationsand,asaconsequence, offices’ gradual discontinuanceoftraditionalpublicationsonpaper,CD-ROMorDVD.Theexchangeofpublicationsonmaterialcarriers progressively turns into the exchangeof electronic information via the Internet. Thistechnological process results in constantdecreasing of the amounts of data receivedon different carriers within the framework ofinternational exchange, which makes it impo-ssibletoupdatethePIBandPPDCwithcurrentpatentdocumentationofanevergrowingnumberof countries. So, in the foreseeable future theaccumulatedpatentcollectionswillturnintobackfilecollectionscoveringcertainyearsandwillbeusable only jointly with the Internet-resourceswhosesignificancehasbeengrowingandwhichinprospectwillreplacetraditionalcollections.

In2009,within theabove-mentionedprocess,the following publications stopped coming toUkraine: official bulletinsof thepatent officesofEstonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Croatia (onpaper),Romania(onCD-ROM),fullspecificationstopatentsofSwitzerlandonCD-ROM(ESPACE-CH), WIPO publication «WIPO Gazette ofInternationalMarks»(onpaper).

Inspiteof thesetendencies,during thereportyear the PPDCwas updated by a considerableamount of foreign patent documentation, inparticular on optical discs. In 2009, the officialbulletinsofAzerbaijan,BulgariaandKyrgyzstanstarted coming on optical discs (CD, DVD)insteadofpapercarrier.By theendof2009thePPDC comprised nearly 20.0 thousand officialbulletins of patent offices on paper carriers and15.28 thousandopticaldiscs,amongwhich455


bulletins and 1.17 thousand optical discs werereceivedwithinthereportyear.ThecollectionofspecificationstoUkrainianpatentsfor inventionswasalsoupdated:morethan26.1thousanditemswerereceivedbythePPDCin2009andthetotalvolumereached310.36thousanditems.

The composition of the PPDC and noticesabout its quarterly updates are published in the«Information Resources» section of the SDIPweb-portal(http://www.sdip.gov.ua),aswellasonthe web-sites of UIPI (http://www.ukrpatent.org)and its branch «Ukrainian Centre for InnovaticsandPatentInformationServices(UkrCIPIS,http://www.ip-centr.kiev.ua).

Availability of patent documentation fromthe countries with which Ukraine maintainsinternational scientific and technical, includingmilitaryand technical,cooperation, in thePPDCis constantly monitored – to date, the PPDCcomprises patent documentation of 50 suchcountries.Besidesthis,theSDIPweb-portalandthe UIPI web-site provide updated lists of theaddressesoffree-of-chargeforeigndatabasesofintellectualpropertyrights,aswellasscientificandtechnicaldatabasesandreferenceresources.

In its capacity as the centre of internationalexchange of patent documentation, UIPI sends,andplanstosendin2010,Ukrainianpatentdocu-mentationonopticalcarrieswithintheframeworkofexchangetoallpartnerofficesexcludingthosewhich from their side initiated discontinuanceof the mutual exchange. Within the processof rationalisation of the international exchangeof patent documentation, the official bulletin«PromyslovaVlasnist»onCD-ROMisnolongersent to11officessince2009,while thenationalCD-ROM«InventionsinUkraine»wassentto19officesasinthepreviousyear.

In total, the following products were sent in2009 within the framework of the internationalexchange:

– 36copiesoftheofficialbulletin«PromyslovaVlastnist»onCD-ROM(to32offices);

– 21copiesofthenationalCD-ROM«Inven-tionsinUkraine»(to19offices).

According to the notifications of the partnerofficesaboutdiscontinuationfrom2010of issuingthepublicationsusedforexchange,furtherdecre-ase of the amounts of incoming foreign patentdocumentationreceivedbyexchangeisexpected.

In 2009, considering the important place ofpatent information in the set of measures forpromotion of innovative activities in Ukraine, ahandbook was prepared for patent informationusers. The publication, entitled «Patent Docu-mentation.AcquisitionandAccessibilityinUkrai-ne.UserHandbook»,will be printed for free-of-chargedisseminationinUkrainein2010.

Similartothepreviousyears,withtheaimtobuildupthenationalpatentdocumentationcollections,the SDIP official publications were sent free ofchargetocertainorganisationsofUkraine,namely,onpapercarrier:theofficialbulletin«PromyslovaVlasnist»– to29organisations,specifications topatents– to 23organisations; onoptical carrier:the official bulletin– to 32 organisations andspecifications – to 26 organisations of Ukraine,including the bodies of the national system ofscientific and technical information: UkrainianInstitute for Scientific, Technical and EconomicInformation (only the official bulletin), StateScientific and Technical Library and 19 centresofscientific, technicalandeconomic information.TheregistersoffreedistributionoftheSDIPofficialpublicationsonpaperandelectroniccarriershavebeenupdatedfortheyear2010.

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Taking into account the world tendencies intransformationofinformationresourcesandrapidadvance of information technologies, as wellas the urgent need to create national electronicinformation resources in Ukraine, at the end of2008theSDIPCollegiummadeadecisionaboutcreatingaDigitalPatentLibrary(DPL).Accordingto the respective SDIP Order and the UIPIRegulation, a jointWorkingGroup of SDIP andUIPI was created with the aim to organise andcarryoutanalyticalresearchesoncreatingaDPLinUkraineandtodevelopadraftConceptionandanActionPlanforitsrealisation.Theseworksareconceptually grounded and are relevant in thecontextofprovisionsoflegislativeandregulatoryand legalacts,defining, inparticular, thebasicsof the development of information society inUkraine, the fundamentalprinciplesof formingasystemofpublicallyavailablenationalelectronicinformationresources,aswellasprovidingforthewaysofdevelopingtheinformationinfrastructureofUkraine.

IntheI-IIquartersof2009theWorkingGroupprepared an «Analytical report concerningpossiblevariantsandthemostadvisablevariantof creating a Digital patent library in Ukraine»,approved by the SDIP Chairman in May 2009.During the III-IV quarters the Working groupcontinued forming the principles of drafting theConception, analysing the conceptual decisionsontheDPLgeneralstructureandthestructureofitsseparatecomponents.

4.2. Industrial Property International Classifications

2009becametheyearofUkraine’saccessiontomostoftheinternationalagreementsconcerninginternational classifications of industrial propertyrights.InApril2009WIPOobtainedlegalgroundsforaccessionofUkraineto:

– Strasbourg Agreement concerningInternational PatentClassification ratified by theLawofUkraineofDecember17,2008No.683-VI.ThedateoftheentryintoforcefortheAgreementinrespectofUkraineisApril7,2010;

– Locarno Agreement Establishing anInternationalClassification for IndustrialDesignsratified by the Law ofUkraine ofDecember 17,2008 No. 684-VI. This Agreement entered intoforceinrespectofUkraineonJuly7,2009;

– ViennaAgreementEstablishinganInterna-tionalClassificationoftheFigurativeElementsof

MarksratifiedbytheLawofUkraineofFebruary18, 2009 No. 1000-VI. This Agreement enteredintoforceinrespectofUkraineonJuly29,2009.

ItisworthmentioningthattheNiceAgreementConcerning the International Classification ofGoods and Services for the Purposes of theRegistrationofMarkswasratifiedmuchearlierbytheLawofUkraineofJune1,2000No.1762-ІІІ.The Agreement entered into force in respect ofUkraineonDecember29,2000.

Ukraine’s accession to the above-mentionedinternational agreements enables our countrynot only to use the international classifications,butalsototakeactivepartintheprocessoftheirimprovement.

ThesetofworksonactualisationoftheUkrainiantranslations of international classifications ofindustrial property rights is implemented on aconstantbasis. Inconnectionwith theentry intoforce of the new versions of the IPC advancedlevel (2009.01) and core level (2009) as ofJanuary1,2009thefollowingworkswerecarriedoutintheIquarterof2009:

– the publication of the Ukrainian editionof the new version of the IPC core level (2009)as a supplement to the current issues of theofficial bulletin«PromyslovaVlasnist»onpaper,fromBulletinNo.23/2008toBulletinNo.4/2009inclusively;

– free distribution of the Ukrainian edition«InternationalPatentClassification.NinthEdition(2009).CoreLevel»(9volumes)toallrecipientsof the Official Bulletin on paper within the Freedistributionregister.

Accordingtothecurrentpractice,onecopyoftheprinted version of theUkrainian translation of theIPCCore Level (2009)was sent toWIPO.WIPOQuestionnaireontheforeseensimplificationofthereformedIPCwasfilledinandsenttoWIPO.

Inorder tomake theuseof theelectronic IPC(2009) resources – core level and Ukrainianversion– convenient, the works on creating asingle IRS (Information and Reference System)«International Patent Classification. Core Level(2009). Ukrainian Version (2009.01)» were com-pletedinIquarterof2009.TheIRSisfunctionallyandstructurallysimilartotheWIPOsearchsystem:it enables the use of the necessary text of theClassification (core level or Ukrainian version),freelynavigatefromthecoreleveltexttothetextoftheUkrainianversionandviceversa, jumptothetextsoftheearliereditionsoftheUkrainianversionand theearliereditionof thecore level.The free


access to this IRS is provided through the SDIPweb-portal http://www.sdip.gov.ua and the UIPIweb-sitehttp://www.ukrpatent.org.

In the secondhalf of 2009, in connectionwiththeentry intoforceof thenewversionof the IPCadvanced level (2010.01) on January 1, 2010,UIPIcarriedoutworksonupdating theUkrainianversionof the IPCcreatedby theSDIPOrder ofOctober 3, 2007 No. 122: comparing the officialEnglish-language text of the new IPC version(2010.01) to the previous IPC version (2009.01),identifying the changes to be brought into theUkrainianversion,theirtranslationformEnglishintoUkrainianandcreationoftheUkrainianversionoftheIPC(2010.01)byinsertingthesechangestotheUkrainianversionoftheIPC(2009.01).AccordingtotheSDIPOrderofDecember21,2009No.272,the Ukrainian version of the IPC (2010.01) willbe used in thework of the state systemof legalprotectionofintellectualpropertyasofJanuary1,2010.Inthisconnection,updatingoftherespectiveIRSwasperformedintheIVquarterof2009–asof January 1, 2010 access will be provided tothe IRS«InternationalPatentClassification.CoreLevel(2009).UkrainianVersion(2010.01)».

4.3. Official and Information Publications

Publishing of the State Department’s officialbulletin«PromyslovaVlasnist»andspecificationsto patents for inventions (utility models) onpaper and electronic carriers continued during2009.Withinthereportperiodtheofficialbulletin«Promyslova Vlasnist» was published twice amonth with circulation of 90 copies; 24 issuesof the official bulletin with the total amount of1852.96 publisher’s signatures and the 2008AnnualIndextothebulletinswiththetotalamountof203.83publisher’ssignatureswithcirculationof65copieswerepublishedduringtheyear.

Table 4.1 demonstrates the total amount ofinformation concerning the industrial propertyrightspublishedin2009.

Theofficial bulletin«PromyslovaVlasnist»onCD-ROMandthenationalCD-ROM«InventionsinUkraine»,meant,inparticular,fortheinternationalexchangeofpatentdocumentation,were issuedregularly.

Table 4.2 presents the data on the nationalpatent information products on optical carriersdistributedin2009.

Table 4.1. The amount of information concerning the industrial property rights published in 2009

PublicationkindNumberofpublications

Applicationsforinventionsacceptedforexamination 5,442

Ukrainianpatentsforinventions 4,005

Ukrainianpatentsforutilitymodels 8,390

Ukrainianpatentsforindustrialdesigns 1,754

Ukrainiancertificatesfortrademarksandservicemarks 15,142

Marksrecognizedtobewell-knowninUkraine 8

Applicationsforregistrationofthequalifiedindicationsofthesourceofgoodsand/ortherightforuseofthequalifiedindicationsofthesourceofgoodsacceptedforexamination

1

Registrationsofthequalifiedindicationsofthesourceofgoods 4

Registrationsoftherightforuseoftheregisteredqualifiedindicationsofthesourceofgoods

5

MarksregisteredundertheMadridAgreementConcerningtheInternationalRegistrationofMarksand/ortheProtocolRelatingtotheMadridAgreementConcerningtheInternationalRegistrationofMarksgrantedprotectioninUkraine

3,735

Topographiesofintegratedcircuits –

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Toensureahighlevelofinformationpresentationonelectroniccarriers,includingdatabaseslocatedontheSDIPweb-portalandtheUIPIweb-site,thefollowingmeasuresweretakenin2009:

– theformofpresentinginformationconcerningindustrial property rights in the «Notifications»section of the DB «Electronic Version of theAccumulative Official Bulletin «PromyslovaVlasnist»wasimproved;

– the form of presenting information in theInternet DB «Inventions of Foreign Countries»wasdeveloped.

Within the framework of international coope-rationwiththeleadingworld intellectualpropertyorganisations – EPO and WIPO, the followingdata were prepared and sent in the course of2009:

– informationconcerningthepracticeofusingthe(23)INIDcodewhenpublishingtheinvention(utilitymodel)data;

– answers to the questionnaire concerningtheprocedureofcorrecting,alternatingandsup-plementing published patent information andthe state of affairs on implementation of WIPOStandardST.50provisionsinUkraine;

– samples of respective publications con-cerningcorrections,amendmentsand/orsupple-ments to the published patent information inUkraine in order to include them in Part 7.4 oftheWIPOHandbook«Examplesof corrections,alterations and supplements relating to patentinformation».

The fact that SDIP and UIPI specialists takeactive part in the works carried out within thescope of activities of the SCIT SDWG dealingwith the WIPO Standards revision, contributesto harmonization of patent information activitiesin Ukraine with the world community’s modernpolicy in the field of patent documentation andstandardisation. In particular, in 2009 Ukrainianspecialists tookactivepart in theworkofWIPOTargetGrouponrevisionof theWIPOStandardST.50 «Guidelines for Issuing Corrections,Alterations and Supplements Relating to PatentInformation», where they brought forward anumber of substantive propositions on updatingthisstandardanddraftingitsnewversion.Besidethis, in order to inform the public on WIPOstandards revision, alterations and supplementsbrought to them, the SDIP web-portal and the

Table 4.2. Distribution of the national patent information products on optical carriers in 2009

Patentinformationproduct

Free-of-chargedistribution

Fee-baseddistribution

TotalOrganisationsofUkraine

Intellectualpropertyofficesororganisations

Yearlysets

DVD«Officialbulletin«PromyslovaVlasnist»

45 36 17 98

CD-ROM«InventionsinUkraine» 33 21 22 82

CD-ROM«TrademarksandServiceMarksRegisteredinUkraine»

1 1 35 37

CD-ROM«IndustrialDesignsregisteredinUkraine»

– – 3 3

Backfilecumulativediscs

DVD«TrademarksandServiceMarksRegisteredinUkraine»(1993–2009)

– – 16 16

DVD«IndustrialDesignsRegisteredinUkraine»(1993–2009)

– – 1 1


UIPI website underwent the following updatesduringthereportyear:

– correspondent information notices wereplaced;

– information concerning the versionsof WIPO standards currently in force wassystematically updated (hyperlinks to the officialtexts of the Standards in English and Russianwereprovided);

– unofficialtranslationsofthefollowingWIPOStandardsintoUkrainianwereupdated:

ST.9 «Recommendation ConcerningBibliographic Data on and Relating toPatentsandSPCs»ST.14«Recommendationfor the InclusionofReferencesCitedinPatentDocuments»ST.60“Recommendation ConcerningBibliographicDataRelatingtoMarks»

Thepatent officeswhicharemembersof theStandingCommitteeonInformationTechnologies(SCIT) yearly prepare annual technical reportsin order to inform other offices and generalpublic on the development of their informationactivities. Annual technical reports cover threeareasofinformationactivities,namelyconcerninginventions, industrial designs and trademarks.WIPO pays special attention to improvementsin the offices’ working methods, in particularconnected with automation of proceeding ofapplications for industrial property rights andchangeover to paperless technologies. As inthe previous years, according toSCITCircularsNos 2664, 2665, 2666 of April 1, 2009, SDIPannual technical reports for 2008, disclosingthe above-mentioned areas of activities, wereprepared and sent toWIPO in the III quarter of2009. In thesameyear, inorder to improve thewaysofinformingusersandcreateanewsourceof information for wide circles of scientific and

technical community of Ukraine concerning theSDIP information activities, the referred annualtechnicalreportswereforthefirsttimeplacedonitsweb-portal in«PlansandReports»section. ItisforeseenthattheywillbemadepublicthroughtheInternetyearly.

During2009:– a significant amount of new materials,

including 6 information notices on patentinformation matters, was prepared and madeaccessible on the UIPI web-site and the SDIPweb-portal;

– sections «For Patent Information Users»and«IndustrialPropertyClassificationSystems»wereupdated.

In2009,7publicationsonpatent information,documentation and standardisation matterswere prepared; reporting materials on patentinformation supportwere continuouslydisclosedin quarterly issues of the statistical publication«Industrial Property in Figures: Performance ofthe State Department of Intellectual Propertyand the State Enterprise «Ukrainian IndustrialPropertyInstitute».

4.4. Automation of Office Procedures on Applications for IPRs. Information Technologies Implementation

During the report year automation of thetechnologicalprocessesofapplicationproceedingandinformationtechnologiesimplementationintheexaminationbodywerecarriedoutaccordingtotheacceptedconceptionofautomationdevelopmentand information technologies implementation,whichdefinesthreemaindirectionsofautomationdevelopment:

1.Automation of the principal (basic) proce-dures and functions which concern application

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examination,stateregistrationoftitlesofprotectionforIPRs,officialpublications.

2.Automationoftheproceduresandfunctionscarried out by the structural divisions of theexamination body (accounting division, analysisand economic planning department, economicanalysisandstatisticsdepartmentandothers).

3.Automation of the processes aimedto provide patent information support to theexamination body and external users, namely:creatingtheReferenceandInformationCollectionof examination, modernisation of the searchportal and active patent informationwarehouse,overhaulingof theexisting interactivedatabasesandinformationandreferencesystemsaccessiblethrough the Internet and patent informationproductsonopticalcarriers(CD-ROMandDVD)aswellascreatingnewones.

Automation of the Principal (Basic) Procedures and Functions

The planned measures on automationdevelopment and information technologiesimplementation taken in 2009 were intendedfor improving the examination body’s computersystems. In this connection the ultimate goal isto implement technological electronic documentcirculation in the examination body and providethe changeover to the paperless technology ofproceedingstheapplicationsforIPRs.

Due to the planned measures carried outto improve the automatized systems (AS)«Inventions», «Trademarks andServiceMarks»and «Industrial Designs» the following resultswereachieved:

1.InAS«Inventions»thefunctionsofcontrollingtheproceedingofapplicationsforinventionsandutilitymodels,selectingapplicationsforinventionsandutilitymodels,useradministrationwithin thedepartments of the Division of examination ofapplications for inventions, utility models andintegratedcircuittopographiesweredeveloped.

2.Means for identifying and recordingtechnological working time within the Divisionof examination of applications for inventions,utilitymodelsandintegratedcircuit topographieswere developed and integrated into the AS«Inventions».

3.A subsystem of automatic generation ofnumbers for incoming and outgoing documentsandmeansof interactionof the subsystemwiththe technological automated systems of theexaminationbodywasdeveloped.

4.With the aim to automate the process ofpreparation of supplementary documents andcarry out the full-text search by the tools of AS«Inventions», an information block was createdcontainingdataonapplicationanalogues.

5.Software enabling to select files ofapplicationsforinventionsandutilitymodelswasdevelopedinordertoconstantlystoretheminthedepository.

6.Software modules were embedded inthe medium of the AS «Inventions» to ensuremodification of automated procedures ofgeneratingclaims,abstractsandspecificationstopatentsforinventionsandutilitymodels.

7.Software was developed and implementedensuringautomatedcarryingoutof thefollowingfunctions:

•interaction of the AS «Inventions», AS«Industrial Designs» and AS «Trademarks andServiceMarks»withthesystemofdocumentkindclassificationandidentification;

•general electronic proceeding performed bythe specialists of theDivision of examination ofapplications for inventions, utility models andintegrated circuit topographies and the StateRegistrationDivision.

8.Testoperationofthemeansofcomputer-aidedpreparation of supplements to the technologicaldocuments of the Division of examination ofapplications for inventions, utility models andintegrated circuit topographies was performed;

thereafter the above-mentioned meanswas handed over to start the operationandmaintenancephase.

9.Design solutions for utilisation ofa single document classifier within thesystem of registration of incoming dataflowforIPRapplicationsweredeveloped.To improve the technologyofelectronicfiling of application materials, softwarewas developed enabling to performregistrationofsecondary(supplementary)


paper documents concerning applications filedprimarilybythemeansofelectronicfiling.

10.Design documentation on creation of asoftwarepackageforautomationoftheproductionprocessesoftheexaminationbody’sAdministra-tive Support Department and implementation ofthe electronic document circulation technologyin the technological AS «Industrial Designs»and AS «Trademarks and Service Marks» wasdeveloped.

11.AS «Industrial Designs» and AS «Trade-marks and Service Marks» were updated withregardtoincomingdocumentsprocessing

12.For AS «Trademarks andServiceMarks»,supplementary tools were developed forautomation of proceeding of applications filedby national applicants for registration to theWIPOInternationalBureau,aswellasasoftwaresystemforautomationofthefunctionsofcontrolofpaymentsandreceiptsoffeesfortheactivitiesconnected with acquisition and maintenance ofrights for internationally registered marks wascreated.

13.Mechanisms and interface designs weredevelopedandimplemented,enablingcollection,processingandreal-timedisplayofthestatisticalinformation concerning international registrationofmarks.

14.Installation and adjustment of themecha-nisms of image searching and recognitionaccordingtothespecifiedcriteriawereperformed;the referred mechanisms were integrated intothe system of electronic catalogues used inthe process of examination of applications fortrademarksandservicemarks.

15.A module «Usage Statistics» and themechanism of intelligent analysis of searchstrategies for the examination body’s searchportalweredeveloped.

Automation of the Procedures and Functions Carried Out by the Structural Divisions of the Examination Body not Directly Involved in the Procedure of Examination of IPR Applications

In2009asetofworksaimedatdevelopmentand modernisation of the automatized system«Payment Accounting» was carried out inorder to implement up-to-date technologies andplatforms. In particular, the current changes intheprocessesof thegivenareawereanalysed;specificationsfordevelopmentandmodernisationoftheAS«PaymentAccounting»weredeveloped;

a package of client-oriented services wasdesigned.

In order to perform periodical reporting onthe kinds of investments and kinds of fixedassets, the «System of forming the regimentedaccountingandreferenceforms»wasdevelopedandimplemented.

To enhance the efficiency of the examinationbodyperformance,in2009changeswerebroughtinto the software of the AS «Performances»to improve the procedures of calculation ofstatistical indicators concerning proceeding ofapplicationsforIPRs.Duetothesechanges,theAS«Performances»makesitpossibletomonitorthequalityoftheproceedingandefficiencyofthedivisions’workaccordingtothefollowingcriteria:

•the number of applications processed byanexaminerwith theaccount of theapplicationcomplexity;

•thenumberoftheopposedconclusionsmadebyparticularexaminers;

•the number of decisions of the AppealsChamber in favour of applicants despiteexaminers’conclusions;

•the number of court decisions in favour ofapplicantsdespiteexaminers’conclusions;

•thenumberofdecisionsongranting titlesofprotection;

•thenumberofrefusalsoftitlesofprotection;•the average term of pendency of an appli-

cation;•theaveragenumberofdocumentexchanges

betweenanexaminerandanapplicantduringtheexaminationofapplication.

Automation of the Processes Aimed at Patent Information Support of the Examination Body and External Users

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entities with the information concerning IPRs isamongtheessentialtasks.

In order to fulfil this task, the followinginformationresourcesandproductswerecreatedinthecourseofpreviousyears:

•interactive electronic databases andinformation and reference systems placed onserversconnectedtotheInternet;

•databasesonoptical data carriersCD-ROMandDVD;

•technological and auxiliary databasesfor internal use by the examination body’sexaminers;

•thesearchportaloftheexaminationbody,aswellasanumberofinformationretrievalsystems.

These information resources and productshave been available for use since 2003. Theirlist is updated and supplemented yearly, users’feedbackbeingthemainconditionforenhancingthefunctionalityofthesearchengines,interfacesanddatastructure.

Significant demand for patent informationresources requires their constant updating,assuringthecorrectfunctioningofsearchenginesandusabilityofthemeansofinteractionbetweenusersandsearchsystems.

Inordertosatisfytheseneeds,newprocedureswere developed in 2009 for updating theinformation and reference systems «Informationon Pending Applications for Trademarks andServiceMarks» and «Industrial Design PendingApplications», as well as interactive databases«Trademarks and Service Marks Registered inUkraine» and «Industrial Designs Registered inUkraine»

Amodule of full-text searchwith the functionof word form search was developed and putinto test operation for the specialised database«Inventions(UtilityModels)inUkraine».

The collective access database «Informationon Invention Applications Allowed to Proceed»

was restructured, this makes it possible promptupdatingoftheinformationcontainedinit.

Aninformationandreferencesystem«Interna-tionalClassificationofIndustrialDesigns(LocarnoClassification).NinthEdition»accessiblethroughtheInternetwascreatedandsetinoperation.

To monitor the user activity and take offstatisticaldataconcerning theuseofdatabasesand information and reference systems, a newadministration subsystem was created andimplementedin2009.

With a view to satisfy the examinationinformationneeds,thefirststageoftheintegratedsystem«ReferenceandInformationCollectionforExamination»wasdevelopedandsetinoperation,in particular: a database was developed; asoftware for automatic formingofUkrainianandRussian characteristic thesauri of scientific andtechnicaltermsonthefivelevelsofIPCsymbols(section, class, subclass, group, subgroup)wascreated.

TofollowtheWIPOrecommendationsconcer-ning the use of data formats in creating patentinformation products in the examination body,a software was developed in 2009 enabling topresent all information arrays concerning titlesof protection for inventions, industrial designsandmarks for goods and services registered inUkraineintheMIMOSAauthoringtoolformat.

Inorder tounify theproceduresofautomateddrawingupof thesectionsof theofficialbulletin«Promyslova Vlasnist», a set of measures wastakento:

•create gateways for receiving informationfromtheexistingautomatizedsystems;

•develop the procedures of presentation ofdata arriving from the AS «Inventions» and AS«TrademarksandServiceMarks»intheformatoftheofficialbulletin«PromyslovaVlasnist»;

•buildaninformationconsolidationmoduleetc.In 2009 measures were taken to allow for

Roundtable meeting at Supreme Economic Court of Ukraine


creatingasystemofbuilding, storing,periodicalupdating and real-time access to bibliographicdata and abstracts for inventions registered inforeign countries. This database is already inoperation and available on the UIPI website atwww.ukrpatent.org.

Themodulesprovidingformachinetranslationofabstractsofpatentsforinventionsregisteredinforeign countries into Ukrainian operating in thedecisionsupportsystemusedbyexaminerswereupdated.

4.5 Internet Resources of the State System of Intellectual Property Rights Protection

ThestatesystemofintellectualpropertyrightsprotectioninUkraineispresentedintheInternetby the following resources: www.sdip.gov.ua,www.ukrpatent.org, www.ip-centr.kiev.ua, www.uacrr.kiev.ua, www.iipl.ukrpatent.org, www.intelvlas.com.ua,www.fabrikaidei.kiev.ua.

ThemostpowerfulamongthoseistheofficialSDIPweb-portal –www.sdip.gov.ua. In 2009, aconsiderableamountofworkswascarriedouttoimprovetheusabilityoftheresourceandprovidethe web-portal visitors with quick access to theinformationstoredthere.

Duringtheyear,over500newsannouncementswereplacedintheUkrainianandEnglishversionsoftheweb-portal,itsstaticanddynamicsectionswere updated by topical information concerningtheeventswhich tookplace in thestatesystemof the legal protection of intellectual property in2009; over 200 photo-reports from seminars,conferences, meetings etc. were published; anumber of columns intended for the specialistsworking in the system aswell as for applicantsandpublicrepresentativesinterestedinthetopicwascreated.

Timelycoveragewasgiventotheeventstakingplaceintheintellectualpropertysphere,suchasseminars, conferences, meetings, round tables,visits of IP specialists from foreign countries,presentations, exhibitions, press-conferencesetc. Visitors to the web-portal could also studyinformationmaterialsrelatedtotheseevents.Forexample,besidesannouncements,programmes,participants’ reports, slide-shows, photo-reportsand participants’ and guests’ comments andopinions were also made available. All thisinformation was published during the time theevent took place and was complemented afterit had been finished. Moreover, in the archive

sections the previously published information isstoredforthevisitorstotheportalwhowerenotable to study it in due time or wish to browsethroughitanduseitlater.

Onthewhole,animpressiveinformationarrayofmaterialsonvarioustopicswasplacedontheofficial web-portal in 2009: coverage of currentevents and activities, updating and structuringof static patent informationmaterials,which arecontinuously updated and supplemented withnew data, improvement of navigation with theaimofprovidingaquickeraccesstoinformation,ensuring thecontactwithusersbycreatingnewheadingsandupdatingtheexistingones.

In order to search for information easily andquickly, the web-portal visitors used a powerfulsearchmodule enabling them to apply a singlequery tosearch fornecessarydata in thewholeinformation base of the resource, in separatetopical sections, use logic connectors, as wellastoviewsearchresultsbyrelevanceorbythedateofpublication.Inthenextyearit isplannedto connect theweb-portal towell-known searchsystems operating in the Internet to widen itsrangeofsearchfacilities.

Communication of the specialists of the IPspherewith theweb-portal users (entrepreneurs,specialists, patent attorneys, students and otherinterestedpersons)isofgreatsignificance.Forthisreason, close attentionwas paid to the separateblock«Communication»comprisingsuchheadingsas «Electronic Reception Rooms», «Questions/Answers»,«Forum»,«Blog»,«ServiceCatalogue».Each of these headings serves a separate goal.Forexample,youcanuseoneof the«ElectronicReceptionRooms»toputaquestionto theSDIPChairmanandeachofhisdeputies.Theanswersto the questions are placed by the order theywere received under the «Questions/Answers»heading. This section is very serviceable as itoffersanswerstosituationalquestions interestingfor a significant audience active in IP sphere.«Forum» enables the users to communicate intheoff-linemode,and«Blog»isdesignedtogiveregisteredusersthepossibilitytokeepanInternet-diary, publishing their opinions, references andreflections of certain topics. Under the «Servicecatalogue» heading, comprehensive informationabout the services offered by SDIP to naturalpersons, legal entities, government employeesandinternationalcommunityispublished.

One of the most important and popular sub-sections is «Databases and Information and

Reference Systems» comprising 12 databasesand9informationandreferencesystems.

Statisticaldatarevealtheusers’interesttothementioned resources. For example, the Internetdatabase«Inventions(UtilityModels)inUkraine»hasbeenusedbyover20thousandusers.Thetotal amount of the viewed documents monthlyreaches almost 100 thousand. The database«Trademarks and Service Marks Registered inUkraine»alsoenjoysgreatpopularity.Duringonlythelasttwomonthsof2009theuserscarriedout36963 searches, viewed 698,626 bibliographicdatatocertificatesofUkraineformarksforgoodsandservicesand702,587imagesofmarks.

Over200letterswerereceivedontheaddressoftheSDIPweb-resourceadministrationin2009.The majority of the questions concerned thematters of copyright and related rights. Userswerealso interested in theamountsof feesandstate due, the rules of drawing up and filingapplications for granting titles of protection forintellectualpropertyrightsetc.Consultationsweregivenorallybytelephoneandbye-mail.

On the average, over 9 thousand users visitthe web-portal monthly; in the course of 2009,over100thousandusersviewedthepagesoftheweb-portal.

TheUIPIweb-site(http://www.ukrpatent.org)alsounderwentamendmentsandupdates in2009. Inparticular,thesection«DatabasesandInformationandReferenceSystems»wasreconstructedandupdated, over 300 news announcements wereplaced,almostallstaticsectionswereupdated,thebannerblockofpatentattorneysandcommercialorganisations was reconstructed. Almost 100letters from users was received by the websiteadministrationin2009.Thedominanttopicswerethose concerning the procedure of drawing updocuments for filing applications for industrialproperty rights, the

coverage of the databases and information andreferencesystemsavailableonthewebsiteetc.

In2009,thedesignoftheofficialwebsiteoftheStateEnterprise«UkrainianAgencyofCopyrightandRelatedRights»was renovated.Apart fromvisualelements,thefunctionalpartofthewebsitewas improved, namely, the list of sections wasenlarged, the version in a third language wasadded (the Ukrainian-, Russian-, and English-language versions of the website are now inoperation),aninformationblocktitled«UkrainianAgency of Copyright and Related Rights isLookingforAuthors»isplacedonthehomepageofthewebsite.Theaveragenumberofvisitorsofthe website amounted to approximately 80-100users per day. In 2009, a significant number ofpublications were placed in the news section.Besides,thematerialsinalmostallsectionswereupdated;SDIPquarterlyreportswerepublished.

In order to keep the public informed aboutthe activities of the state system of intellectualpropertyrightsprotection,activecooperationwiththemassmediawasmaintainedduring2009.

Around 300 printed materials (comments,interviews, articles by themanagement and thespecialists of the state system) were placed inthemedia.

The following topics were among thosecovered in themediabyapplicants’ request: thecriteria of evaluation of the examination body’sperformance, the peculiarities of the processof drawing up and prosecution of applications,the main principles of examination in particularfieldsof technology, theworldexperienceof taxregulation in the innovation field; assessmentofintellectualpropertyrightsinUkraine;patentinginforeigncountries:theadvantagesoftheprocedureunderthePatentCooperationTreaty,thecriteriafor patent granting; digital libraries; parasitic

marketingandanumberofotherissues.

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5.1. Cooperation with the World Intellectual Property Organization

During the report year SDIPcontinued the work intendedto provide efficient and mutuallybeneficialcooperationwiththeWorldIntellectual Property Organization.SDIP’seffortswerehighlyappraisedbyWIPODirectorGeneral FrancisGurry in the letter addressed tothePrimeMinisterofUkraineYuliaTymoshenko. Specifically, he hasnoted that assignation of SDIPas the national coordinator forimplementation of the CooperationProgramme in the framework oftheAgreementbetweenWIPOandtheCabinetofMinistersofUkraine,signed in Kyiv on May 28, 2002, created thereliable and effective basis for initiation of theannualcooperationplans.

A number of important events were held in2009. Particularly, Ukraine has joined severalinternationalagreements,administeredbyWIPO:LocarnoAgreementEstablishinganInternationalClassificationfor IndustrialDesigns(enteredintoforce on July 7, 2009), Strasbourg AgreementConcerningtheInternationalPatentClassification(will enter into force on April 7, 2010), ViennaAgreement Establishing an InternationalClassificationoftheFigurativeElementsofMarks(entered intoforceonJuly29,2009),SingaporeTreatyontheLawofTrademarks.

WIPO and the Ukrainian Industrial PropertyInstitute signed the Cooperation Programme

5 International Cooperation

within the framework of the Patent CooperationTreaty. The Program is intended to improveoccupationallevelofUkrainianexaminersdealingwithinternationalapplicationsforinventionsunderthePCT,andalsothe levelofawarenessof theusersoftheinternationalsystemfortheprotectionof inventions,furtherdevelopmentof informationsystemsandtechnologiesinthestateintellectualpropertysystem.

In view of adoption of the Conception ofdevelopmentof thenational intellectualpropertysystemin2009–2014,anumberoftutorialswithWIPO, concerning themost efficientwaysof itsimplementation,wereheld.

SDIP has initiated a number of importantinternational events, in particular, seminars onthe«Managementof IntellectualPropertyRights

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inInstitutionsofHigherEducationandResearch-and-Development Centres» and «Protectionof the Audiovisual Works and Performances»,which were held in June, 2009. WIPO DirectorGeneralFrancisGurryhashighlyappreciatedtheorganizationallevelofthoseseminars.

During the report year SDIP initiated the firstinternational WIPO-Ukraine Summer School inOdessa,whichhashad favourable reports fromthe world community and drawn the attentionof participants worldwide. Taking into accountits positive results, WIPO administration hassupported the initiativeof theUkrainianparty toholdthiseventontheannualbasis.

SDIPhascontinuedtheworkaimedatsolutionof the problematic issue of representation ofUkraine in the WIPO Secretariat. Specifically,UkrainehasruncandidatesforthepostofWIPODeputy Director General and WIPO AssistantDirectorGeneral.ThisgivesconcretechancesforemploymentofoneofthecandidatesintheWIPOSecretariattoaratherhigherpost(P4).

Ontheresultsofthe47thsessionofAssembliesof the WIPO member states it was decidedto arrange the visit of WIPO Director Generalto Ukraine. WIPO Secretariat gave preliminaryapprovaltoarrangeit.

UkraineconcedetherightofparticipationintheExecutiveCommitteesofBerneandParisUnions,andalso,respectively,intheWIPOCoordinationCommittee, taking into account the participationofUkraine in theWIPOCoordinationCommitteeduringthelasttwoyears,andinviewofrotationinaregionalgroupofseveralcountriesinEuropeandAsia.AtthesametimeUkrainehasreservedtherighttoparticipateintheWIPOProgramandBudgetCommittee.

In December of the reportyear SDIP together withWIPO held regional seminar«Recommendations Concer-ning the Emerging Role ofSmallandMedium-SizedEnter-prisesinCISCountries»,whichbecame the final stage in thesurvey of situation, carriedout by WIPO, concerningthe promotion of innovationsin small and medium-sizedenterprises(SMEs).Therecom-mendationsare theattempt tosummarise and present themostacceptableorganizational,

institutional,tax,financialandcreditmechanismsof influence, which can be used to enhancethe innovative component of SMEs. They weredeveloped with due account for the achievedlevel of development of innovative activities ofSMEsonthebasisofsurveyandcomparisonofthe regulatory framework of CIS countries, theapprovedstrategiesofeconomicand innovativedevelopment,SMEssupportprograms,presenceofinnovativeandintellectualpotential.

5.2. Cooperation with European Patent Office

A number of activities aimed at improvementof thestatesystemof intellectualpropertyrightsprotection in Ukraine, were held during thereportyearwithin the frameworkofCooperationProgramme in 2008–2010, signed bySDIP andEPO.

As is known, EPO considers Ukraine as aprospective member of European PatentOrganization, taking into account occupationallevel of Ukrainian examiners and potential oftheexaminationbodyofUkraineintheindustrialpropertyfield.

In respect that Republic of Croatia recentlybecame a member of the European PatentOrganization, and Montenegro signed theAgreement with European Patent Organizationon extension of the effect of European patenton its territory,UkrainedelegationvisitedpatentofficesofthoseStatesinApril,2009.Intheresultoftutorials,heldwithadministrationsoftheabovementionedoffices,useful informationconcerningthe conditions, advantages and consequencesof the membership in the European PatentOrganization,wasobtained.

Meeting with the Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization Mr. Francis Gurry


During the year, within theframeworkof implementationofthe Cooperation Programme,examiners of the UkrainianIndustrial Property Institutetook part in several workshopsessions and trainings of theEPO Patent Academy, whichgave the opportunity to learnabout new trends in the areaof examination of applicationsfor industrial property rights,and share the experience withspecialists from other countries. Such trainingseminarsand tutorialsare theperfectpossibilityfor our specialists to improve their occupationallevel, that will eventually assist in improvementand acceleration of examination of applicationsforindustrialpropertyrightsofUkraine.

EPO specialists have provided expertassistance on the implementation of electronicsystem of filing of applications for industrialproperty rights in Ukraine. Experience of theEuropeancolleagueshelpedtoforwardtheworkinthisdirectionsignificantly,andit isexpectablethatthesystemofelectronicfilingofapplicationswilloperateinUkrainesoon.

One of the directions of the CooperationProgramme between SDIP and the EuropeanPatentOffice is closer cooperation between theState Institute of Intellectual Property and EPOPatentAcademy. In2009 representativesof theState Institute of Intellectual Property took partin the Symposium of managers of the highereducation institutions, which provide educationin the intellectual property field. Within theSymposiumUkrainiandelegationhadameetingwithadministrationoftheEPOPatentAcademy,duringwhichtheagreementoncarryingoutajointseminar, aimed at familiarization with Europeansystem of education in the intellectual propertyfield,in2010wasreached.

In September of the report year UkrainiandelegationvisitedEPOheadquarterstomeettheadministration of this organization and discussthe results obtained during the year within theframeworkof implementationof theCooperationProgramme,andalsotodefineprioritylinesofthebilateralcooperationin2010.

Duringthevisitthestatesystemofintellectualproperty rights protection was presented; theEuropean party has acquainted with Ukrainianlegislation on the issues relating to intellectual

property and structure of the state bodies,involved in the field of legal protection andenforcement of intellectual property rights. Theprimary objective of the visit– to show ourEuropean partners that efficient system of thelegal protection and preservation of intellectualproperty rights was created and now operatesin Ukraine – was achieved. This, certainly, willpromote intensification of bilateral cooperation,formation of the positive investment climatein Ukraine, arrival of the greater amount ofapplicationsforindustrialpropertyobjects.

5.3. Participation of Ukraine in the World Trade Organization (WTO)

In March and October of 2009 in Geneva(Swiss Confederation) meetings of the regularandspecialsessionsoftheCouncilontheTrade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights(TRIPSCouncil)tookplace.

Within the regular meetings of the TRIPSCouncilWTOmembers discussed the followingissues:thestatusofnotificationsundertheTRIPSAgreement; implementation of the provisionsof the TRIPS Agreement by WTO members;revisionoftheprovisionsoftheArticle27.3(b)ofthe TRIPS Agreement; connection between theTRIPSAgreementandConventiononBiologicalDiversity;protectionoftraditionalknowledgeandfolklore; application of the provisions of theTRIPS Agreement relating to the protection ofgeographicalindications,etc.Withintheframeworkof special sessions of TRIPS Council issuesconcerning multilateral system of notificationsandregistrationofgeographicalindicationswereconsidered.

Representatives of SDIP took part in thesessionsoftheTRIPSCouncil,introducedUkraineon the expert level, informed about the state of

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affairs in the implementationof legislation in theareaofintellectualpropertyandachievedpositivefeedbackoftheWTOmemberstates,particularlyEU,SwissConfederationandCanada.

On the resultsofparticipation in thesessionsof theTRIPSCouncil aSDIPposition regardingthe issues of the Agenda of Doha Round ofnegotiations of the WTO development wasprepared, specifically concerning amendmentsof the TRIPS Agreement, relation of the TRIPSAgreement and Convention on BiologicalDiversity, establishment of multilateral systemof registration and notifications of geographicalindications,etc.

To fulfil Ukraine’s commitments under theArticle63.2oftheTRIPSAgreementin2009SDIPsubmitted notifications regarding legislative actsandpracticeofapplicationofnational legislationin the intellectual property field, responded therequestsoftheWTOmemberstates,specificallyArgentina,concerningUkrainianlegislationintheintellectual property field. Respective Ukrainiannotifications can be found on theWTOwebsitewww.wto.org.

5.4. Implementation of Measures Aimed at EU Integration

In 2009 the following measures aimed atthe formation of the free trade area betweenUkraineandEuropeanUnionwereimplemented:participation of SDIP representatives in fourregular stages of negotiations, two videoconferences, interdepartmental consultationsregarding the creation of the free trade areabetween Ukraine and EU and signing of theappropriateAgreement,ontheresultsofwhichanumberofprovisionsof thesection«Intellectualproperty» in the draft Agreement concerningcopyrightandrelatedrights,trademarks,industrial

designs,patents,topographiesofintegralcircuitsandgeneralaspectsofintellectualpropertyrightsenforcementwereagreed.An agreement on the exchange of thelists of geographical indications withEU was reached. SDIP representativestookpart in three trainingsandmeetingswith the leading manufacturers, roundtable and seminar to prepare position ofUkraine regarding settlement of issueson the protection andmutual recognitionofgeographicalindicationswithinthefreetrade area, taking into account national

interestsofUkraine.In December of the report year in Kyiv,

within the frameworkof IXstageofnegotiationson establishing the free trade area betweenUkraine and EU, expert trainings concerninggeographical indications with representatives ofEuropean party took place. During the trainingsparticipants discussed the list of geographicalindications registered inEuropeanUnion,whichwassubmittedtoUkrainianpartythedaybeforethetrainingwasheld,andalsopracticalaspectsof conduction of the public trainings concerningfuturegeographicalindications.

In2009SDIPcontinuedcooperationwithEUinthe intellectualproperty fieldwithin theDialogueon intellectual property rights enforcementbetweenEuropeanCommissionandUkraine,theCommitteeonCooperationbetweenUkraineandEC,Sub-committeeNo.1«TradeandInvestment»and Sub-committee No. 3 «Enterprise Policy,Competition,CooperationinRegulatoryField».

RegularmeetingsofSubcommitteesNo.1andNo.3,duringwhichissuesconcerningintellectualproperty rights protection, internal aspects andregulatory matters of intellectual property rightswerediscussed,wereheldin2009inKyiv;SDIPrepresentativesontheUkrainiandelegationtookpartinthosemeetings.AccordingtotheresultsofthemeetingsEuropeanpartystatedtheprogressin the improvement of legislation on intellectualpropertyrightsenforcementinUkraineandinthefieldofcombatingcounterfeitingandpiracy,andalso expressed hope for the furtherwork of theWorkinggroupontheimprovementofintellectualproperty rights enforcement. EU representativealso has pointed out that thisWorking group isoneofthemostefficientandactive.

In January and November of 2009 sixth andseventh meetings of the Working group onthe improvement of intellectual property rights

In the course of the WIPO International seminar in Kyiv


enforcement in Ukraine was held. During themeetings the following issues were considered:legislationdevelopmentintheintellectualpropertyfield, activities of the collective managementorganizations, combating counterfeiting andpiracy,arrangementofTAIEXseminarsregardingInternet piracy, author’s remuneration paymentbythebroadcasters,collectionofroyaltiesfortheprivatecopying,usingof theholographicmarks,destroyingofthecounterfeitpesticides,etc.Intheresult of the meetings active dialogue betweenEuropeanCommissionandUkraineismaintainedand also actual state of affairs in legislation intheintellectualpropertyfieldandimplementationof this legislation isdiscussed.According to theresults of these meetings participants achievedtheagreementonthearrangementofthenumberof seminars concerning issues of intellectualproperty for judges, representatives of publicprosecutor’s office and the Ministry of InternalAffairsofUkraineusingTAIEXinstrument.

In 2009 SDIP prepared the application onimplementationoftheprojectoftechnicalsupportcalled TWINNING in Ukraine, which is aimedat conducting the number of seminars for therepresentativesofthestatebodiesinvolvedinthefieldofprotectionandenforcementofintellectualpropertyrights,whichwillbeaimedatsolutionofactualproblematicissuesinthisfield,consultativeassistance for the Ukrainian Industrial PropertyInstitute to improve examination of applicationsforindustrialpropertyrights,andalsofortheStateInstituteof IntellectualPropertywith thepurposeofimprovementofthequalityofeducationintheintellectualpropertyfield.

5.5. Formation of the Free Trade Area between Ukraine and European Free Trade Association

In January, 2009Secretariat of theEuropeanFreeTradeAssociation(EFTA),whichcomprisesthe Republic of Island, the Principality ofLiechtenstein, the Kingdom of Norway and theSwiss Confederation, officially informed theUkrainian party about the readiness to startnegotiations concerning the formation of thefree trade area. Draft Agreement on formationof the free trade area between Ukraine andEFTAcontainstheseparatechapter«IntellectualProperty».

Inthereportyearthreeroundsofnegotiationson the formationof the free tradeareabetween

Ukraine and EFTA were held, during which,specifically, some articles of the chapter«IntellectualProperty»ofthedraftAgreementonformationofthefreetradeareabetweenUkraineand EFTA were agreed. Detailed considerationof the articles concerning the protection ofgeographical indications, measures on theborder, inventions and confidential informationwasstarted.

5.6. Bilateral Cooperation

In 2009 one of the components of SDIPactivities was active implementation of bilateralcooperationofUkrainewith foreignstates in thefieldofintellectualpropertyrightsprotection.

SDIP took part in processing and adjustmentofthefollowing:

• draft Agreement between the Cabinet ofMinisters of Ukraine and the Government ofUnitedArabEmirates on the cooperation in thefieldofmilitarydefence;

• draftAgreementbetween thegovernmentsof GUAM member states on certain issues ofintellectualpropertyrightsenforcement;

• draft Agreement between the Cabinet ofMinistersofUkraineand theGovernmentof theRepublic of Serbia on the cooperation in theintellectualpropertyfield;

• draftresolutionoftheCabinetofMinistersofUkraineon«ApprovaloftheFrameworkAgreementbetweentheCabinetofMinistersofUkraineandthe Government of the Republic of Belarus onCooperationintheFieldofInvestigationsandUseofSpaceforPeacefulPurposes»;

• draftresolutionoftheCabinetofMinistersofUkraineon«ApprovaloftheFrameworkAgreementbetween the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraineand the Government of Azerbaijan Republic on

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CooperationintheFieldofInvestigationsandUseofSpaceforPeacefulPurposes»;

• draft Agreement between the Cabinet ofMinistersofUkraineand theGovernmentof theRussian Federation on the cooperation duringconstructionofpowergeneratingunitsNo.3andNo.4ofKhmelnytskNPP;

According to bilateral agreements Action planon implementation of cooperation in the field ofintellectual property rights protection betweenSDIP and State Agency on Intellectual Propertyof the Republic of Moldova in 2009–2010 wassigned. Currently the possibility of conductingthemeeting of examiners from Ukraine and theRepublicofMoldovaconcerningelectronicfilingofdocumentsandelectronicsignatureisdiscussed.

SDIPrepresentativestookpartintheinterstateUkrainian-Swiss Commission on Trade andEconomic Cooperation, during which modernsystemforintellectualpropertyrightsenforcementwas presented, and also matters of intellectualproperty rights enforcement, specifically, use ofindicationsconnectedwith thenameofStateofthe Swiss Confederation, in the composition oftrademarks,wereconsidered.

In 2009 an active cooperation between SDIPand the Government of the United States ofAmericacontinued.

SDIPrepresentativestookpartinthemeetingsofUkrainianpartyoftheUkrainian-AmericanCom-mitteeonTradeandInvestments,andalsointhework of the second joint meeting of Ukrainian-AmericanCommitteeonTradeand Investmentsheld on October 14–15 of the report year inWashington(USA).

Ukrainian party presented measures imple-mented by theGovernment of Ukraine with thepurpose of adjustment of problematic issues ofintellectualpropertyrightsenforcement.

After the meeting of the Ukrainian-AmericanCommittee on Trade and Investments Action

planwassigned,thisprovidestransferofexperiencebyAmericanpartyconcerningsolution of the issues on intellectualproperty rights enforcement, and alsodisposalofthereportdataontheprovisionofintellectualpropertyrightsenforcementto the USA Government to estimate theobtainedresults.

During the report year two meetingsof the Ukrainian-American IntellectualPropertyEnforcementCooperationGroupwereheld.

During the 9th meeting of the CooperationGroup, held on February 10, 2009, issues ondestroying of infringing and pirate goods wereconsidered.MinutesofthesessionoftheGroup,and also draft amendments to the existinglegislation, provided by the European BusinessAssociation within above mentioned meeting,were sent by SDIP to relevant ministries forprocessing.

On December 3, 2009, 10th meeting of theCooperation Group, during which issues oflegalization of software in the executive bodieswere considered, was held. Representatives ofthe relevant ministries and offices, companies-rightsholders,andalsoof theEmbassyofUSAinUkrainetookpartinthesession.Itwasdecidedthat participants of the session would prepareproposalsonthe improvementof regulatoryandlegal framework, implementation of educationaland organizational measures for enhancing thesituationwithlegalizationofsoftware.

Representative of the Embassy of USA inUkraine has outlined positive shifts in the fieldof intellectual property rights enforcement inUkraine, which is proved by the increase ofUkraine’sratinginthe«Special301»list.

5.7. Cooperation with the CIS Countries

Being the CIS member, Ukraine fulfils itsobligations concerning a number of multilateralagreements with the CIS member states. WithintheframeworkofmultilateralcooperationwiththeCIS countries in the field of intellectual propertyrightsprotection, inorder to fulfilcommitments inthe bounds of the Agreement on cooperation interminationoflawinfringementsintheintellectualproperty field and the Agreement on industrialproperty rights protection, SDIP representativesparticipatedin2009inmeetingsoftheJointWor-kingCommissionofMemberStatesoftheAgree-

Meeting with representatives of the Danish Patent and Trademark Office

ment(theCommission)andtheInterstateCouncilonIndustrialPropertyRightsProtection(ICIPP).

On April 14–15, 2009, in Minsk (Republic ofBelarus) the 18th meeting of the Commissiondealingwithanumberoftopicalissues,concerningtheenforcementof intellectual property rights intheCISmemberstates,washeld.

Main issueof themeetingwasthediscussionof a draft of the Action plan, necessary toaccompanystagesofimplementationofEconomicadvancement strategy of CIS for the period till2020,whichconcernspreventionofinfringementsin the intellectual property field (Action plan).In order to solve this matter participants of themeetingdecidedtoperformdomesticproceduresineachCISmemberstate.Inturn,SDIPtogetherwith Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine,Security Service of Ukraine,Ministry of ForeignAffairsofUkraineandStateCustomsServiceofUkraineprocessedtheActionplanandsubmittedcommentsandproposals.

On September 9–10 of the report year inYerevan (Republic of Armenia) Ukrainiandelegation participated in joint meeting of ICIPP and the Commission, during which theconception of establishing of the InterstateCouncil on Legal Protection and Enforcementof IntellectualPropertyRightsandconsiderationof the draft Agreement «On Cooperation in the

FieldofProtectionandEnforcementofIntellectualProperty Rights and Establishing of InterstateCouncilonLegalProtectionandEnforcementofIntellectual Property», and also regulation «Onthe Interstate Council on Legal Protection andEnforcementofIntellectualPropertyRights»wasdiscussed. The conception of establishing theInterstate Council provides for consolidation ofthefunctionsofICIPPandtheCommission,andwideningthescopeoftheiractivitiestowardsthefieldofcopyrightandrelatedrights.

During the joint meeting of IC IPP and theCommissionproposalsconcerningimplementationby the CIS member states of joint educationalprograms in the field of intellectual propertywere considered. Presently, State Institute ofIntellectual Property continues cooperationwithin CIS in the field of education, developingeducationalprogramsaimedatthestudentsfromCIScountries.

Participants of the meeting summed up theresultsoftheprojectofregionalpatentinformationproduct ofCIS countries onCD-ROM,andalsocoordinated results of investigation «On theDevelopmentofInventiveActivityandAssistanceto the Small and Medium-Sized InnovativeBusinesstoUseMechanismsofLegalProtectionand Enforcement of Intellectual Property», heldbyICIPPtogetherwithWIPO.

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6.1. Specialist Training and Skill Upgrading

Oneoftheessentialelementsoftheinnovativeinfrastructure is its educational component.Training and upgrading of skills of specialistscapableofmanagingtheprocessesofacquisitionofprotection,useandenforcementofintellectualproperty isoneof thevehicles transferringthe national economyto the innovativedevelopmentmodel.

In 2009, 16 highereducationalinstitutionsof Ukraine trainedstudentsforspecialist’sand master’s degreesin the specialty «Intel-lectual Property».Altogether during thereport period, 507such specialists weretrained: 248 mastersand 259 specialists.Thestateorderforpersonneltraininginintellectualproperty field in the report year amounted to194 persons, including 117 persons formaster’sdegreeand77personsforspecialist’sdegree.

A significant contribution to the training ofsuchspecialistswasmadebytheStateInstituteof IntellectualProperty (Institute) responsible forthe scientific andmethodological support of theeducational specialty «Intellectual Property».Studentsofthefull-timeandextra-muralcoursesdefended their written qualifying papers for

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master’s and specialist’s degrees in specialty«Intellectual Property» in the period betweenJune9andJune30,2009.Basedontheresultsof the papers defence, 43 masters and 119specialists got state-recognised diplomas. TheStateExaminationBoardrecommended10worksfor practical application in the state system of

intellectualproperty.The dynamics of

the specialist andmaster graduationin the Institute in2001–2009isshowninfig.6.1.

In view of thefact that the Lawof Ukraine «On theState Regulationof Activity in theSphereofTransferofTechnologies» provi-des for creation ofdivisionsdealingwithinnovative activities,

technologytransferandintellectualpropertyinthestate run public authorities, and considering thegrowing number of productions before the courton intellectual property rights infringement, SDIPtogetherwiththeInstitutepaidspecialattentiontothe training of intellectual property specialists forexecutive bodies and judicial power authorities.Thus, 73 state employees and 11 judges wereenrolled to the Institute in 2009, whichmade up42%ofthetotalnumberofthepersonsenrolledforthestudy(200persons).

Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine Maksym Strikha with graduates of the State Institute of Intellectual Property in 2009


Those interested inenriching their knowledgeon intellectual property matters, continued theirstudy in the Institute by the means of distancelearning programme of the WIPO Academy,

course DL-101 «General Course on IntellectualProperty»(Ukrainian-languagemodules).

Inordertoupgradetheskillsofscientificworkersinintellectualpropertyfield,theInstitute,supported

Fig. 6.1. The dynamics of the specialist and master graduation by the specialty «Intellectual Property»

Fig. 6.2. Distribution of the Institute’s graduates by the specialty «Intellectual Property» by the place of employment

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bytheintergovernmentalorganization«UkrainianScientific and Technological Centre» developedatrainingprogramme«Commercialisationof theResultsofScientificResearch».Itisintendedfor160 academic hours, includes two audiovisualmodules for distance learning, three businessgames (cases) for interactive learning, twoindividual tasks and computerised tests for thecontrolofknowledge level.Theprogrammewastested in the Institute of Radio Physics andElectronicsoftheNationalAcademyofSciencesofUkraine(Kharkiv)inthegroupconsistingof23scientificworkers.

In2009theInstitutetogetherwithSDIPensuredskills upgrading for teachers of institutions ofgeneraleducation,academicteachingstaffactiveinthefieldsofintellectualpropertyandinnovativeactivity,specialistsintechnologytransfer,namelycandidatestotechnologicbrokers–allinallover700persons.

In the course of 2009, in order to providescientific andmethodological support of trainingthespecialistsinspecialty«IntellectualProperty»theCentreofSmallOffsetPrintingoftheInstitutepublished nine titles of textbooks and teachingaids with the total number of printed copiesreachingaround2500.

To improve the international image of thestate system of the protection of intellectual

property rightsandenable the Institute toenterthe international structures carrying out trainingand skills upgrading of intellectual propertyspecialists, the creation of an Internationaltraining and scientific centre was initiated. TheaimofthisCentre’sactivitiesistherealisationofinternational master’s programmes for trainingspecialists in the field of intellectual property,technology transfer and innovative activities,as well as training of specialists from CIScountries in specialties «Intellectual Property»,«Consolidated Information» and «InnovativeActivity Management». The Institute’s initiativewas approved by the Decision of the SDIPCollegiumofNovember14,2008andsupportedby the Ministry of Education and Science ofUkraine, which on July 16, 2009 gave theeducational institution a licence for carrying outeducationalactivitiesintrainingforeigncitizensinbasicaccreditedareas(specialties).

Training of patent attorneys and professionalintellectual property rights appraisers remainedan important task throughout the report period.Duringtheyear7professionalintellectualpropertyrightsappraisersand28candidatestointellectualproperty representatives (patentattorneys)weretrained.

SDIP also carried out qualifying evaluationof intellectual property representatives (patent

Fig. 6.3. Categories of persons accepted as students to the Institute in specialty «Intellectual Property» in 2009


attorneys), administered complaints about theactions of patent attorneys connected withundue performance of their professional duties,controlledtheobservanceoftherequirementsofthe existing legislation on the IP field by patentattorneys,maintainedtheStateRegisterofPatentAttorneys.

In2009,theSDIPExaminationBoardcertified20candidatestointellectualpropertyrepresentatives(patentattorneys).AsofJanuary1,2010,thetotalnumberofregisteredpatentattorneysinUkraineamounted to 360 persons providing services inthefieldofintellectualpropertyrightsprotectionin37citiesandtownsof19regionsofUkraineandtheAutonomousRepublicofCrimea.

6.2. Scientific and Practical Conferences and Seminars

In2009SDIPorganisedandheld5conferences,including 2 international, and 14 seminars,including3internationaland3regional,concerningtopicalissuesofacquisition,useandenforcementofintellectualpropertyrights(Annex2).

In particular, within the framework of theWorld Intellectual Property Day celebration, ascientific and practical conference «SituationandProspects for theDevelopmentof theStateSystemof IntellectualPropertyRightsProtectioninUkraine»washeldonApril24.

Jointly with the State Institute of IntellectualPropertytheIXAll-Ukrainianscientificandpracticalconference «Problems of Training, RetrainingandProfessionalImprovementofSpecialistsonIntellectual Property, Research-and-Informationand Innovation Activities in Ukraine» waspreparedandheld, hosting 83participants fromall regions of Ukraine, representing 32 highereducationalinstitutions,aswellasrepresentativesoftheVerkhovnaRadaofUkraine,theCabinetofMinisters of Ukraine, the Ministry of Educationand Science of Ukraine and SDIP. This provesthe great interest the scientific and pedagogicalcommunity of Ukraine takes in the mattersof training specialists in intellectual property,informationandanalyticalandinnovativeactivities.Duringtheconferencearoundtablemeetingwasheldonthemattersofdrawinguptextbooksandteaching aids to supply the academic activity inspecialties«IntellectualProperty»,«ConsolidatedInformation»,«InnovativeActivityManagement»;ageneraldiscussiononthetopicoftheconferencetookplace.

InJuly20–30,atwo-weekWIPOInternationalIntellectual Property Summer School was heldon the basis of Odessa National Academy ofLaw. Its holding was initiated by SDIP jointlywith WIPO within the framework professionaldevelopment programme. The Summer schooloffersauniqueeducationalprogrammecoveringallaspectsof intellectualproperty. Itsmission isto provide opportunity for senior students andyoungprofessionals to refine their knowledge inthe field of intellectual property which is a toolof economic, social, cultural and technologicaldevelopmentofthesociety,andtodisplayWIPO’srole in the global administration of intellectualproperty.Todatesuch trainingprogrammesarerealised inanumberofcountries,Ukrainebeingthe seventh among them. It is substantial thatthe working language of the Summer schoolwas English, whichmade it possible to engagestudents and teachers from 11 countries of theworldinparticipatinginit.SDIPChairmanMykolaPalaliy expressed his hope that the IntellectualPropertySummerSchoolwouldbecomeayearlyeventinUkraine.

The traditional ХІV International Scientificand Practical Conference «Actual Problems ofIntellectualProperty»(August31–September4,Yalta)organisedbySDIPjointlywithWIPO,EPOand theCouncilofMinistersof theAutonomousRepublicofCrimeawelcomedtherepresentativesof the state authorities and state governingbodies, industrial enterprises, judicial system,research-and-development institutions, highereducational institutions, public organizations,lawyers and patent attorneys of Ukraine andforeign countries, as well as representativesof international organisations and businesses,intellectual property specialists and managersfrom Latvia, the Republic of Poland, RussianFederation, Czech Republic, Ukraine, nationalintellectual property offices of the Republic ofKazakhstan and the Republic of Slovenia, theEmbassy of the USA in Ukraine, internationalorganizations – WIPO and the EuropeanAlliance for Copyright (Budapest, Hungary) – atotal of 209 persons. The focus was on suchimportant issuesas thestrategyofdevelopmentof the state system of protection of intellectualpropertyrights;amendmentstothe legislation inintellectual property field; the use of intellectualpotential for the development of business,industry and enhancing competitiveness of theproductsmanufacturedbydomesticenterprises;

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acquisition of protection, use and enforcementof rights for trademarks and servicemarks andother designations; international registration ofintellectual property rights and rising the exportcapacity of Ukrainian enterprises; the problemsof technology transfer in the modern economy;the roleand functionsofcollectivemanagementorganisationsinregulationoftheuseofcopyrightand related rights objects; intellectual propertyspecialisttraining.

On September 16, Scientific and PracticalConference «Problems of Development ofInventiveandRationalizationActivitiesinUkraine»tookplaceontheoccasionoftheDayofInventorandInnovator.ItwasorganisedbySDIPtogetherwiththeNationalTechnicalUniversityofUkraine«Kyiv Polytechnic Institute». The participantsof the event examined the exhibition of thedevelopmentsofthe«KyivPolytechnics»SciencePark and the display of the State PolytechnicMuseum of Ukraine. During the ceremonialmeeting,theinventorswereawardedwithWIPOgoldmedals.

Throughout the year, round tables, councilsand meetings were held regularly. In particular,theroundtableswerededicatedto thefollowingtopics: «Interpreting the notions «misleading»and «able to mislead». Practical application ofthese criteria during examination of applicationsfor trademarks and service marks and legalexpertise», «Essential features of industrialdesigns and analysis of their use in case ofdisputes», «Use of intellectual property rightsfor thedevelopmentof theUkrainianbusiness»,«Discussion of the problems of the activitiesof regional representative offices of collectivemanagement organisations», «Novelties in the

legislationinthefieldofindustrialproperty»,«Enforcement of intellectual propertyrights in case of technology transfer»,«Peculiarities of realisation of copyrightin the areas of architecture, design andvisualart»,«Mattersofpreparationtothestateregistrationofauthor’srightinaworkandregistrationofagreementsconcerningauthor’s rights in a work; jointly with theNational Writers’ Union of Ukraine andtheNationalJournalists’UnionofUkrainethe problematic issues were consideredwith theaim to findsolutions for relevantdirections;fortheareasofuseofcopyrightand related rights objects, the necessityof remuneration was discussed with the

users of these objects (the National League ofUkrainianComposers, theNationalAll-UkrainianMusicUnion, theNationalComposers’UnionofUkraine)etc.Also,anumberofconsultationswereheldconcerningthedevelopmentofmechanismsofrealisationoflegislativeamendmentsregardingcreationand functioningof the informationbaseof names of copies, the list of titles of creativeworksforwhichrequestsforcontrolmarkswerefiled, in order to engage right owners in theprocessofdistributionofcontrolmarks;anumberof problematic issues were discussed with theMinistry of Culture and Tourism of Ukraine, theNational Union of Film-Makers of Ukraine, theNational Union of Theatre Workers of Ukrainein order to improve the activities of collectivemanagement organisations and authorisedcollective management organisations; togetherwiththeStateCommitteeforInformatization,theissueofexpediencyandpossibleutilisationofthefree (open) software in the bodies of executivepower in order to ensure efficient application ofbudgetfundswasdiscussed.

Besides this, a meeting of the SDIP PublicBoard took place on February 23, where thedraftConceptionofthedevelopmentofthestatesystemofprotectionofintellectualpropertyrightsfor2009-2014wasdiscussed.

On February 28 a meeting of the studentsof the Pryazovskyi State Technical Universitywith the SDIP specialists was held, which wasdedicated to the matters of legislation in thearea of legal protection of intellectual property,copyrightandrelatedrightsandtheirregistration.The studentswere interested in such questionsasprotectionofcomputersoftwarebyaseparatelegislativeact;protectionofinnovationproposals;

In the course of the scientific and practical seminar on the preparation to EURO 2012 Championship


transfer of copyright for photographicworksandresolutionofdisputesbetweena photographer andamodel; creation ofspecialised intellectual property courts;compliance of education in specialty«IntellectualProperty»totheinternationalrequirements.

Within the framework of the Statepurpose-orientedprogrammeofpreparationand conducting of the final part of theEuropean Football Championship 2012in Ukraine, SDIP organised and held atrainingworkshopforthespecialistsoftheDivisionofExaminationofDesignationsandIndustrialDesignsentitled«PeculiaritiesoftheExaminationofApplicationsforTrade-marks and Service Marks and IndustrialDesigns Considering the Requirements of theLawofUkraine«OnOrganizationandConductingoftheFinalTournamentoftheEuropeanFootballChampionship2012inUkraine»

The Programme also foresees organisationandholdingofseminars,conferencesandothereventsonthemattersofacquisitionandenforce-mentofintellectualpropertyrightsofUEFAanditscommercialpartners.In2009,indifferentUkrainiancities–Kyiv,Donetsk,KharkivandLviv–anumberofregionalscientificandpracticalseminarswereheldunderthecommontopic,namely«AcquisitionandEnforcementofIntellectualPropertyRightsoftheUnionofEuropeanFootballAssociationsanditsCommercialPartners».

Thespecialistsofthestatesystemofprotectionof intellectual property rights took active partin nearly 20 seminars, conferences, workingmeetingsandothereventsheldbyotherUkrainianorganisations.

6.3. Creative Activity Stimulation

Inordertopromoteintellectualproperty-relatedknowledgeand to raiseawarenessof the youthin the intellectual property fundamentals, workson translation, editing and publishing of theWIPO series «Learn from the Past, Create theFuture»were continuedwithin the frameworkofinternationalcooperationwithWIPO.Theseriesisintendedfor8–14year-oldchildrenandconsistsoffourworkbooks.Thefirstworkbook–«InventionsandPatents»waspublished in2008. In the firsthalf of the report year the second workbookof this series – «The Arts and Copyright» wastranslated into Ukrainian and edited; its dummy

layoutwascreated,andintheIIIquarterof2009itwaspublishedwiththecirculationof2thousandcopies. According to the signed agreement, 10copiesweresenttoWIPO.700copiesofeachofthetwoworkbooksweresentto112organisationsofUkrainefreeofcharge.

Yearly,SDIPtakespartandprovidesassistanceinholdingtheweekofall-Ukrainianandinternationalscientific and educational projects «Ukraine–Europe–World».OnFebruary10–12,2009,withinthe framework of this event, the all-Ukrainiancontestofyounginnovatorsandinventorsentitled«Nature–Man–Industry–Ecology»wasorganisedbytheMinistryofEducationandScience(MES)togetherwiththeNationalEco-NaturalisticStudentCentreinKyiv.Onthebasisoftheresultsofthiscontest,50pupils,studentsofvocationalschoolsand universities from 15 regions of Ukraine,the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Kyivwere awarded with SDIP diplomas for creativeachievements in biology, medicine, ecology,chemistry, agricultural research and physics.Amongthose,9personswereawardedwith the«Author»honorarybadges.

In order to evolve gifted youth and set upconditions for creative development and stirringup scientific and research activities in highereducationalinstitutions,adecisionwasmadebytheMESOrder№992of30.10.2008toholdanall-Ukrainian contest of student scientific worksinintellectualproperty.TherighttoholdtheIAll-UkrainiancontestofstudentscientificworkswasgiventothePryazovskyiStateTechnicalUniversity(Mariupol). The announcement of the contestresults took place in March 2009. 31 studentsfrom18educationalinstitutionsfromallregionsof

Participants and guests of the seminar “Acquisition and Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights of Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and Its Commercial Partners»

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Ukraineparticipated in thecontest.TheContestcommittee declared the students of the StateInstituteofIntellectualProperty,PryazovskyiStateTechnical University and National MetallurgicalAcademyofUkraine(Dnipropetrovsk)thewinnersof the contest. The contest diplomas were alsoawarded to the students of the University ofEconomics and Law «Krok» (Kyiv), TernopilNationalEconomicUniversity,NationalTechnicalUniversity «Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute» andDonetskStateUniversityofManagement.

Apart from this, an all-Ukrainian studentintellectualpropertycompetitionwasestablishedin the report year, its organisation being theresponsibility of theState Instituteof IntellectualProperty.

Since2000SDIPholdsayearlyAll-UkrainianContest «Invention of the Year». On March18,2009 the results of the Contest «Invention2008» were announced and the winners werenamed. The Contest began on August 1, 2008in all regions of Ukraine and was open forinventors,enterprises,institutions,organisations,researchgroupsirrespectiveoftheirdepartmentalaffiliation,formofownershipandlocation.Atotalof 188 works were submitted for the Contest.The largest proportion of works was presentedin the following nominations: machine buildingand instrument engineering (34), medicine andpharmacology(30),environmentprotection(22).Among the regions the leaders were Kharkivregion (31), Kyiv region together with Kyiv (30)andTranscarpathianregion(22).

Thefirstplaceintheabsolutenomination«BestInventionoftheYear»wasawardedtopatentNo.25600«Front-operatedtunnellingmachineFTM»,thesecond–topatentNo.30840«Rectifierforarcwelding and submerged-arc build-up welding».Thethirdplacewasawardedtothework«Methodof selective insulation of cones of inflow ofmineralisedstratalwatersofcalciumchlorideandmagnesiumchloridetype».Awinnerwaschosenineveryregionalandbranchnomination.

A development entitled «A disposable plasticcupholder»(patent№31798)woninthe«BestYouth Invention» nomination. One of the threeco-authors of the invention is a 13-year-oldschoolboy Vladislav Lebedkin, a student of theSmallAcademyofSciences(SAS)oftheCrimeaandajointownerofeighttitlesofprotection.

ThespecialprizesoftheContestwereawardedto «Inmaisters» limited liability company for thehigh social value and humanistic orientation of

thesetofworkson rehabilitationofpeoplewithdisabilities,andUzhgorodNationalUniversityforitsfruitfulworkwithcreativeyouth.

The SDIP diplomas were awarded to theContestwinnersin34nominations.

The closing of the Contest was, as in thepreviousyears,dedicatedtotheWorldIntellectualPropertyDaycelebrationwhichwasheldonApril24,2009.

OnthebasisoftheContestresults,inthereportyeartheWIPOgoldmedalswereawarded:

• in the nomination «Women Inventors» –to Svitlana Nedelska, Head of the PediatricsDepartmentoftheZaporizhzhiaMedicalUniversity,and Tamila Shumna, assistant lecturer of thesame Department – the winners of «Invention-2008» contest in Zaporizhzhia region for theinvention «Method of prognostication of allergicdiseasesinchildren»(patentNo.83971);

• in the nomination «Best Inventor» – toVladimir Liulko, the author of the inventionand patent owner, the winner of «Invention-2008»contest inSumyregion–for theworkonenvironmentprotection,namely for the invention«Method, device and system of collectingrecyclable materials from population» (patentNo. 84293) for his achievements in improvingthe existing technical means for collection, pre-treatmentandutilisationofrecyclablewasteandimplementationofthenewones.

Foroutstandingachievementsindevelopmentandimplementationofhighlyeffectivetechnologyoftreatingpatientswithinfantilecerebralparalysis,osteochondrosis, consequences of injuriesand organic lesion of the nervous system, the«Outstanding Inventor» award was presentedto the Hero of Ukraine, Honoured worker ofscience and technology of Ukraine, laureate ofstate prizes of Ukraine, Director General of theInternational clinic of rehabilitation treatment,Doctor of Medicine, professor VolodymyrKoziavkin(Truskavets,Lvivregion).

InAugust, the nextContest «Invention of theyear – 2009» was announced. At the WIPOinitiative, 2009 was declared the year of greeninnovations. It is innovationsdesignedtoprotectenvironment and prevent climatic changes thatwillbeapriorityinthisContest.

OnMarch4-5,SDIP tookpart in the5thspe-cializedexhibition«Electronics–2009»(Lviv).

From March 30 to April 24, in accordancewith the Order of the President of 04.07.2005No.1013/2005«OnUrgentMeasures toEnsure


Functioning and Development ofEducation in Ukraine» and withthe aim of spiritual, creative andintellectual development of thechildrenofUkraine,theirupbringingin the spirit of patriotism anddemocratic values, creating theconditions for forming intellectualpotential of the nation, evolvingand supporting gifted students,involving them in scientific,research and experimental work,the III stage of the All-Ukrainiancontest-presentation of scientificand research works of pupils-members of the Small Academyof Sciences (departments ofcomputer and technical sciences,mathematics,physicsandastronomy,economics,history and geography, philology and art study,biology,ecology,chemistry,agriculturalsciencesand human science) was held. Mykola Paladii,SDIPChairman,handedtheprizesfromSDIPandtheSASBoard ofGuardians to the contestantswho won in the departments of computer andtechnicalsciences.

OnSeptember24–27theVInternationalSalonofInventionsandNewTechnologies«NewTimewas held in Sevastopol. The co-organisers ofthe Salon were SDIP, the Ukrainian IndustrialPropertyInstituteanditsbranchUkrainianCentrefor Innovatics and Patent Information Services.The leading inventor organisations, companiesand enterprises from 26 countries of the worldparticipated in theV InternationalSalon,namelyfromArgentina,Armenia,Azerbaijan,BosniaandHerzegovina,Canada,Croatia,Estonia, France,Germany, India, Iran, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan,Kyrgyzstan,Moldova,Poland,Romania,RussianFederation, Serbia, Spain, Ukraine, USA andTurkmenistan. Around 250 developments (50%ofthembeingforeign)presentedontheVSalonwere judged by the international jury headedby professor Pierre Fumier (Belgium) and bythe national jury headed by Anton Karlov, therepresentative ofUkraine in theEuropeanTRIZAssociation. The representatives of SDIP andUkrainian Industrial Property Institute were alsoamongthejury.TheworkinthejuryoftheSalonenabled our specialists to study the inventionsandcutting-edgetechnologiesoftheparticipatingcountries and to appoint the best among them.

TheawardingceremonytookplaceontheclosingdayoftheShow.

SDIP’sspecialprizewasawardedtotheresearchand production company «Ukrtranskom» (Kyiv)for its «Method of intensification of combustionof gaseous fuel». The following persons wereawarded with SDIP’s diplomas and «Creator»honorarybadges:

• V.Kulinichenko, Professor of the NationalMedical Academy of Postgraduate EducationnamedafterP.Shupik;

• O.Salo, Professor of the Kharkiv PlantBreedingInstitutenamedafterV.Yuryev;

• M.Honcharenko, Professor of the KharkivNationalUniversitynamedafterV.Karazin;

• N.Subota, Professor of the KharkivNational Pedagogical University named afterH.Skovoroda,

• T.Pinchuk, Director of the SevastopolPolytechnicLyceum.

For promoting innovative development andinventiveactivities inUkraine,SDIPawarded itsdiplomasto:

• ProfessorPierreFumier(Belgium),Headoftheinternationaljury,

• MariaChangLeng,ChairmanoftheBelgiumChamberofInventors;

• ProfessorV.Chernoles,Headof theSaint-Petersburg municipal and Leningrad regionalbranchesof theAll-RussianSocietyof InventorsandInnovators;

• A.Novikov,rectoroftheUkrainianMaritimeInstitute(Sevastopol).

A special prize of the Ukrainian IndustrialPropertyInstitutewashandedtotheCiscarpathian

Best inventors were presented with the honorary awards of the State Department of Intellectual Property

National University named after V.Stefanyk forits development «Electrode material for super-condensers». Besides, honourable distinctionsof international and foreign organisations wereawarded:

• Mykola Paladii, SDIP Chairman, wasdecorated with Chevalier Order of the BelgiumChamberofInventors;

• Alla Zharinova, Director of the UkrainianIndustrial Property Institute and Larysa Demi-dova, Deputy Head of the Public RelationsDivision of the Institute and the member of theinternational jury, were awardedwithmedals ofhonour of the International Academy ofAuthorsof Scientific Discoveries and Inventions namedafterO.Popov;

• Lev Hlukhivskyi, First Deputy Director ofthe Instituteandthememberof the internationaljury was awarded with the medal named afterYu.Kondratiuk of the Federation of Astronauticof Russia and with a gratitude letter from theSevastopol Municipal State Administration fortheactiveparticipationontheorganisationoftheSalon.

Goldmedals of the International Salon «NewTime» for the outstanding contribution to theintellectual property development in Ukraineand international cooperationin innovative activities wereawarded to the organisationsof the state system of theintellectual property rightsprotection and coorganisers oftheSalon–theStateDepartmentof Intellectual Property, the

Ukrainian Industrial Property Institute and itsbranch «Ukrainian Centre for Innovatics andPatentInformationServices».

TheFederalAgencyforScienceandInnovationsoftheRussianFederationawardedtheactivitiesoftheUkrainianIndustrialPropertyInstitutewithaspecialprizeandadiploma.

Agreatnumberofparticipantsof theVSalonwere awarded with other special prizes ofinventors’,innovativeandscientificorganizationsofthecountriesrepresentedinitswork.

BasedontheresultsoftheworkoftheVSalon,theUnionofGiftedYouthofUkrainedefinedthenominees for special awards, namely MikhailoKrasniuk (Sevastopol), Oleksandr Zhamba(Tulchin), Anton Soshnikov (Donetsk) and YuriiZakuskin(Orikhiv,Zaporizhzhiaregion).

InSeptember, at the invitationof theMinistryof Defence of Ukraine, the leading specialistsof thestatesystemof intellectualpropertyrightsprotection took part in the work of the contestcommitteeoftheAll-armycontest«BestInventionof the Year» held on the base of the CentralResearch Institute of Weapons and MilitaryEquipmentoftheArmedForcesofUkraine.

On November 19–20, SDIP specialistsparticipatedintheIIIInternationalforum«Modern

Innovation Policy: State,Problems and DevelopmentProspects»heldbytheMinistryof Education and Scienceof Ukraine together with theGermanSociety forTechnicalCooperation (GTZ) GmbH inDnipropetrovsk.

WIPO honorary awards on the Day of Inventor and Innovator – 2009

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1. Statistics1.1. Applications for patents for inventions (breakdown by countries)

Code CountryNationalprocedure PCTprocedure

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Total: 3842 3788 3766 3149 2681 1750 2142 2397 2548 2134

UA Ukraine 3535 3472 3440 2823 2436 3 2 – 2 –

AT Austria 4 5 3 9 6 26 30 48 54 41

AU Australia – – – – – 14 19 28 26 10

BE Belgium 7 7 4 4 2 47 84 98 73 70

BG Bulgaria – 4 1 – – 4 – 2 3 1

BY Belarus 22 21 15 10 7 4 1 4 – 1

CA Canada – 3 1 2 2 19 23 21 21 27

CH Switzerland 16 8 13 8 16 100 118 139 216 195

CN China 3 – 1 4 1 7 14 10 14 11

CZ CzechRepublic – 2 1 2 – 10 17 15 15 20

DE Germany 52 67 77 61 42 338 467 435 479 375

DK Denmark 2 4 2 3 3 37 64 51 66 43

ES Spain 1 1 2 3 1 14 33 26 16 19

FI Finland – 2 2 1 3 35 21 19 22 32

FR France 75 47 33 45 23 118 119 140 165 135

GB UnitedKingdom – 5 3 – 3 48 65 90 132 78

HU Hungary – – – – – 12 30 14 34 23

IE Ireland – – – – 1 11 16 25 11 2

IL Israel 5 4 3 3 – 17 12 16 19 12

IN India – 1 – – 8 18 37 27 10

IT Italy 5 3 19 9 5 53 42 68 65 51

JP Japan 1 6 3 6 1 53 51 77 88 92

KR RepublicofKorea – 3 – 2 – 16 23 34 17 13

LU Luxemburg – 1 2 1 1 10 14 9 17 12

NL Netherlands 2 1 – – 1 66 82 82 82 59

NO Norway – 1 1 – – 4 12 20 16 7

PL Poland 2 – 14 16 3 9 9 8 4 10

RU RussianFederation 66 44 36 44 45 23 48 45 49 54

SE Sweden 3 6 8 2 2 67 82 87 81 72

SK Slovakia 1 – 2 – 1 1 3 3 2 3

US USA 34 54 72 67 64 520 559 676 657 582

Others 6 16 8 24 12 56 64 70 75 74

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1.2. Applications for patents for inventions (breakdown by IPC)

N TechnicalUnit IPCclasses

Nationalprocedure PCTprocedure

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Total: 3842 3788 3766 3149 2681 1750 2142 2397 2548 2134

1 AgricultureА01,excep

А01N204 198 207 143 124 24 27 26 45 24

2 Foodstuffs;Tobacco А21–А24 108 121 133 69 60 39 53 80 65 90

3 Personalordomesticarticles А41–А47 33 23 32 12 14 19 36 24 26 19

4 Health;AmusementА61–А63,excepА61К

223 213 199 224 163 216 67 79 92 81

5Preparationsformedical,dentalortoiletpurposes

А61К 114 127 130 120 104 353 366 401 360 273

6 Separating;Mixing В01–В09 144 160 185 144 104 71 62 74 88 74

7 Shaping(Metal) В21–В23 135 149 151 136 94 53 65 75 89 61

8 Shaping(MaterialProcessing)В24–В30,

В3259 38 85 69 27 40 41 62 44 60

9 Printing В41–В44 11 12 9 7 9 16 15 9 15 8

10 Transporting В60–В68 188 203 248 213 142 80 83 106 121 81

11Micro-structuraltechnology;Nano-technology

В81–В82 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0

12 Chemistry(Inorganic) С01–С05 159 195 202 190 173 49 71 67 99 61

13 Chemistry(Organic)С07,А01N

72 116 102 80 65 289 685 685 761 649

14Chemistry(Macromolecularcompounds)

С08 53 35 45 26 20 20 36 38 46 30

15Chemistry(Dyes,AnimalandVegetableOils)

С09–С11 76 66 99 60 50 35 64 48 72 63

16Chemistry(Biochemistry,Sugarindustry,Leather)

С12–С14 59 66 95 62 45 27 51 60 78 60

17 MetallurgyС21–С23,С25,С30

159 158 161 199 106 62 50 71 78 66

18 Textiles;FlexibleMaterials D01–D07 20 16 15 9 6 11 7 13 16 12

19 Paper(includingclassB31) D21,B31 3 2 10 10 5 1 6 10 11 9

20 Building E01–E06 122 101 146 109 91 50 53 71 82 67

21 Earthdrilling;Mining Е21 104 123 94 81 75 10 7 11 12 10

22 EnginesorPumps F01–F04 292 233 195 168 147 19 27 20 40 34

23 Engineeringingeneral F15–F17 118 106 98 91 48 18 13 22 30 30

24 Lighting;Heating F21–F28 123 146 143 148 98 23 32 40 40 36

25 Weapons;BlastingF41,F42,

C0663 45 63 32 31 7 13 3 2 5

26Instruments(Measuring,Optics,Photography)

G01–G03 323 285 321 263 195 19 45 47 50 22

27Instruments(Horology,Regulating,Computing)

G04–G08 89 93 91 62 34 19 16 41 31 24

28Instruments(MusicalInstru-ments,InformationStorage)

G09–G12 42 39 30 32 18 9 17 12 7 12

29 Nucleonics G21 14 12 14 19 5 6 4 10 1 3

30 Electricity(ElectricTechniques)Н01,Н02,

Н05181 211 226 162 151 19 23 62 58 34

31Electricity(ElectronicCircuitry,CommunicationTechniques)

Н03,Н04 33 58 37 49 41 143 104 129 88 134

32 Others(unclassified) 518 436 198 160 434 3 3 1 0 2

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1.3. Patents for inventions (breakdown by countries)

CodeCountry 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Total: 3433 3698 4058 3832 4002

UA Ukraine 2171 2495 2618 2399 2395

AT Austria 25 15 26 27 33

AU Australia 8 9 13 7 17

BE Belgium 20 32 33 30 65

BG Bulgaria 1 1 7 2 2

BY Belarus 5 19 16 22 15

CA Canada 10 15 15 16 16

CH Switzerland 86 74 79 83 105

CN China 2 5 4 5 8

CZ CzechRepublic 9 6 10 12 12

DE Germany 274 254 322 323 347

DK Denmark 28 20 28 34 32

ES Spain 9 15 21 13 18

FI Finland 13 15 16 25 15

FR France 131 99 174 150 122

GB UnitedKingdom 36 38 42 26 36

HR Croatia 4 3 3 3 2

HU Hungary 16 13 13 16 12

IE Ireland 3 3 6 8 9

IL Israel 9 16 6 9 19

IT Italy 21 23 38 35 36

JP Japan 24 30 41 40 46

KR RepublicofKorea 4 15 8 25 21

LI Liechtenstein 2 1 2 2 –

LU Luxemburg 7 4 7 9 15

NL Netherlands 49 46 51 54 46

NO Norway 10 2 6 6 11

PL Poland 3 8 6 10 2

RU RussianFederation 66 68 67 52 72

SE Sweden 39 45 59 62 50

SK Slovakia 1 3 – 1 2

US USA 305 269 265 275 357

Others 42 37 56 51 64

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1.4. Patents for inventions (breakdown by IPC)


Nationalprocedure PCTprocedure

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Total: 2321 2645 2780 2609 2623 1112 1053 1278 1223 1379

1 AgricultureА01,except

А01N110 150 211 160 103 14 21 18 15 25



4 Health;amusementА61–А63,exceptА61К

171 197 167 127 146 34 38 104 63 44


А61К 127 128 109 92 92 153 273 370 252 235


7 Shaping(Metal) В21–В23 113 141 150 121 136 24 33 51 48 56


В3240 51 50 43 77 13 16 25 18 42

9 Printing В41–В44 6 3 11 4 5 7 6 13 5 13

10 Transporting В60–В68 149 160 161 149 152 44 42 52 44 65


В81–В82 – – 0 2 1 – – – 0 0


13 Chemistry(Organic) С07,А01N 56 60 67 78 103 399 223 264 311 347


С08 31 49 27 38 38 17 19 12 22 25


С09–С11 82 95 79 56 55 15 18 27 25 31


С12–С14 79 68 61 62 42 43 36 17 23 30


107 187 173 155 149 37 35 57 48 51



20 Building E01–E06 81 60 84 72 71 31 29 23 47 45


22 EnginesorPumps F01–F04 123 126 154 169 169 22 15 16 15 16




C0637 48 43 60 51 3 2 3 6 0


G01–G03 182 283 298 275 271 14 27 16 22 30


G04–G08 57 45 59 47 66 18 10 4 9 8


G09–G12 23 24 15 22 22 10 8 3 10 5

29 Nucleonics G21 8 10 17 17 9 5 3 4 6 6


Н05114 143 156 165 183 22 20 13 15 26


Н03,Н04 29 29 24 31 30 39 37 22 64 88

32 Others(unclassified) 3 – – – – – – – – –

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1.5. Applications and patents for utility models (breakdown by IPC)


Applications Patents

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Total: 7286 8171 8870 9600 9203 7467 8268 9215 9282 8391

1 AgricultureА01,excep

А01N314 345 507 520 517 377 414 521 535 507



4 Health;amusementА61–А63,excepА61К

1197 1187 1426 1558 1303 1362 1437 1542 1516 1487


А61К 417 461 406 615 429 512 523 473 589 477


7 Shaping(Metal) В21–В23 311 264 380 394 301 320 308 385 402 355


В32149 119 230 196 162 144 149 201 219 171

9 Printing В41–В44 32 35 28 37 26 29 47 39 22 37

10 Transporting В60–В68 436 427 500 531 383 522 527 528 533 455


В81–В82 – 1 2 6 4 0 1 0 5 6


13 Chemistry(Organic) С07,А01N 61 96 178 176 120 79 94 212 191 122


С08 47 40 52 67 49 31 65 46 65 53


С09–С11 104 123 148 203 96 94 127 164 207 125


С12–С14 155 186 238 201 134 172 188 278 212 183


231 187 256 313 218 262 232 269 295 273



20 Building E01–E06 316 277 335 333 303 290 327 342 323 341


22 EnginesorPumps F01–F04, 186 193 266 227 174 178 210 281 239 219




C0684 96 114 91 66 91 104 123 96 87


G01–G03 695 554 785 849 699 596 836 811 809 798


G04–G08 177 183 237 236 203 179 218 238 244 244


G09–G12 102 142 140 194 126 121 135 156 170 158

29 Nucleonics G21 17 17 16 10 11 30 17 27 16 16


Н05257 257 398 317 264 326 293 360 361 333


Н03,Н04 112 118 118 110 102 92 137 135 120 109

32 Others(unclassified) – 364 1235 190 273 1799 – 2 0 4 2

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1.6. Applications and patents for industrial designs (breakdown by countries)

Code CountryApplications Patents

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Total: 2010 2236 2147 2285 1669 1569 2061 2213 2503 1754

UA Ukraine 1750 1833 1746 1945 1413 1423 1803 1803 2085 1425

AT Austria – 11 10 17 6 – – 13 9 12

BG Bulgaria – 7 3 – 11 4 – 2 2 –

BY Belarus 10 8 3 30 17 24 5 10 15 27

CH Switzerland 2 9 5 5 3 2 6 6 4 5

CN China – 4 24 14 5 – – 8 30 6

CY Cyprus 13 15 4 3 – 19 8 13 3 1

CZ CzechRepublic 2 4 3 10 13 2 2 4 4 11

DE Germany 7 16 19 9 9 8 7 15 20 12

FI Finland – 1 3 6 9 1 – 2 8 9

FR France 8 8 4 6 1 10 10 9 9 –

GB UnitedKingdom 2 7 16 34 12 1 3 4 41 14

IN India 12 4 18 – 3 – – 8 18 1

IT Italy 8 17 17 5 7 3 7 19 16 9

JP Japan 8 18 8 18 7 6 11 20 13 16

KR RepublicofKorea 18 8 – 9 5 4 22 8 6 3

MD RepublicofMoldova 1 4 58 2 – – 1 5 3 1

NL Netherlands 10 8 9 2 3 8 9 11 4 2

PL Poland 26 57 35 48 34 3 46 45 38 51

SE Sweden – – 4 10 5 – 1 – 6 12


TR Turkey 45 21 22 31 12 6 15 63 26 31

US USA 12 27 19 29 19 19 23 25 26 35

Others 20 31 23 31 34 5 24 31 36 32

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1.7. Applications and registrations of trademarks and service marks under the national procedure (breakdown by countries)

Code CountryApplications Registrations

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Total: 16366 20813 23746 22371 17866 11645 13134 15375 15357 15137

UA Ukraine 13184 17170 19888 18496 14751 9418 10327 12130 11974 12027

АЕUnitedArabEmirates

13 22 19 10 20 5 3 22 10 8

AR Argentina 7 2 32 7 7 3 5 6 19 11

AT Austria 5 30 18 63 27 8 9 23 16 19

AU Australia 7 7 9 2 15 – 2 7 6 4

BE Belgium 15 7 17 17 7 14 5 16 7 20

BG Bulgaria 17 33 12 15 38 22 11 15 16 14

BM Bermuda 5 33 25 13 1 2 3 2 10 45

BR Brasilia 18 47 19 17 6 7 18 14 51 8

BY Belarus 71 50 58 165 146 19 86 51 38 116

CA Canada 36 13 26 43 14 12 20 26 10 27

CH Switzerland 118 188 217 224 159 132 134 135 173 209

CL Chile 10 7 1 – 7 10 4 8 3 –

CN China 48 92 128 119 73 13 23 57 109 105

CY Cyprus 72 97 131 111 103 40 50 68 154 92

CZ CzechRepublic 21 31 28 14 15 8 22 25 31 22

DE Germany 161 132 198 199 173 129 225 145 169 177

DK Denmark 13 12 27 27 11 12 12 10 15 22

EE Estonia 2 6 4 3 2 3 9 5 6 –

EG Egypt 5 2 1 2 – – 4 – 1 1

ES Spain 12 18 17 16 23 19 11 11 24 12

FI Finland 39 32 61 42 65 10 25 44 66 33

FR France 59 72 68 98 62 68 45 53 74 74

GB UnitedKingdom 146 198 204 212 152 182 150 171 169 146

GE Georgia 3 7 11 6 14 3 3 5 4 8

GR Greece 3 19 14 20 4 13 6 17 10 22

HR Croatia 5 14 19 10 11 4 4 8 12 18

HU Hungary 7 9 20 23 8 8 4 12 13 12

HK HongKong 12 19 8 14 9 5 7 16 14 10

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Code CountryЗаявки Реєстрації

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

IE Ireland 9 34 7 11 40 12 7 15 22 8

IL Israel 15 23 35 21 26 14 9 14 28 24

IN India 129 140 100 100 125 103 97 155 75 75

IT Italy 10 26 48 39 28 18 17 15 40 28

JP Japan 74 108 111 172 134 60 97 70 113 136

KR RepublicofKorea 34 51 21 55 62 31 51 45 30 31

KZ Kazakhstan 8 2 6 – – – – 2 4 1

LB Lebanon 3 5 1 – 1 8 5 4 3 –

LI Liechtenstein 1 4 77 115 94 2 39 32 28 89

LK SriLanka 1 7 3 5 7 7 3 1 4 2

LT Lithuania 2 – – 17 4 – 2 2 4 3

LU Luxemburg 12 11 20 6 12 3 9 17 10 13

LV Latvia 7 4 14 16 10 3 5 2 11 6

MD RepublicofMoldova 6 19 22 29 24 15 8 16 7 9

MX Mexico 1 1 20 4 7 1 2 2 7 15

NL Netherlands 59 96 86 41 55 85 48 87 87 72

NO Norway 5 5 2 5 5 1 3 4 3 3

PA Panama 8 2 5 2 7 6 10 4 4 5

PL Poland 92 125 212 183 63 44 98 98 118 152

PT Portugal 1 2 2 5 1 1 – 1 4 –

RO Romania 10 28 31 19 3 – 5 17 13 10


SE Sweden 33 53 29 19 8 15 29 58 19 19

SG Singapore 29 – 17 15 14 24 16 19 22 14

SI Slovenia 2 – 1 3 – 5 4 3 – –

SK Slovakia 7 1 2 – 2 1 4 4 4 –

TR Turkey 48 57 91 37 41 23 36 40 91 37

TW Taiwan 11 – 23 40 20 21 – 21 16 27

US USA 721 831 817 853 711 540 521 829 821 691

VG VirginIslands 14 – 47 35 54 11 – 42 66 52

Others 59 220 120 155 100 54 91 58 105 70

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1.8. Applications for trademarks and service marks under the Madrid Agreement (breakdown by countries)

CodeCountry 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Total: 8033 9183 9520 10710 8613

AM Armenia 10 12 9 8 5

AN NetherlandsAntilles – – 8* 2* 4*

AT Austria 280 281 304 370 268

AU Australia 18* 43* 32* 36* 51*

BE Belgium 151 171 179 210 162

BG Bulgaria 160 154 132 124 86

BY Belarus 21 19 29 49 34

CH Switzerland 493 650 688 792 676

CN China 315 379 391 486 425

CY Cyprus 6 14 18 28 36

CZ CzechRepublic 243 259 276 302 241

DE Germany 1881 1984 1930 2218 1744

DK Denmark 103* 80* 90* 141* 96*

EE Estonia 26* 41* 41* 43* 15*

EG Egypt 6 11 4 16 6

ES Spain 206 197 210 240 160

FI Finland 55* 92* 77* 97* 73*

FR France 783 818 904 889 789

GB UnitedKingdom 210* 267* 237* 219* 213*

GE Georgia – – 14* 8* 4*

GR Greece 22* 24* 37* 35* 24*

HR Croatia 39 21 35 12 16

HU Hungary 72 87 346 155 182

IE Ireland 8* 25* 24* 37* 33*

IS Iceland 7* 11* 48* 76* 3*

IT Italy 666 795 883 893 655

JP Japan 72* 137* 135* 135* 93*

KR RepublicofKorea 25* 23* 27* 28* 48*

KZ Kazakhstan 20 13 10 19 18

LI Liechtenstein 18 40 44 96 60

LT Lithuania 41* 47* 29* 46* 20*

LU Luxemburg 84 64 43 52 61

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Code Country 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

LV Latvia 54 57 55 90 53

MC Monaco 10 7 18 13 11

MD RepublicofMoldova 74 50 16 28 15

MKTheformerYugoslavRepublicofMacedonia

3 6 – 4 6

NL Netherlands 207 264 263 320 231

NO Norway 15* 28* 24* 20* 22*

PL Poland 204 274 246 271 327

PT Portugal 34 37 29 23 24

RO Romania 29 52 45 26 34

RS Serbia 20 38 48 42 56

RU RussianFederation 417 472 448 697 602

SE Sweden 61* 86* 83* 125* 82*

SG Singapore 4* 15* 17* 10* 15*

SI Slovenia 81 55 76 95 113

SK Slovakia 66 96 66 89 51

TR Turkey 313* 424* 361* 400* 309*

US USA 359* 403* 418* 466* 276*

UZ Uzbekistan – – 1* 2* 2*

VG VirginIslands(British) – – 17 29 18

VN VietNam 10 15 7 5 12

Others 31 45 48 93 53

*applicationsundertheProtocolrelatingtotheMadridAgreement

Annex 1.8 (continued)

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2. List of Scientific and Practical Conferences and Seminars on Intellectual Property Issues of the State System of Intellectual Property Rights Protection Held in 2009

Date EventTitleandLocation Organizer

March30 Seminar«PeculiaritiesoftheExaminationofApplicationsforInventionsinUkraine»,Kyiv

StateDepartmentofIntellectualProperty(SDIP),UkrainianIndustrialPropertyInstitute

March31 ScientificandPracticalSeminar«ScopeandFormsoftheActivitiesoftheIntellectualPropertyDivisionsofHigherEducationEstablishments»,Kyiv

StateDepartmentofIntellectualProperty,StateInstituteofIntellectualProperty

April20 Seminar«PatentInformationSupportofConsumers.SituationandProspectsfortheDevelopment»,Kyiv

StateDepartmentofIntellectualProperty,UkrainianIndustrialPropertyInstitute

April24 ScientificandPracticalConference«SituationandProspectsfortheDevelopmentoftheStateSystemofIntellectualPropertyRightsProtectioninUkraine»,Kyiv

StateDepartmentofIntellectualProperty

May13–15 ІХAll-UkraineScientificandPracticalConference«ProblemsofTraining,RetrainingandProfessionalImprovementofSpecialistsonIntellectualProperty,Researchand-InformationandInnovationActivitiesinUkraine»,Kyiv


May22–23 RegionalInternationalScientificandPracticalConference«TheoreticalandPracticalAspectsofInnovationActivityunderConditionsofGlobalEconomicSystem»,Mariupol

SDIP,PryazovskyiStateTechnicalUniversity,MariupolMunicipalCouncil

May28–29 RegionalSeminaronIntellectualPropertyRightsProtection,Commercialization,EnforcementandManagementofIntellectualPropertyRightsonEnterprises(Institutions,Organizations),Ternopil

SDIP,TernopilNationalEconomicUniversity

June9–10 InternationalSeminar«ManagementofIntellectualPropertyinHigherEducationEstablishmentsandResearchInstitutions,ManagementofInnovationsatanEarlyStagesinCountrieswithTransitionEconomy»,Kyiv

StateDepartmentofIntellectualProperty,WIPO

June12 TrainingSeminar«BasicComponentsofIntellectualProperty;AcquisitionandEnforcementofIntellectualPropertyRights»,Kyiv

SDIP,StateInstituteofIntellectualProperty,SmallAcademyofSciencesofUkraine

June18 EducationalSeminar«Copyright:ComputerPrograms»,Kyiv


June22–23 InternationalRegionalSeminaronProtectionofAudiovisualWorks,Kyiv

StateDepartmentofIntellectualProperty,WIPO

June30 Seminar«TopicalQuestionsonStateRegisterMaintenance»,Kyiv

SDIP,UkrainianIndustrialPropertyInstitute

July7–8 InternationalSeminaronJudicialandAdministrativeDisputeResolutionintheSphereofIntellectualPropertyRightsEnforcement,Yalta,theAutonomousRepublicofCrimea

SDIP,CommercialLawDevelopmentProgram(CLDP),USPTOoftheDepartmentofCommerce

July20 RegionalSeminar«ActualProblemsofIntellectualPropertyRightsProtection»,Sumy


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Date EventTitleandLocation Organizer

August31–September4

ХІVInternationalScientificandPracticalConference«ActualProblemsofIntellectualProperty»,Yalta,theAutonomousRepublicofCrimea

SDIP,WIPO,EPO,CouncilofMinistersoftheAutonomousRepublicofCrimea

September16 ScientificandPracticalConference«ProblemsofDevelopmentofInventiveandRationalizationActivitiesinUkraine»,Kyiv

SDIP,NationalTechnicalUniversityofUkraine«KyivPolytechnicInstitute»

September30 EducationalSeminar«ManagementofIntellectualPropertyRightsinHigherEducationEstablishmentsandCommercializationThereof»,Kyiv


October21 Seminar«TechnologicalandLegalIssuesofElectronicDocumentManagement,ElectronicDocumentsandElectronicSignatureintheProcessofAcquisitionoftheIndustrialPropertyRights»,Kyiv

StateDepartmentofIntellectualProperty,UkrainianIndustrialPropertyInstitute

October23 VRegionalScientificandPracticalSeminar«CommercializationofIntellectualPropertyRights»,Donetsk


November21–26

InternationalScientificandPracticalConference«RoleandImportanceofIntellectualPropertyintheInnovationProgressofEconomy»,Khmelnytskyi


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3. Expenses for Functioning and Development of the State System of Intellectual Property Rights Protection in 2009

ExpenseitemsAmount,

ThousandsUAH

Organizationexpenses,expensesconnectedwithexaminationandgrantoftitlesofprotectionforindustrialpropertyrights

67204,0

Expensesforinformationactivitiesinthesphereofintellectualpropertyrightsprotection

15621,9

Expensesforeditorialandpublishingactivities 3644,5

Expensesfordevelopmentofinternationalcooperationinthesphereofintellectualpropertyrightsprotection,fororganizationandparticipationinexhibitions,competitionsandseminarsetc.

2495,8

Expensesfororganizationoftraining 708,9

Acquisitionoflicensedsoftwareandmaintenanceofautomatedsystem 888,2

Expensesforresearchscientificworks,translationofscientific,technicalandnormativedocuments

5261,7

Expensesfororganizationofcontrolmarksmaking 2761,4

Expensesfororganizationofcontrolmarksdistribution,maintenanceofauniformregisterofcontrolmarksholders

1107,3

ExpensesforenforcementofintellectualpropertyrightsofUEFAanditscommer-cialpartners

462,1

Total 100155,8