WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  IP/N/1/UKR/1 
5 August 2008 
 (08-3709) 
Council for Trade-Related Aspects  
of Intellectual Property Rights Original:   English 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER  
ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE AGREEMENT 
 
UKRAINE 
 
  The following communication, dated 23 July 2008, is being circulated at the request of the Delegation of Ukraine.  
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  Pursuant to Article 63.2 of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property 
Rights, Ukraine hereby notifies the laws and regul ations pertaining to the subject matter of the 
Agreement, as follows: 
 
 - Annex I to this document states the ma in dedicated intellectual property laws and 
regulations. 
  - Annex II to this document stat es the other laws and regulations. 
 
 - Annex III to this document states the Inte rnational Agreements to which Ukraine is a 
party. 
  - Answers to the Checklist of Issues on Enforcement.
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1 See document IP/N/6/UKR/1. IP/N/1/UKR/1 
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ANNEX I 
 
MAIN DEDICATED INTELLECTUAL PR OPERTY LAWS AND REGULATIONS
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- Law on Copyright and Related Rights3 
 Adopted on 23 December 1993, amended on 28 February 1995, 16 July 1999, 11 July 2001, 
22 May 2003 and 20 November 2003. 
 - Law on Distribution of Copies of Audiovisual Works, Phonograms, Videograms, Computer 
Programs, Databases4 
 Adopted on 23 March 2000, amended on 7 December 2000 and 10 July 2003. 
 - Law on the specifics of state regulation of activities of business entities related to production, 
export, and import of disks for laser reading systems, matrices5 
 Adopted on 17 January 2002, amended 6 July 2005. 
 
- Law on Protection of Rights to Inventions and Utility Models6  
 Adopted on 15 December 1993, amended on 1 June 2000, 21 December 2000, 
10 January 2002, 4 July 2002, 15 May 2003 and 22 May 2003. 
 - Law on Protection of Rights to Industrial Designs
7 
 Adopted on 15 December 1993, amended on 21 December 2000, 10 January 2002, 
4 July 2002, 15 May 2003 and 22 May 2003. 
 - Law on Protection of Rights to Marks for Goods and Services
8  
 Adopted on 15 December 1993, amended on 16 July 1999, 21 December 2000, 
15 November 2001, 10 January 2002, 4 July 2002, 15 May 2003, 22 May 2003 
and 10 April 2008. 
 - Law on Protection of Rights to Indication of Origin of Goods
9  
 Adopted on 16 July 1999, amended on 21 December 2000, 10 January 2002, 22 May 2003, 
2 November 2006 and 10 April 2008. 
 
- Law on Protection of Rights to Topographies of Integrated Circuits10 
 Adopted on 5 November 1997, ame nded on 30 June 1999, 21 December 2000, 
10 January 2002, 4 July 2002 and 22 May 2002. 
 
- Law on the Protection of Rights to Plant Varieties11 
 Adopted on 21 April 1993, amended on 17 January 2002 and 2 November 2006   
                                                     
 
2 The texts in the original language of these laws  and regulations have not been received by the WTO 
Secretariat as yet. 
3 See document IP/N/1/UKR/C/1. 
4 See document IP/N/1/UKR/C/2. 
5 See document IP/N/1/UKR/C/3. 
6 See document IP/N/1/UKR/P/1. 
7 See document IP/N/1/UKR/D/1. 
8 See document IP/N/1/UKR/T/1. 
9 See document IP/N/1/UKR/G/1. 
10 See document IP/N/1/UKR/L/1. 
11 See document IP/N/1/UKR/P/2.  IP/N/1/UKR/1 
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- Law on Protection Against Unfair Competition12 
 Adopted on 7 June 1996, amended on 18 N ovember 1997, 30 June 1999, 15 November 2001 
and 15 May 2003.  
 
                                                      
12 See document IP/N/1/UKR/O/1. IP/N/1/UKR/1 
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ANNEX II 
 
OTHER LAWS AND REGULATIONS
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Copyright and Related Rights   
Civil Code of Ukraine  
 Date of adoption: 16 January 2003. 
 
Date of coming into effect: 1 January 2004.  Book four of the Civil Code of Ukraine, 
Chapters 36 and 37: Regulates intellectual property right to a literary, 
artistic, and other work (copyright) and intellectual 
property right to a performance, phonogram, videogram, and a broadcasting organization’s program (transmission) (related rights).  
Law of Ukraine “On Copyright and Related Rights” 
(Sections І - ІV) 
 Date of adoption: 23 December 1993 (new wording of 11 July 2001).  
Date of coming into effect: 23 February 1994. This Law protects personal non-proprietary rights 
and proprietary rights of authors and their 
successors related to the creation and use of works of science, literature, and arts (copyright), and rights of performers, manufacturers of phonograms and videograms, and of broadcast organizations 
(related rights). 
 
Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offences  
 Date of adoption: 7 December 1984.  
Date of coming into effect: 1 June 1985. Chapter 6 of the Code of Ukraine on Administrative 
Offences defines administrative offences infringing on property rights.  Article 51-2 sets the amount of fine for the infringement of rights to intellectual 
property objects. 
Article 164-9 establishes liability for unlawful distribution of copies of audiovisual works, phonograms, videograms, computer software, and databases the packing of which bear no control 
marks or bear control marks the serial numbers of, 
or information contained in, which are at variance with the carrier of the copy at hand, or a number which is at variance with the data entered in the Integrated Register of Control Mark Recipients. 
Article 164-13 establishes liability for 
infringements of laws regulating production, exportation, and importation of discs for laser reading systems, and exportation and importation of equipment or raw materials for the manufacture thereof. 
 
                                                      
13 The texts in the original language of these laws  and regulations have not been received by the WTO 
Secretariat as yet.  IP/N/1/UKR/1 
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Criminal Code of Ukraine  
 Date of adoption: 5 April 2001.  
Date of coming into effect: 1 September 2001. Article 176 sets out penalties for infringements of 
copyright and related rights. Specifically, unlawful  reproduction and distribution of works of science, literature, and arts, of  computer software and 
databases,  as well as unlawful reproduction and 
distribution of performances, phonograms, videograms, and broadcasting programs, their unlawful replication and distribution on audio and video cassettes, diskettes, and other information 
carriers, or other intentional infringements of 
copyright and related rights, where such acts inflicted substantial material damage, shall be punishable by fine in the amount of two hundred to one thousand untaxable minimum incomes of citizens, or by corrective labor for the term of up to 
two years,   or by imprisonment for the same term, 
with seizure and destructi on of all copies of works, 
material carriers of computer software, databases,  performances, phonograms, videograms, broadcasting programs, and tools and materials 
specifically used in manufacture thereof.  
Same actions committed repeatedly or by advance collusion of a group of persons, or such that inflicted substantial material damage, shall be punishable by fine in the amount of one thousand to 
two thousand untaxable minimum incomes of 
citizens, or by corrective labor for the term of up to two years, or by imprisonment for a term of two to five years, with seizure and destruction of all copies of works, material carriers of computer software,  databases, performances, phonograms, videograms, 
broadcasting programs, and tools and materials 
specifically used in manufacture thereof. Actions described above where committed by an official making use of that official’s official status, or by an organized group, or where such actions 
inflicted especially significant amount of material 
damage, shall be punishable by fine in the amount of two thousand to three thousand untaxable minimum incomes of citizens, by imprisonment for a term of three to six years, with   subsequent ban on occupying certain posts or  on engaging in certain 
activities, for a term of up to three years or  without 
such ban, and with seizure and destruction of all copies of works, material carriers of computer software,  databases, performances, phonograms,  
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 videograms, broadcasting programs, and tools and 
materials specifically used in manufacture thereof.  Article 203-1 provides for penalties for the unlawful  production, exportation, importation, storage, sales, and transfer of discs for laser reading systems and 
of matrices,  equipment and raw materials for their 
manufacture.   
Article 216 provides for penalties for the unlawful  manufacture, forgery, use, or distribution of unlawfully manufactured or obtained control marks 
used to mark packing of any copies of audiovisual 
works, phonograms, videograms, computer software, databases, or holographic protective elements.  
 
Trademarks (Marks for Goods and Services)   
Civil Code of Ukraine  
 Date of adoption: 16 January 2003. 
 
Date of coming into effect: 1 April 2004.  Civil Code of Ukraine regulates personal non-
property and property rela tions (civil relations) 
based on legal equality, free expression of will, and 
property independence of participants in such 
relations. Chapter 35 of Book four sets out general provisions on intellectual property right, in particular, Article 431 establishes consequences of intellectual property right infringements; Article 432 contains 
provisions related to the judicial protection of 
intellectual property rights. Chapter 44 of the Civil Code of Ukraine’s Book four sets out the legal regime for trademarks protection.  Articles 492 through 499 define the 
notions of trademark and legal subjects; the scope 
of protection granted to  trademarks; terms and 
conditions for acquiring intellectual property right to a  trademark possessing international registration or recognized as well-known according to a 
procedure established by law; the scope of property 
rights; their term of validity; grounds for early termination of validity; the procedure for renewal of validity for exclusive property rights the validity of which has been terminated before time; and grounds and procedures for declaring such rights invalid.  
Article 500 defines the right of prior user to a 
trademark. Chapter 75 of the Civil Code of Ukraine contains provisions regarding the disposal of proprietary    IP/N/1/UKR/1 
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 intellectual property rights.  Article 1107 lists types 
of agreements related to th e disposal of proprietary 
intellectual property rights.  Articles 1108 through 1113 provide detail ed explanations for each 
type of agreement  pertaining to the disposal of 
proprietary intellectual property rights.  
Article 1114 contains provisions for the state registration of agreements pertaining to the disposal of proprietary intellectual property rights. Article 1116 of Chapter 76 of the Civil Code of 
Ukraine establishes that the subject-matter of a 
commercial concession agreement may be, inter alia,  the right to use intellectual property right 
objects.  
Code of Civil Proceedings of Ukraine  
 
Date of adoption: 18 March 2004.  Date of coming into effect: 1 September 2005.  The purpose of civil proceedings is fair, 
unprejudiced, and timely examination and 
resolution of civil cases aimed at protecting infringed, unrecognized, or disputed rights, liberties, or interests of natural persons, rights and interests of legal entities, and state interests. 
 
Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offences  
 Date of adoption: 7 December 1984.  Date of coming into effect: 1 June 1985.  The objective of the Code of Administrative 
Offences of Ukraine is to protect rights and liberties of citizens, their property, the Constitutional order of Ukraine, rights and lawful interests of enterprises, institutions, and organizations, and the 
established legal order; to strengthen legality; to 
prevent offences; to educat e citizens in the spirit of 
exact and unswerving compliance with the Ukrainian Constitution and laws, of due respect for the rights, honor, and dignity of other citizens, of 
the conscientious performance of one’s duties, and 
of responsibility to the society. Chapter 6 of the Code of Administrative Offences of Ukraine lists administrative offences that infringe on property.  Article 51-2 sets the amount of fine 
imposed for the infringement of rights to 
intellectual property objects. 
 
Criminal Code of Ukraine  
 Date of adoption: 5 April 2001. 
 
Date of coming into effect: 1 September 2001.  Criminal Code of Ukraine purports to provide legal 
basis for the protection of human rights and civil liberties, of property, civil order and public security, 
of the environment, and of Ukraine’s Constitutional 
order from criminal encroachments; for assuring world peace and security, as well as  for preventing crime.  
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 To achieve this objective, the Criminal Code of 
Ukraine provides definitions of which socially dangerous acts are deemed crimes and what penalties are applied to persons committing such crimes.  
Article 229 sets out punishments for unlawful use 
of marks for goods and services.  
Commercial Code of Ukraine  
 
Date of adoption: 16 January 2003.  
 Date of coming into effect: 1 January 2004.  Commercial Code of Ukraine establishes, in 
accordance with the Constitu tion of Ukraine, the 
legal framework for economic activities, based on 
diversity of economic subjects belonging to different forms of ownership. Article 33 of the Commercial Code of Ukraine defines what is deemed illegal use of an economic subject’s business reputation.  
Article 155 provides that trademarks (marks for 
goods and services) are an object of intellectual property right. Article 157 sets out legal powers in respect of  trademark use, in particular, defines what is deemed use of a trademark; rights of 
certificate holder; rights of trademark  owners to 
undertake warning marking; and rights of trademark owners engaged in agent activities.  Article 158 defines legal powers regarding the use of trademarks the right to which belong jointly to 
several persons, in particular, provides definition of 
trademark the right to which is shared by several persons.  Article 371 sets out duties of a user incidental to a commercial concession agreement.  Article 375 defines consequences of the change of a trademark 
or other indication of the owner of rights, the right 
to use such indication forming a part of the set of rights under a commercial concession agreement.  
 
Commercial Procedural Code of Ukraine  
 
Date of adoption: 6 November 1991.  Date of coming into effect: 1 March 1992.  Article 16 establishes exclusive jurisdiction of cases 
in disputes related to infringements on proprietary 
intellectual property rights.  IP/N/1/UKR/1 
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Customs Code of Ukraine  
 Date of adoption: 11 July 2002.  
Date of coming into effect: 1 January 2004.  Customs Code of Ukraine sets out principles for the 
organization and conduct of customs matters in Ukraine, regulates economic, organizational, legal, personnel, and social aspects of the Customs 
Service of Ukraine’s   activities.  The Code purports 
to assure the protection of Ukraine’s economic interests, the promotion of conditions favorable to the development of its economy, the protection of rights and interests of economic subjects and 
citizens, as well as the guarantees for the 
compliance with Ukrainian laws on customs matters. Section X sets out measures of customs authorities aimed at promoting the protection of intellectual property rights during the movement of goods 
across the customs border of Ukraine.  Article 255 
establishes the procedures for customs inspection 
and customs clearance of goods containing intellectual property right objects.  Article 266 contains provisions pertaining to the Customs 
Register of intellectual property right objects.  
Articles 257 and 257-1 set grounds and procedures for suspending customs clearance of goods based on grounds of the data entered in the Register of intellectual property right objects.  Article 258 
establishes the procedure for the customs bodies’ 
cooperation with other state authorities in the field of protecting intellectual property rights in the course of performing supervision over the movement across the customs border of Ukraine of goods containing intellectual property right objects.  
 
The Law of Ukraine “On Protection of Economic 
Competition”  
 Date of adoption: 11 January 2001.  
 
Date of coming into effect: 28 February 2002.  The Law sets out legal principles for supporting and 
protecting economic competition and for restricting monopolism in economic activities, and is aimed at assuring efficient functioning of Ukrainian economy on the basis of competitive relations 
development.  Article 9 of the Law establishes that 
such actions shall not be deemed anti-competitive concerted actions of economic subjects in respect of intellectual property rights as are undertaken under an agreement for assignment of  intellectual 
property rights or on the use of an intellectual 
property right object, insofar as such put restrictions  IP/N/1/UKR/1 
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 on the conduct of economic activities by the party 
to such agreement that is assigned the right, where such restrictions do not go beyond the limits of the intellectual property rights holder’s lawful rights. 
The Law of Ukraine “On Protection from Unfair 
Competition”  
 Date of adoption: 18 June 1996.   
Date of coming into effect: 1 January 1997.  The Law sets out legal principles for protecting 
economic subjects (entrepreneurs) and consumers from unfair competition, and is aimed at establishing, developing, and promoting commercial and other honest practices of 
competition in carrying out business activities under 
the conditions of market relations.   Article 4 in 
Chapter 5 defines as unlawful such use, without permission of the person authorized to give such permission, inter alia , of another's name, company 
appellation, marks for goods and services, other 
designations, and indications of goods’ origin, that 
is likely to result in confusion with the activities of another economic subject (entrepreneur) who enjoys priority in respect of use thereof, and provides for administrative, civil, and criminal 
liability for such actions. 
 
The Law of Ukraine “On Foreign Economic 
Activity”  
 Date of adoption: 16 April 1991.  
 
Date of coming into effect: 1 July 1991. The Law establishes legal regulation of all types of 
foreign economic activity in Ukraine, including, in particular, foreign trade and economic and scientific-technical cooperation.  Article 16 of the 
Law introduces, to provide for the protection of 
intellectual property rights, the requirement of licensing for exportation and importation of goods.  Article 17 prohibits expor tation and importation of 
goods with infringements of intellectual property 
rights. 
 
The Law of Ukraine “On Foreign Investment 
Regime”  
 
Date of adoption: 19 March 1996. 
 Date of coming into effect: 25 April 1996.  The Law sets out specific features of foreign 
investment regime in the territory of Ukraine proceeding from objectives, principles, and provisions of Ukrainian law. Article 21 establishes 
the right of enterprises with foreign investments to 
independently adopt decisions to patent (register) abroad intellectual property right objects owned by them, in accordance with Ukrainian law.   IP/N/1/UKR/1 
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The Law of Ukraine “On Publishing Activity”  
 Date of adoption: 5 June 1997.  
Date of coming into effect: 19 July 1997. The Law establishes general principles for 
publishing activities and regulates the procedures for organizing and conducting publishing activities, for distribution of publications, as well as terms and 
conditions for interrelati ons and functioning of 
publishers.  Article 28 of the Law prohibits the sales in publishing business of published matter without permission of its owner (c o-owners), as well as 
those involving infringements of Ukrainian law on 
intellectual property matters. 
 
The Law of Ukraine “On Advertising”  
 Date of adoption: 3 July 1996.   
Date of coming into effect: 25 July 1996. Under Article 6 of the Law, marks for goods and 
services must be represented in advertising in the forms such marks were accorded legal protection in Ukraine under current law, in particular, under 
Article 6quinquies of the Paris Convention on 
Protection of industrial Property.  
The Law of Ukraine “On Pesticides and 
Agrochemicals”  
 
Date of adoption: 2 March 1995.  Date of coming into effect: 11 April 1995.  The Law regulates, inter alia , legal relations 
pertaining to state registration, production, 
acquisition, transportation, storage, sales, and use, 
in a manner safe for human health and the environment, of pesticides and agrochemicals. Article 1 provides definition of the term “counterfeit pesticides and agrochemicals”: products that are not in compliance with the 
established requirements for pesticides and 
agrochemicals including such products the packing of which features a registered mark for goods and services that is used with infringement of the owner’s rights.  Article 10 sets out requirements for 
packing and marking, in particular, the requirement 
of conditioning pre-packaging of pesticides and agrochemicals on the existence of appropriate permission from its manufacturer or the owner of the mark for goods and services.  Article 20 
establishes liability for infringements of laws on 
pesticides and agrochemicals.  Responsibility shall be borne by persons guilty, in particular, of using 
pesticides and agrochemicals with full knowledge of their counterfeit nature. 
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Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine 
No. 1148 of 09.19.2007 “On amending the 
Procedure for the Payment of Fees for Actions 
Related to the Protection of  Rights to Intellectual 
Property Objects”  
 Clause 2 of the Resolution provides that it shall come into effect on the date of Ukraine’s accession to WTO. Amendments to the Procedure for the Payment of 
Fees for Actions Related to the Protection of  Rights to Intellectual Property Objects (inventions, utility models, industrial designs, integrated circuit 
topography, marks for goods and services, and 
indications of goods origin) removed the double scale for the amounts of fees that constituted an infringement of WTO principles, and set equal amounts of fees for all payers of such fees, 
irrespective of their citizen ship, place of residence, 
or location.    
Geographic Indications (Qualified Indications of Goods Origin) 
  
Civil Code of Ukraine  
 Date of adoption: 16 January 2003.   
Date of coming into effect: 1 January,2004. Civil Code of Ukraine regulates personal non-
property and property rela tions (civil relations) 
based on legal equality, free expression of will, and property independence of  participants in such 
relations. 
Chapter 35 of Book four sets out general provisions on intellectual property rights, in particular, Article 431 establishes consequences of intellectual property right infringements; Article 432 contains provisions relating to the judicial protection of 
intellectual property rights. 
Chapter 45 of the Civil Code of Ukraine’s Book four established legal regime for the protection of geographic indications.  Articles 501 through 504 define, inter alia,  the date for the emergence of an 
intellectual property right, the scope of legal 
protection, the subjects of the  right, the content of the right, and the term of validity of the right.  
Code of Civil Proceedings of Ukraine  
 
Date of adoption: 18 March 2004.  
 Date of coming into effect: 1 September 2005. The purpose of civil proceedings is fair, 
unprejudiced, and timely examination and 
resolution of civil cases aimed at protecting 
infringed, unrecognized, or disputed rights, liberties, or interests of natural persons; rights and interests of legal entities; and state interests.    IP/N/1/UKR/1 
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Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offences  
 Date of adoption: 07 December 1984.   
Date of coming into effect: 1 June 1985. The objective of the Code of Administrative 
Offences of Ukraine is to protect rights and liberties of citizens, property, the Constitutional order of Ukraine, rights and lawful interests of enterprises, 
institutions, and organizations, the established legal 
order; to strengthen legality; to prevent offences; to educate citizens in the spirit of exact and unswerving compliance with the Ukrainian Constitution and laws, of due respect for the rights, 
honor, and dignity of other citizens, of 
conscientious performance of one’s duties, and of responsibility to the society. Chapter 6 of the Code of Administrative Offences of Ukraine lists administrative offences that infringe on property.  Article 51-2 sets the amount of fine 
imposed for the infringement of rights to 
intellectual property objects.  
Criminal Code of Ukraine  
 
Date of adoption: 5 April 2001. 
 Date of coming into effect: 1 September 2001. Criminal Code of Ukraine purports to provide legal 
basis for the protection of human rights and civil 
liberties, of property, civil order and public security, 
of the environment, and of Ukraine’s Constitutional order from criminal encroachments; for assuring world peace and security, as well as for preventing crime.  To achieve this objective, the Criminal Code of 
Ukraine provides definitions of which socially 
dangerous acts are deemed crimes and what penalties are applied to persons committing such crimes.  Article 229 sets out punishments for unlawful use 
of marks for goods and services, of business names, 
and of qualified indications of goods origin.  
Commercial Code of Ukraine  
 Date of adoption: 16 January 2003.  
 
Date of coming into effect: 1 January 2004. Commercial Code of Ukraine establishes, in 
accordance with the Constitu tion of Ukraine, the 
legal foundations for ec onomic activities based on 
diversity of economic subjects belonging to 
different forms of ownership.  Article 33 of the Commercial Code of Ukraine defines what is deemed illegal use of an economic subject’s business reputation.  Article 155 of Chapter 16 of 
the Code provides that geographic indications are 
an object of intellectual property right.  Article 160 sets out legal powers in respect of geographic indications use, in particular, lists economic   IP/N/1/UKR/1 
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 subjects given the right to use geographic 
indications; defines what is deemed use of a geographic indication by an economic subject; sets out grounds for the use of trademarks of economic subjects engaged in agent activities, along with 
geographic indications of the good’s manufacturer. 
 
Commercial Procedural Code of Ukraine  
 Date of adoption: 6 November 1991. 
 
Date of coming into effect: 1 March 1992.  Article 16 of the Commercial Procedural Code of 
Ukraine establishes exclusive jurisdiction of cases in disputes related to infringements on proprietary 
intellectual property rights. 
Customs Code of Ukraine  
 Date of adoption: 11 July 2002. 
 
Date of coming into effect: 1 January 2004.  Customs Code of Ukraine defines principles for the 
organization and conduct of customs matters in Ukraine and regulates economic, organizational, 
legal, personnel, and social aspects of the Customs 
Service of Ukraine’s   activities.  The Code purports to assure the protection of Ukraine’s economic interests, the promotion of conditions favorable to the development of its economy, the protection of 
rights and interests of economic subjects and 
citizens, as well as the guarantees for the compliance with Ukrainian laws on customs matters. Section X sets out measures of customs authorities 
aimed at promoting the protection of intellectual 
property rights during the movement of goods across the customs border of Ukraine.  Article 255 establishes the procedures for customs inspection 
and customs clearance of goods containing intellectual property right objects.  Article 266 
contains provisions pertaining to the customs 
register of intellectual property right objects.  Articles 257 and 257-1 set grounds and procedures for suspending customs clearance of goods based on grounds of the data entered in the register of 
intellectual property right objects.  Article 258 
establishes the procedure for the customs bodies’ cooperation with other state authorities in the field of protecting intellectual property rights in the course of   performing supervision over the movement across the customs border of Ukraine of 
goods containing intellectual property right objects. 
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The Law of Ukraine “On Protection of Economic 
Competition”  
 Date of adoption: 11 January 2001.  
 
Date of coming into effect: 28 February 2002. The Law sets out legal principles for supporting and 
protecting economic competition and for restricting monopolism in economic activities, and is aimed at assuring efficient functioning of Ukrainian 
economy on the basis of competitive relations 
development.  Article 9 of the Law establishes that such actions shall not be deemed anti-competitive concerted actions of economic subjects in respect of intellectual property rights as are undertaken under 
an agreement for assignment of  intellectual 
property rights or on the use of an intellectual property right object, insofar as such put restrictions on the conduct of economic activities by the party to such agreement that is assigned the right, where such restrictions do not go beyond the limits of the 
intellectual property rights holder’s lawful rights.   
 
The Law of Ukraine “On Protection from Unfair 
Competition”  
 
Date of adoption: 18 June 1996. 
 Date of coming into effect: 1 January 1997.  The Law sets out legal principles for protecting 
economic subjects (entrepreneurs) and consumers from unfair competition, and is aimed at 
establishing, developing, and promoting 
commercial and other honest practices of competition in carrying out business activities under the conditions of market relations.  Article 4 in 
Chapter 5 defines as unlawful such use without permission of the person authorized to grant such 
permission, inter alia , of another's name, company 
appellation, marks for goods and services, other designations, indications of goods’ origin, that is likely to result in confusion with the activities of another economic subject (entrepreneur) possessing 
priority in respect of u se thereof, and provides for 
administrative, civil, and criminal liability for such actions.  
The Law of Ukraine “On Foreign Economic 
Activity”  
 
Date of adoption: 16 April 1991.  Date of coming into effect: 1 July 1991.  The Law establishes legal regulation of all types of 
foreign economic activity in Ukraine including, in 
particular, foreign trade and economic and 
scientific-technical cooperation.  Article 16 of the Law introduces, to provide for the protection of intellectual property rights, the requirement of licensing for exportation and importation of goods.  
Article 17 prohibits expor tation and importation of 
goods with infringement of intellectual property rights.  IP/N/1/UKR/1 
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The Law of Ukraine “On Foreign Investment 
Regime”  
 Date of adoption: 19 March 1996.  
 
Date of coming into effect: 25 April 1996.  The Law sets out specific features of foreign 
investment regime in the territory of Ukraine proceeding from objectives, principles, and provisions of Ukrainian law. Article 21 establishes 
the right of enterprises with foreign investments to 
independently adopt decisions to patent (register) abroad intellectual property right objects owned by them, in accordance with Ukrainian law.  
The Law of Ukraine “On Publishing Activity”  
 Date of adoption: 5 June 1997.  Date of coming into effect: 19 July 1997.  The Law establishes general principles for 
publishing activities and regulates the procedures for organizing and conducting publishing activities, for distribution of publications, as well as terms and conditions for interrelati ons and functioning of 
publishers.  Article 28 of the Law prohibits the sales 
in publishing business of published matter without 
permission of its owner (c o-owners), as well as 
those involving infringements of Ukrainian law on intellectual property matters.  
Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine 
No. 1148 of 09.19.2007 “On amending the 
Procedure for the Payment of Fees for Actions 
Related to the Protection of  Rights to Intellectual 
Property Objects”  
 
Clause 2 of the Resolution provides that it shall 
come into effect on the date of Ukraine’s accession to WTO. Amendments to the Procedure for the Payment of 
Fees for Actions Related to the Protection of  Rights to Intellectual Property Objects (inventions, utility models, industrial designs, integrated circuit topography, marks for goods and services, and indications of goods origin) removed the double 
scale for the amounts of fees that constituted an 
infringement of WTO principles, and set equal amounts of fees for all payers of such fees, irrespective of their citizenship, place of residence or location.  
 
 
Industrial Designs   
Civil Code of Ukraine  
 
Date of adoption: 16 January 2003.  
 Date of coming into effect: 1 January 2004. Articles 420 through 470 in Book four define 
industrial design objects and subjects of intellectual 
property right to an industrial design, provide a set 
of personal non-proprietary and proprietary intellectual property rights to  such object; establish the term of validity for such right; define intellectual property right to an object created in 
connection with the performance of an employment 
contract; set out the consequences of infringements on  intellectual property right and judicial protection thereof and the consequences of termination of    IP/N/1/UKR/1 
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 exclusive proprietary intellectual property right to 
an industrial design; and establish the prior user right.  Article 1116 establishes that the right to use intellectual property right objects, inventions in 
particular, shall be the subject of a commercial 
concession agreement.  
Commercial Code of Ukraine  
 
Date of adoption: 16 January 2003.  
 Date of coming into effect: 01 January 2004. Under Article 155, industrial designs are recognized 
as intellectual property right objects in the 
economic realm. 
Article 156 defines what is deemed use of an industrial design in the economic realm.  Under Article 174, deemed grounds for the emergence of economic obligations is, inter alia,  
the creation of intellectual property objects, in 
particular, industrial designs. 
Under Article 329, the State guarantees to subjects of innovation activity, protection of intellectual property rights, in particular, to industrial designs.  
Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offences  
 Date of adoption: 7 December 1984.  Date of coming into effect: 1 June 1985.  Article 51-2 sets out legal consequences for 
infringement of the right to an intellectual property right object, in particular, to an industrial design, and Article 91-1, legal consequences for non-compliance with ecological safety requirements in the process of introducing industrial designs.  
Criminal Code of Ukraine  
 Date of adoption: 5 April 2001.  
Date of coming into effect: 1 September 2001.  Article 177 sets out legal consequences of unlawful 
use of an industrial design, of illegal appropriation of authorship to it, or other intentional infringements of the right to such object, if such 
action resulted in material damage. 
Legal consequences are set out of similar actions when committed repeatedly , or by prior collusion 
by a group of persons, or by an official making use of his/her official position, or by an organized 
group. 
 
Customs Code of Ukraine  
 Date of adoption: 11 July 2002.  
Date of coming into effect: 1 January 2004. 
 Chapter 45 (Articles 255 through 258) provides for 
measures of customs authorities aimed at promoting intellectual property rights protection in the process of goods  movement across customs border of 
Ukraine.  IP/N/1/UKR/1 
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Commercial Procedural Code of Ukraine  
 Date of adoption: 6 November 1991.   
Date of coming into effect: 1 March 1992. 
 Under Article 16, infringements of proprietary 
intellectual property rights, in particular, of the right to an industrial design, shall be subject to examination by an economic court at the venue of 
the committed infringement.  
Code of Civil Proceedings of Ukraine  
 Date of adoption: 18 March 2004.  
 
Date of coming into effect: 1 September 2005.  Article 151 provides that, upon request of an 
interested person, a court may resort to injunction prior to the filing of an action, with the purpose of 
preventing infringement of an intellectual property 
right, in particular, to an industrial design; deadline is fixed for the filing of such request and of annexes to it. 
 
Code of Laws on Labor of Ukraine  
 
Date of adoption: 10 December 1971.   Date of coming into effect: 17 December 1971.  
 Article 126 establishes guarantees for employees 
who are authors of industrial designs.  
The Law of Ukraine “On Protection of Economic 
Competition”  
 Date of adoption: 11 January 2001.   Date of coming into effect of certain provisions: 
27 February 2001.  
 Date of coming into effect: 28 February 2002.  Under Article 9 of the Law, provisions pertaining to 
anticompetitive concerted actions of economic subjects prohibited by law, shall not be applied to agreements on assignment of the intellectual property right, or on use of an object of such right, in particular, of an industrial design. 
The Law of Ukraine “On Innovation Activity”  
 
Date of adoption: 4 July 2002.   Date of coming into effect: 7 August 2002. Under Article 4 of the Law, deemed objects of 
innovation activity are, in particular, new 
knowledge and intellectual products. Under Article 14 of the Law, innovation product is the realization of an intellectual property object, in particular, of an industrial design, for which the 
manufacturer has been issued with patents or 
licenses.   
The Law of Ukraine “On Taxation of Profit of 
Enterprises”  
 
Date of adoption: 28 December 1994.  
 Date of coming into effect: 1 January 1995. Under the Law, intellectual, including industrial, 
property objects, in particular, industrial designs, are deemed non-tangible assets.  
Sale of works (services) results includes, in 
particular, transfer of rights in virtue of license agreements, as well as other methods of assigning patents and other intellectual, including industrial,    IP/N/1/UKR/1 
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 property objects, in particular, industrial designs. 
Included in gross costs shall be, in particular, expenses on inventions and rationalization of 
economic processes and those related to payment of royalties and acquisition of non-tangible assets 
(except those subject to amortization). 
The Law of Ukraine “On Foreign Economic 
Activity”  
 Date of adoption: 16 April 1991.  
 
Date of coming into effect: 1 July 1991.  Under the Law, intellectual property right, in 
particular, the right to an industrial design, may be a 
form of capital exports (imports).  In Ukraine, exports and imports of goods involving 
infringements of intellectual property rights, is 
prohibited. 
The Law of Ukraine “On Foreign Investment 
Regime”  
 
Date of adoption: 19 March 1996. 
 Date of coming into effect: 25 April 1996. Under Article 2 of the Law, foreign investments 
may be realized, inter alia , in the form of any 
intellectual property right, in particular, the right to 
an industrial design; at that, protection and 
enforcement of such rights of enterprises with foreign investments shall be assured in accordance with Ukrainian law.   
The Law of Ukraine “On Protection of Atmospheric 
Air” 
 Date of adoption: 16 October 1992.   Date of coming into effect: 17 November 1992.  Under Article 26,  introduction of discoveries, 
inventions, utility models , industrial designs, and 
improvement suggestions, implementation of new 
technologies, imported equipment, processes, and systems, where such are not  in compliance with the 
requirements of laws on protection of atmospheric 
air, is prohibited.  In cases of violation of such 
requirements, the activities involved are subject to termination according to the law, and guilty parties shall be made answerable according to the law.  
Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine 
No. 1148 of 09.19.2007 “On Amending the 
Procedure for the Payment of Fees for Actions 
Related to the Protection of  Rights to Intellectual 
Property Objects”  
 
Clause 2 of the Resolution provides that it shall come into effect on the date of Ukraine’s accession to WTO. The amendments to the Procedure for the Payment 
of Fees for Actions Related to the Protection of  Rights to Intellectual Property Objects (inventions, utility models, industrial designs, integrated microcircuit topographies, marks for goods and 
services, and indications of  goods’ origin) removed 
the double scale for the fee amounts that constituted a violation of WTO principles, and set equal sizes for all payers of such fees, irrespective of their citizenship, place of residence, or location.   
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Patents (Inventions and Utility Models)   
Civil Code of Ukraine  
 
Date of adoption: 16 January 2003.  
 Date of coming into effect: 1 January 2004. Articles 420 through 470 of Book four define 
objects of invention (utility models) and subjects of 
intellectual property right to an invention (utility 
model); provide a list of personal non-proprietary 
and proprietary intellectual property rights to such objects; establish terms of validity for such rights; define the right of intellectual property to an object 
created in connection with the performance of an 
employment contract; set out consequences of infringements on intellectual property rights and judicial protection thereof, and consequences of termination of validity of exclusive proprietary intellectual property  right to an invention (utility 
model); and establish the prior user right. 
Article 1116 establishes that the right to use intellectual property right objects, inventions in particular, shall be the subject of a commercial concession agreement. 
 
Commercial Code of Ukraine  
 Date of adoption: 16 January 2003.   Date of coming into effect: 1 January 2004.  Under Article 155, inventio ns and utility models are 
recognized as intellectual property right objects in the economic realm. Article 156 defines what is deemed use of an invention (utility model)  in the economic realm.  
Under Article 174, deemed grounds for the 
emergence of economic obligations is, inter alia,  
the creation of intellectual property objects, in particular, inventions (utility models). Under Article 329, the State guarantees to subjects 
of innovation activity, the protection of intellectual 
property rights, in particul ar, to inventions (utility 
models).  
Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offences  
 
Date of adoption: 7 December 1984.  
 Date of coming into effect: 1 June 1985.  Article 51-2 sets out legal consequences for 
infringement of the right to an intellectual property 
right object, in particular, to an invention (utility 
model), and Article 91-1, legal consequences for non-compliance with ecological safety requirements in the process of introducing inventions (utility models).   IP/N/1/UKR/1 
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Criminal Code of Ukraine  
 Date of adoption: 5 April 2001  
Date of coming into effect: 1 September 2001.  Article 177 sets out legal consequences for unlawful 
use of an invention (utility model), for illegal appropriation of authorship to  it, or other intentional 
infringements of the right to such object, if such 
action resulted in material damage. 
Legal consequences are set out of similar actions when committed repeatedly , or by prior collusion 
by a group of persons, or by an official making use of his/her official position, or by an organized 
group. 
 
Customs Code of Ukraine  
 Date of adoption: 11 July 2002.  
Date of coming into effect: 1 January 2004. 
 Chapter 45 (Articles 255 through 258) provides for 
measures of customs authorities aimed at promoting intellectual property rights protection in the process of goods movement across customs border of 
Ukraine.  
Commercial Procedural Code of Ukraine  
 Date of adoption: 6 November 1991. 
 
Date of coming into effect: 1 March 1992. 
 Under Article 16, infringements of proprietary 
intellectual property rights shall be subject to examination by an economic court at the venue of 
the committed infringement.  
Code of Civil Proceedings of Ukraine  
Date of adoption: 18 March, 2004  Date of coming into effect: 01 September, 2005  Article 151 provides that, upon request of an 
interested person, a court may resort to injunction prior to filing of an action, with the purpose of 
preventing infringement of an intellectual property 
right, in particular, to an invention (utility model); deadline is fixed for the filing of such request and of annexes to it. 
 
Code of Laws on Labor of Ukraine  
 Date of adoption: 10 December 1971.   Date of coming into effect: 17 December 1971.  Article 126 establishes guarantees for employees 
who are authors of inventions and utility models. 
 
The Law of Ukraine “On Protection of Economic 
Competition”  
 Date of adoption: 11 January, 2001   
Date of coming into effect of certain provisions: 
27 February 2001.  Date of coming into effect: 28 February 2002.  Under Article 9 of the Law, provisions pertaining to 
anticompetitive concerted actions of economic subjects prohibited by law, shall not be applied to agreements on assignment of an intellectual property right, or on the use of an object of such 
right, in particular, of an invention or utility model. 
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The Law of Ukraine “On Innovation Activity”  
 Date of adoption: 4 July 2002.   Date of coming into effect: 7 August 2002. Under Article 4 of the Law, deemed objects of 
innovation activity are, in particular, new knowledge and intellectual products. Under Article 14 of the Law, innovation product is the realization of an intellectual property object, in 
particular, of an invention or utility model, for 
which the manufacturer has been issued with patents or licenses.  
The Law of Ukraine “On Taxation of Profit of 
Enterprises”  
 Date of adoption: 28 December 1994.   Date of coming into effect: 1 January 1995. Under the Law, intellectual, including industrial, 
property objects, in particular, inventions and utility 
models, are deemed non-tangible assets.  Sale of works (services) results includes, in particular, the transfer of rights in virtue of license agreements, as well as other methods of assigning patents and other intellectua l, including industrial, 
property objects, in particular, inventions or utility 
models. Included in gross costs shall be, in particular, expenses on inventions and rationalization of 
economic processes and those related to payment of 
royalties and acquisition of non-tangible assets 
(except those subject to amortization).  
The Law of Ukraine “On Foreign Economic 
Activity”  
 
Date of adoption: 16 April 1991. 
 Date of coming into effect: 1 July 1991.  Under the Law, intellectual property right, in 
particular, the right to an invention or utility model, may be a form of capital exports (imports).  In 
Ukraine, exports and imports of goods involving 
infringements of intellectual property rights, is prohibited. 
The Law of Ukraine “On Foreign Investment 
Regime”  
 Date of adoption: 19 March 1996.   Date of coming into effect: 25 April 1996. Under Article 2 of the Law, foreign investments 
may be realized, in particular, in the form of any 
intellectual property right, in particular, the right to an invention or utility model; at that, protection and enforcement of such rights of enterprises with foreign investments shall be assured in accordance 
with Ukrainian law. 
 
The Law of Ukraine “On Investment Activity”  
 Date of adoption: 18 September 1991.   
Date of coming into effect: 21 November 1991. 
 In state regulation of investment activities, 
favorable conditions are created for those investors that undertake investment activity related to introduction, in particular, of inventions.  IP/N/1/UKR/1 
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The Law of Ukraine “On Scientific and Scientific-
Technical Expert Examination”  
 Date of adoption: 10 February 1995.  
 
Date of coming into effect: 22 March 1995.  Under the Law, subject to scientific and scientific-
technical expert examination are, inter alia,  
improvement suggestions and inventions, as well as the rights to intellectual property objects, including 
their value assessment.  
The Law of Ukraine “On Medicinal Agents”  
 
Date of adoption: 4 April 1996.  
 Date of coming into effect: 7 May 1996.  Under Article 5 of the Law, deemed author  (co-
author) of a medicinal agent shall be a natural 
person (persons) by whose creative work the 
medicinal agent was created.  The person (persons) has the right to remuneration for the use of the medicinal agent thereby created.  Such remuneration may take any form that is not prohibited by law.  
An author (co-author) may submit an application to 
the State Committee of Ukraine for Matters of Intellectual Property seeking a patent for the medicinal agent. Grounds for the issuance of patent shall be a positive conclusion of the Ministry of 
Health of Ukraine or of a body authorized by the 
Ministry to perform state registration of medicinal agents, regarding the agent’s patentability.   
Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine 
No. 1148 of 09.19.2007 “On amending the 
Procedure for the Payment of Fees for Actions 
Related to the Protection of  Rights to Intellectual 
Property Objects”  
 Clause 2 of the Resolution provides that it shall 
come into effect on the date of Ukraine’s accession 
to WTO. The amendments to the Procedure for the Payment 
of Fees for Actions Related to the Protection of  
Rights to Intellectual Property Objects (inventions, 
utility models, industrial designs, integrated microcircuit topographies, marks for goods and services, and indications of  goods’ origin) removed 
the double scale for the fee amounts that constituted 
a violation of WTO principles, and set equal sizes 
for all payers of such fees, irrespective of their citizenship, place of residence, or location.    
Layout (Topography) of Integrated 
Microcircuits 
  
Civil Code of Ukraine  
 Date of adoption: 16 January 2003.  
 
Date of coming into effect: 1 January 2004. Articles 420 through 480 of Book four define 
objects of layouts (topography) of integrated microcircuits and subjects of intellectual property 
right to layouts (topography) of integrated 
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 such rights; define the right of intellectual property 
to an object created in connection with the performance of an employment contract; set out consequences of infringements on intellectual property rights and judicial protection thereof, and 
consequences of termination of validity of exclusive 
proprietary intellectual property  right to a layout (topography) of integrated microcircuits. Article 1116 establishes that the right to use intellectual property right objects, layout 
(topography) of integrated microcircuits in 
particular, shall be the subject of a commercial concession agreement.  
Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offences  
 
Date of adoption: 7 December 1984. 
 Date of coming into effect: 1 June 1985.  Article 51-2 sets out legal consequences for 
infringement of the right to an intellectual property 
right object, in particular, to a layout (topography) 
of integrated microcircuits , and Article 91-1, legal 
consequences for non-compliance with ecological safety requirements in the process of introducing layouts (topography) of integrated microcircuits.  
Criminal Code of Ukraine  
 Date of adoption: 5 April 2001.  Date of coming into effect: 1 September 2001.  Article 177 sets out legal consequences for unlawful 
use of a layout (topography) of integrated microcircuits, for illegal appropriation of authorship to it, or other intentional infringements of the right to such object, if such action resulted in material 
damage. 
Legal consequences are set out of similar actions when committed repeatedly , or by prior collusion 
by a group of persons, or by an official making use of his/her official position, or by an organized 
group. 
 
Customs Code of Ukraine  
 Date of adoption: 11 July 2002. 
 
Date of coming into effect: 1 January 2004.  Chapter 45 (Articles 255 through 258) provides for 
measures of customs authorities aimed at promoting intellectual property rights protection in the process 
of goods movement across customs border of 
Ukraine. 
 
Commercial Procedural Code of Ukraine  
 Date of adoption: 6 November 1991. 
 
Date of coming into effect: 1 March 1992. 
 Under Article 16, infringements of proprietary 
intellectual property rights, in particular of the right to a layout (topography) of integrated microcircuits, 
shall be subject to examination by an economic 
court at the venue of the committed infringement.   IP/N/1/UKR/1 
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Code of Civil Proceedings of Ukraine  
 Date of adoption: 18 March 2004.   
Date of coming into effect: 1 September 2005.  Article 151 provides that, upon request of an 
interested person, a court may resort to injunction prior to filing of an action, with the purpose of preventing infringement of an intellectual property 
right, in particular, to a layout (topography) of 
integrated microcircuits; deadline is fixed for the filing of such request and annexes to it. 
 
The Law of Ukraine “On Protection of Economic 
Competition”  
 Date of adoption: 11 January 2001.   Date of coming into effect of certain provisions: 27 February 2001. 
 
Date of coming into effect: 28 February 2002.  Under Article 9 of the Law, provisions pertaining to 
anticompetitive concerted actions of economic 
subjects prohibited by law, shall not be applied to agreements on assignment of an intellectual property right, or on the use of an object of such right, in particular, of a layout (topography) of integrated microcircuits. 
 
The Law of Ukraine “On Innovation Activity”  
 
Date of adoption: 4 July 2002.  
 Date of coming into effect: 7 August 2002. Under Article 4 of the Law, deemed objects of 
innovation activity are, in particular, new 
knowledge and intellectual products. 
Under Article 14 of the Law, innovation product is the realization of an intellectual property object, in particular, of a layout (topography) of integrated microcircuits, for which the manufacturer has been issued with patents or licenses. 
 
The Law of Ukraine “On Taxation of Profit of 
Enterprises”  
 Date of adoption: 28 December 1994.  
 
Date of coming into effect: 1 January 1995. Under the Law, intellectual, including industrial, 
property objects, in particular, layout (topography) of integrated microcircuit, are deemed non-tangible assets.  
Sale of works (services) results includes, in 
particular, the transfer of rights in virtue of license agreements, as well as other methods of assigning patents and other intellectua l, including industrial, 
property objects, including layouts (topographies) 
of integrated microcircuits. 
Included in gross costs shall be, in particular, expenses on inventions and rationalization of 
economic processes and those related to payment of royalties and acquisition of non-tangible assets (except those subject to amortization). 
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The Law of Ukraine “On Foreign Economic 
Activity”  
 Date of adoption: 16 April 1991. 
 
Date of coming into effect: 1 July 1991.  Under the Law, intellectual property right, in 
particular, the right to a layout (topography) of integrated microcircuits, may be a form of capital exports (imports).  In Uk raine, exports and imports 
of goods involving infringements of intellectual 
property rights, is prohibited. 
The Law of Ukraine “On Foreign Investment 
Regime”  
 
Date of adoption: 19 March 1996.  Date of coming into effect: 25 April 1996. Under Article 2 of the Law, foreign investments 
may be realized, in particular, in the form of any 
intellectual property right, in particular, the right to 
a layout (topography) of integrated microcircuits; at that, protection and enforcement of such rights of enterprises with foreign investments shall be assured in accordance with Ukrainian law.  
Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine 
No. 1148 of 09.19.2007 “On amending the 
Procedure for the Payment of Fees for Actions 
Related to the Protection of  Rights to Intellectual 
Property Objects”  
 
Clause 2 of the Resolution provides that it shall come into effect on the date of Ukraine’s accession to WTO. The amendments to the Procedure for the Payment 
of Fees for Actions Related to the Protection of Rights to Intellectual Property Objects (inventions, utility models, industrial designs, integrated microcircuit topographies, marks for goods and 
services, and indications of  goods’ origin) removed 
the double scale for the fee amounts that constituted a violation of WTO principles, and set equal sizes for all payers of such fees irrespective of their citizenship, place of residence, or location.  
 
 
Protection of Information not Subject to Disclosure   
Civil Code of Ukraine  
 
Date of adoption: 16 January 2003.   Date of coming into effect: 1 April 2004. Under Articles 505 through 508 of the Civil Code 
of Ukraine, legal protection is granted to 
commercial secrets; deemed such is information that is secret in the sense that, as a whole or in a certain form and combination of its components, it is unknown and is not easily accessible to such persons as normally deal with the kind of 
information to which it belongs; and therefore, such 
information possesses commercial value and has been the object of measures, adequate under the existing circumstances, aimed at keeping it secret and taken by the person who was legally in control 
of such information. 
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Commercial Code of Ukraine  
 Date of adoption: 16 January 2003.   
Date of coming into effect: 1 January 2004. Article 36 of the Commercial Code of Ukraine 
establishes what can be recognized as a commercial secret; what actions constitute unlawful collection of data that constitute a commercial secret; what is 
deemed disclosure of a commercial secret; and what 
constitutes unlawful use of a commercial secret. Article 162 of the Commercial Code of Ukraine establishes the right of an economic activity subject that owns technical, organizational, or other 
commercial information, to protection from 
unlawful use of such information by third parties, provided that such information has commercial value in connection with it being unknown to third parties and because there is no free access to it for other persons on lega l grounds, while the 
information’s owner takes appropriate measures to  
protect the confidentiality of such information.  
Criminal Code of Ukraine  
 
Date of adoption: 5 April 2001. 
 Date of coming into effect: 1 September 2001. Article 231 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine 
provides for penalty in the form of fine, for 
intentional actions aimed at obtaining data that 
constitute commercial or banking secret, with the purpose of disclosure or other use of such data, as well as for unlawful use of such data, if such actions resulted in material damage to an economic activity subject (a fine of two hundred to one thousand 
untaxable minimum incomes of citizens, or 
restriction of liberty for a term of up to five years, or imprisonment for a term of up to three years).  Under Article 232, intentional disclosure of a commercial or banking secret without the owner’s 
consent, by a person who gained access to such 
secret in virtue of his/her professional occupation or official position, where such disclosure was motivated by lucrative or other personal considerations and resulted in material damage to 
the economic activity subject affected, shall be 
punishable by fine in the amount of two hundred to five hundred untaxable minimum incomes of citizens with deprivation of the right to occupy certain positions or to engage in certain kinds of activities for a term of up to three years, or by 
corrective labor for a term of up to two years, or by 
imprisonment for the similar term.  IP/N/1/UKR/1 
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The Law of Ukraine “On Protection from Unfair 
Competition”  
 Date of adoption: 7 June 1996.  
 
Date of coming into effect: 1 January 1997.  Articles 16 through 19 of the Law define what is 
deemed illegal collection of commercial secrets, disclosure of a commercial secret, inducement to disclosure of a commercial secret, and illegal use of 
a commercial secret. 
The Law of Ukraine “On Scientific-Technical 
Information”  
 
Date of adoption: 25 June 1993.   Date of coming into effect: 23 July 1993.  Clause 3 of Article 10 obliges bodies and services 
of scientific-technical information that are 
transferred such information, to guarantee the 
protection of intellectual property rights, to keep commercial secrets, and to assure the protection of lawful interests of legal entities and natural persons who generate information on scientific-technical achievements. 
 
The Law of Ukraine “On Banks and Banking 
Activity"  
 Date of adoption: 7 December 2000. 
 
Date of coming into effect: 17 January 2001.  Paragraph 1 of Article 60 provides that information 
pertaining to the activities and financial status of a client that became known to a bank in the process of rendering services to the client and of mutual 
relations with the client, or to third persons in 
rendering services to the bank, and the disclosure of which may cause material or moral damage to the client, is deemed banking secret.  Paragraph 1 of Article 61 imposes on a bank an obligation to assure the keeping of a banking secret 
by the following means: by restricting the circle of 
persons granted access to the information that constitutes a banking secret; by arranging special management of records in  respect to documents 
containing banking secrets; by applying technical 
means to prevent unauthorized access to electronic 
and other information carriers; by including reservation clauses concerning preservation of banking secrets and responsibility for disclosure thereof, in agreements and contracts entered into 
between the bank and its clients. 
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Civil Law Procedures and Remedies   
Civil Code of Ukraine  
 
Date of adoption: 16 January 2003. 
 Date of coming into effect: 1 January 2004.  Article 432 of the Civil Code of Ukraine provides 
for the authority of a court, in cases and according 
to the procedure established by law, to adopt a 
decision, inter alia , on the following:  
1) on decreeing urgent measures to prevent infringement of intellectual property right and to secure appropriate evidence;  
2) on suspending the movement across the customs 
border of Ukraine, of such goods the importation or exportation of which is conducted with infringement of an intellectual property right;  3) on withdrawing such goods from civil circulation as have been manufactured or introduced in civil 
circulation with infringement of an intellectual 
property right, and on destruction of such goods;  4) on withdrawing from civil circulation of such materials and tools as were used predominantly in the manufacture of goods with infringement of an 
intellectual property right, or on destruction of such 
materials and tools;  5) on imposing one-time pecuniary penalty instead of compensation of damages, for illegal use of an  intellectual property right object.  The size of such 
penalty shall be determined according to law taking 
into account the scope of guilt of the person concerned and other circumstances of material significance;  6) on publishing in the media of information on an infringement of intellectual property rights and of 
the substance of court judgments regarding such  
infringement.  
Code of Civil Proceedings of Ukraine  
 Date of adoption: 18 March 2004.  
 
Date of coming into effect: 1 January 2005. Article 3 of the Code of Civil Proceedings of 
Ukraine provides for the right of judicial recourse for protection.  
Article 133 establishes that persons taking part in a 
case and holding the opinion that presentation of necessary evidence is not possible or that they face difficulties in submitting such evidence, have the right to submit a request for securing such evidence. 
Article 151 provides that a court may, upon 
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 Article 155 provides for compensation of damages 
inflicted by measures to uphold a suit, and for the return of the object of pledge.  
Commercial Procedural  Code of Ukraine  
 Date of adoption: 6 November 1991.  Date of coming into effect: 1 January 2004. 
 
 Article 1 of the Commercial Procedural Code of 
Ukraine establishes the right of a person to go to an economic court seeking protection of one’s infringed or disputed rights and of interests protected by law. 
Article 38 provides that where evidence presented 
by the parties is insufficient, the economic court concerned shall be obliged to demand that the enterprises and organizations involved submit such materials as are necessary for the settlement of the dispute at hand. 
Article 43-1 establishes the right of a person to 
submit to an economic court, a request for taking preventive measures. Article 43-10 establishes the right to compensation of damages caused by such preventive measures. 
 
 
Interim Remedies   
Civil Code of Ukraine  
 
Date of adoption: 16 January 2003. 
 Date of coming into effect: 1 January 2004.  Article 432 of the Civil Code of Ukraine  
provides 
for the authority of a court, in cases and in 
accordance with the procedure established by law, 
to adopt a decision, inter alia , on the following:  
1) on applying urgent measures to prevent infringement of intellectual property right and to secure appropriate evidence;  
2) on suspending the movement across the customs 
border of Ukraine, of goods the importation or exportation of which is conducted with infringement of an intellectual property right;  3) on withdrawing such goods from civil circulation 
as have been manufactured or introduced in civil 
circulation with infringement of an intellectual property right, and on destruction of such goods;  4) on withdrawing from civil circulation of such materials and tools as were used predominantly in the manufacture of goods with infringement of an 
intellectual property right, or on destruction of such 
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 5) on imposing one-time pecuniary penalty instead 
of compensation of damages, for illegal use of an  intellectual property right object.  The size of such penalty shall be determined according to law taking 
into account the scope of guilt of the person 
concerned and other circumstances of material significance;  6) on publishing in the media of information on an infringement of intellectual property rights and of 
the substance of court judgments regarding such  
infringement.  
Code of Civil Proceedings of Ukraine  
 Date of adoption: 18 March 2004.  
 
Date of coming into effect: 1 January 2005. Article 133 of the Code of Civil Proceedings of 
Ukraine establishes that persons taking part in a case and holding the opinion that presentation of 
necessary evidence is not possible or that they face 
difficulties in submitting such evidence, have the right to submit a request for securing such evidence. Article 151 provides that a court may, upon submission of persons taking part in a case, take 
measures to secure the suit. 
Article 155 provides for compensation of damages inflicted by measures to uphold a suit, and for the return of the object of pledge.  
Commercial Procedural Code of Ukraine  
 
Date of adoption: 6 November 1991.  Date of coming into effect: 1 March 1992. Article 43-1 of the Commercial Procedural Code 
establishes the right of a person to submit to an 
economic court a request for taking preventive measures. Article 43-10 establishes the right to compensation of damages caused by such preventive measures. 
 
 
Special Requirements Regarding  Border Measures   
Customs Code of Ukraine  
 
Date of adoption: 11 July 2002.  Date of coming into effect: 1 January 2004. 
 Articles 255 through 258 of the Customs Code of 
Ukraine set out measures of customs bodies aimed 
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Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine 
“Matters Related to Registering  Intellectual 
Property Right Objects in the Customs Register, to 
Obtaining Information, and to Cooperation of 
Customs Bodies with Other Law Enforcement and 
Supervisory Agencies and Holders of  Rights to 
Intellectual Property Right Objects, in the Event of 
Goods Customs Clearance Suspension at the 
Initiative of  a Customs Body”   
 
Date of adoption: 13 April 2007.  Date of coming into effect: 19 April 2007.   Sets out the procedures for registration of 
intellectual property right objects in the Customs Register and for obtaining by customs bodies of information from and for joint actions with other 
law-enforcement and supervisory bodies and 
holders of rights to intellectual property right objects, in cases where customs clearance of goods is suspended at the initiative of the customs body. 
Criminal Procedures   
Criminal Code of Ukraine  
 Date of adoption: 5 April 2001. 
 
Date of coming into effect: 1 September 2001.   The Criminal Code of Ukraine establishes penal 
sanctions for law infringements in the realm of intellectual property. 
Any Other Administrative Procedures and Measures not Mentioned Above 
  
Commercial Code of Ukraine  
 Date of adoption: 16 January 2003.   
Date of coming into effect: 1 January 2004.  Article 254 of the Commercial Economic Code of 
Ukraine provides that where a fact has been established of unlawful use of  another's designations, advertising materials, and packing, or 
a fact of product reproduction, the interested 
persons may submit to the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine or its territorial branches, an application requesting seizure, by means of a judicial procedure, of products bearing unlawfully used designation or of copies of other economic 
subject’s products, both from the manufacturer and 
from the seller of such products.  
The Law of Ukraine “On Protection from Unfair 
Competition”  
 
Date of adoption: 7 June 1996.  Date of coming into effect: 2 July 1996.  The Law establishes legal principles for the 
protection of economic subjects (entrepreneurs) and 
consumers from unfair competition.  IP/N/1/UKR/1 
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Code of Administrative Judicial Proceedings of 
Ukraine  
 Date of adoption: 6 July 2005.  
Date of coming into effect: 1 September 2005. 
  Code of Administrative Judicial Proceedings of 
Ukraine sets out powers of administrative courts in examination of administrative jurisdiction cases; the procedure for judicial recourse to administrative courts; and the procedure for carrying out process 
of the court. 
Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offences  
 Date of adoption: 7 December 1984.  
 
Date of coming into effect: 18 December 1984.   Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offences sets 
out administrative-legal sanctions for infringements of law in the realm of intellectual property. 
Patents/licenses (including protection of plant varieties) 
  
Civil code of Ukraine  
 Date of adoption: 16 January 2003.  
Date of taking effect: 1 January 2004. Chapter 42 (articles 485-488) defines subjects of 
intellectual property rights to plant varieties, provides a list of personal non-property rights to plant varieties certified by way of the state 
registration, personal property rights to plant 
varieties certified by a patent, intellectual property rights to disseminate a plant variety certified by way of the state registration, set forth a period of effectiveness of the intellectual property rights to a plant variety. 
 
Commercial code of Ukraine.  
 Date of adoption: 16 January 2003.  
Date of taking effect: 1 January 2004. 
 Under article 155 plant varieties are recognized as 
objects of intellectual property rights.  
The Code of Ukraine on administrative offences  
 Date of adoption: 7 December 1984. 
 
Date of taking effect: 1 June 1985.  Article 51-2 specifies legal consequences of 
violations of the rights to objects of intellectual property rights to a plant variety  
Article 104-1 specifies legal consequences of 
violations of the procedure and requirements concerning seed production and planting Article 238-3 specifies agencies of state control in the area of seed production and planting  Article 255 specifies persons who may issue 
protocols on administrative offences, particularly in 
the area of protection of the rights to plant varieties  Article 257 sets forth a procedure for consideration of protocols on administrative offences.  IP/N/1/UKR/1 
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Criminal code of Ukraine  
 Date of adoption: 5 April 2001.   Date of taking effect: 1 September 2001. 
 Article 177 establishes legal consequences of 
violations of the rights to a plant variety, in particular, of illegal use of a plant variety. 
Customs code of Ukraine  
 Date of adoption: 11 July 2002.  
Date of taking effect: 1 January 2004. 
 Chapter 45 specifies measures of customs bodies 
aimed to facilitate protec tion of intellectual property 
rights at the border. 
Law of Ukraine „On accession of Ukraine to the 
International convention on protection of new plant 
varieties”  
 
Date of adoption: 2 June 1995. 
 Date of taking effect: 29 July 1995.  The Law ratifies the International convention on 
protection of new plant varieties of  2 December 1961, which was revised in Geneva on 10 November 1972 , 23 October 1978. 
Law of Ukraine „On accession of Ukraine to the 
International convention on protection of new plant 
varieties”  
 Date of adoption: 2 August 2006.  
Date of taking effect: 12 September 2006. 
 The Law ratifies the International convention on 
protection of new plant varieties 
of 2 December 1961, which was revised in Geneva on 10 November 1972, 23 October 1978 and 19 March 1991. 
Law of Ukraine „On protection of the rights to plant 
varieties”  
 Date of adoption: 21 April 1993.  
 
Date of taking effect: 1 November 1993.  This Law regulates ownership and personal non-
property relations that arise in connection with the acquiring, fulfilling and protecting intellectual property rights to plant varieties. 
Law of Ukraine „On seeds and planting materials”  
 
Date of adoption: 26 December 2002.  
 Date of taking effect: 28 January 2003. Article 15 sets forth a procedure for making 
licensing agreements concerning use of plant 
varieties with the owner of the plant variety 
Article 17 sets forth a procedure for using plant varieties by persons involved in seed production and planting  Article 19 sets forth a procedure for maintaining a registry of plant varieties 
Article 24 sets forth a procedure for importation and 
exportation of seed and planting materials.   IP/N/1/UKR/1 
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Decree of the President of Ukraine as of 18.06.04 
№ 658/2004 „Issues concerning representation of 
Ukraine in the Council of the International union 
for protection of new plant varieties”  
 
Date of adoption: 18 June 2004.   Date of taking effect: 11 July 2004.  This Decree approves the Regulation on the 
representative of Ukraine in the Council of the International union for protection of new plant varieties. 
Decree of the President of Ukraine as of 12 October 
1995 # 952/95  „On the  representative of Ukraine 
and its deputy in the Council of the International 
union for protection of new plant varieties”  This Decree appoints a representative of Ukraine in 
the Council of the International union for protection of new plant varieties and deputy representative of Ukraine in the Council of the International union for protection of new plant varieties.  
Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine 
as of 19.08.02 „On approval of the Regulation on 
the State service for protection of the rights to plant 
varieties”  
 
Date of adoption: 19 August 2002. 
 Date of taking effect:  6 September 2002.  The Resolution approves the Regulation on the 
State service for protection of rights to plant varieties, which, within the limits of one’s competence takes part in implementation of the state policy in the area of protection of the rights to 
plant varieties. 
Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine 
as of 19.08.02 № 1183 “On measures concerning 
implementation of Law of Ukraine “On protection 
of the rights to plant varieties”  
 Date of adoption: 19 August 2002.  
Date of taking effect: 6 September 2002. 
 This Resolution approves the Regulation on 
representatives for issues of intellectual property, a 
procedure for payment of fees for services relating 
to protection of the rights to plant varieties, terms of protection of legitimate rights of the owner of the plant variety in the vent of limitations of his exclusive rights. 
Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine 
as of 29.01.03 № 121 „On approval of the 
Procedure for issue of a mandatory license to use a 
plant variety”  
 
Date of adoption: 29 January 2003.   Date of taking effect: 5 February 2003.  This Resolution approves the Procedure for issue of 
a mandatory license to use a plant variety. IP/N/1/UKR/1 
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Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine 
as of 15.05.03 # 686 „On approval of the 
Regulation on the State registry of plant varieties 
suitable for dissemination in Ukraine ” 
 
Date of adoption: 15 May 2003.   Date of taking effect: 28 May 2003.  The Resolution approves the Regulation on the 
State registry of plant varieties suitable for dissemination in Ukraine.  
Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine 
as of 17.08.1998 № 1304 „On approval of the 
Provisional procedure for importation, state testing, 
registration and use of trans-genetic plant varieties 
in Ukraine”  
 
Date of adoption: 17 August 1998. 
 Date of taking effect: 3 September 1998.  The Resolution approves the Provisional procedure 
for importation, state testing, registration and use of trans-genetic plant varieties in Ukraine. 
Order of the Ministry of agrarian policy of Ukraine 
as of 30.08.02 № 247 „On approval of Criteria for 
prohibition of dissemination of plant varieties in 
Ukraine”, registered with the Ministry of Justice of 
Ukraine on 25.10.02 under # 847/7135  
 Date of adoption: 30 August 2002.  
 
Date of taking effect: 15 November 2002.  This Order approves the Criteria for prohibition of 
dissemination of plant varieties in Ukraine. 
Order of the Ministry of agrarian policy of Ukraine  
as of 21.07.2003 № 244 „On approval of the 
Instruction concerning registration of an agreement 
on transfer of the ownership right to a plant variety 
and an agreement on transfer of the right to use a 
plant variety” , registered with the Ministry of 
Justice of Ukraine as of 08.08.03 under # 698/8019 
 
Date of adoption: 21 July 2003.  Date of taking effect: 8 August 2003.  This Order sets forth a procedure for registration 
with the State service for protection of the rights to 
plant varieties (hereinafter referred to as the  
Derzhsortservice) of agreements on transfer of the ownership right to a plant variety (hereinafter referred to as the agreem ents) and agreements on 
transfer of the right to use a plant variety (hereinafter referred to as the licensing agreements). IP/N/1/UKR/1 
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Order of the Ministry of agrarian policy of Ukraine 
as of 26.04.2007 # 287 „On approval of the rules 
for preparation and submission of an application for 
a plant variety” , registered with the Ministry  of 
Justice of Ukraine 30.05.2007 under # 553/13820 
 Date of adoption: 26 April 2007.  Date of taking effect: 10 June 2007. 
 This Order approves the procedure for preparation 
and submission of an application for a plant variety in order to acquire rights to this plant variety. 
Order of the Ministry of agrarian policy of Ukraine 
and of the State customs service as of 18.07.2003 N 
243/474  „On approval of the Procedure for 
importation in Ukraine and exportation from 
Ukraine of seeds and planting materials of plant 
varieties for purposes of research and government 
testing of plant varieties”,  registered with the 
Ministry of Justice of Ukraine 05.08 2003 under #687/8008  
Date of adoption: 18 July 2003.  
 Date of taking effect: 29 August 2003.  This Order approves a procedure for importation in 
Ukraine and exportation from Ukraine of seeds and planting materials of plant varieties for purposes of research and government testing of plant varieties. 
Order of the Ministry of agrarian policy of Ukraine 
as of 23.06.2003 # 188 ”On approval of the 
Regulation on the expert verification of the names 
of plant varieties”  registered with the Ministry of 
Justice of Ukraine as of 10.07.2003 under #574/7895  
Date of adoption: 23 June 2003.  
 Date of taking effect: 1 August 2003.  This Order sets forth a procedure for expert 
verification of the name of the plant variety, issue 
of an expert conclusion and registration of the plant 
variety. 
Order of the Ministry of agrarian policy of Ukraine 
as of 21.07.03 # 246 „On approval of the Procedure 
for verification of protectability of a plant variety” , 
registered with the Minist ry of Justice of Ukraine 
on 28.08.03 under # 741/8062  Date of adoption: 21 July 2003.  
 
Date of taking effect: 19 September 2003.  This Order sets forth a procedure for verification of 
a protectability of a plant variety. IP/N/1/UKR/1 
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Order of the State service for protection of the 
rights to plant varieties as of 08.01.2003 № 5-1 “On  
approval of the Regulation on the attestation 
committee for acquisition of the rights of 
representatives in issues of intellectual property to 
plant varieties” , registered with the Ministry of 
Justice of Ukraine on 28.01.2003 under # 60/7381  Date of adoption: 8 January 2003.  
 
Date of taking effect: 14 February 2003.  The Order approves the Regulation on the 
attestation committee for acquisition of the rights of representatives in issues of intellectual property to plant varieties 
Order of the State service for protection of the 
rights to plant varieties as of 08.01.03 # 6-1 „On 
approval of the Regulation on the appeals 
committee for issues of intellectual property to 
plant varieties”,  registered with the Ministry of 
Justice of Ukraine as of 28.01.03 under # 61/7382  Date of adoption: 8 January 2001.  
 
Date of taking effect: 14 February 2001.   This Order approves the Regulation on the appeals 
committee for issues of intellectual property to plant varieties 
Order of the State service for protection of the  
rights to plant varieties as of 12.03.03 # 3-2/139-43 
„On approval of the Procedure for dissemination in 
Ukraine of a plant variety to which owner’s 
exclusive right does not apply”,  registered with the 
Ministry of Justice of Ukraine 27.03.03 under # 241/7562  
Date of adoption: 12 March 2003  
 Date of taking effect 18 April 2003  This Order approves the Procedure for 
dissemination in Ukraine of a plant variety to which owner’s exclusive right does not apply 
Order of the State service for protection of the 
rights to plant varieties as of 20.06.03 159 „On 
approval of the Procedure for establishing the 
authorized agency for expert analysis/examination 
of plant  varieties”, registered with the Ministry of 
Justice of Ukraine as of 7.07.03 under # 553/7804  
Date of adoption: 20 June 2003 
  Date of taking effect: 25 July 2003.  This Order approves the Procedure for establishing 
the authorized agency for expert 
analysis/examination of plant varieties  IP/N/1/UKR/1 
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Order of the State service for protection of the 
rights to plant varieties as of  29.05.03 # 142 “On 
approval  of the Instruction concerning the 
procedure for consideration of materials of the 
application for the plant variety and data contained 
in the State registry of the rights of owners of plant 
varieties”,  registered with the Ministry of Justice of 
Ukraine as of 13.06.03 under # 485/7806  
Date of adoption: 29 May 2003.  
 Date of taking effect: 4 July 2003.  This Order approves the instruction that regulates 
the procedure for access to and consideration of materials of the application for the plant variety and data contained in the State registry of the rights of 
owners of plant varieties 
Order of the State service for protection of the 
rights to plant varieties as of 25.08.2005 # 450 „On 
approval of the Instruction for preparation by the 
state inspectors for protection of the rights to plant 
varieties of materials concerning administrative 
offences” , registered with the Ministry of Justice of 
Ukraine on 12 September 2005 under # 1038/11318 
 
Date of adoption: 25 August 2005.  Date of taking effect: 23 September 2005.   This Order approves the instruction that establishes 
a procedure for preparation by the state inspectors 
for protection of the rights to plant varieties of 
materials concerning administrative offences  
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ANNEX III
 
 
INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS TO WHICH UKRAINE IS A PARTY  
  
World Convention on Copyright (Resolution of Verkhovna Rada # 3794-XII 
dated 23 December 1993)  
 WIPO Copyright Treaty (Law of Ukra ine # 2733-III, dated 20 September 2001)
 
 
WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (Law of Ukraine # 2732-III, dated 20 September 2001)  
 Rome Convention for the Protection of Perform ers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting 
Organizations (Law of Ukraine # 2730-III, dated 20 September 2001)  
 
Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of 
Their Phonograms (Law of Ukraine # 738-XIV, dated 15 June 1999)  
 Paris Convention for the Protection of Indus trial Property (Law of Ukraine # 1232-XIV, 
dated 17 November 1999)  
 
Hague Agreement on International Registration of Industrial Designs (Law of Ukraine # 2992-III, 
dated 17 January 2002)  
 Bern Convention for the Protection of Literary  and Artistic Works (Law of Ukraine # 189/95- ВР, 
dated 31 May 1995)  
 
Patent Law Treaty (Law of Ukrain e # 245-IV, dated 22 November 2002)  
 Patent Cooperation Treaty (Entry into force date  given as date of independence - 25 December 1991)
 
 Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concer ning the International Registration of Marks (Law 
of Ukraine # 1763-III, dated 1 June 2000)  
 Agreement on Laws in Relation to Tr ade Marks (Law of Ukraine # 380/95- ВР, 
dated 13 October 1995)  
 
Nice Agreement on International Classification of  Commodities and Services for Registration of 
Trade Marks (Law of Ukraine # 1762-III, dated 1 June 2000)  
 International Convention on Protection of New Plant Varieties (Law of Ukraine # 209/95- ВР, 
dated 2 June 1995)  
 
Budapest Agreement on International Confession of  Depositing of Microorganisms with the Purpose 
of Patent Procedure (Law of Ukraine # 474/96- ВР, dated 1 November 1996)  
 Nairobi Agreement on Protection of Olympic Sym bol (Decree of President of Ukraine # 192/98, 
dated 13 March 1998)  
 
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