IP News Eastern Europe: Trademarks
2025
- Bulgaria: Blue and Red Zone Marks Lose Their Trade Mark Status
- New Trade Mark and Patent Laws Enter into Force in Albania
- Uzbekistan Adopts New IP Law Amending Certain Legislative Acts
- Bosnian IPO to Implement CP9 Document on 3D Trade Marks
- Ukraine: Suspended Limitation Periods to be Reinstated on 4 September 2025
- Bosnia Updates IP Legislation
- Key IP Developments in Slovenia in 2024
- Hungary IPO Issues 2024 Annual Report
- Hungary Amends Official Fees
- Bulgarian IPO Updates Trade Mark Examination Guidelines
- Georgia: IPO Invites Trade Mark Owners to Amend Lists of Goods and Services, Official Fees Lifted until 7 March 2025
2024
2023
- BOIP Improves Trademark Holder Privacy in Online Register
- New Administrative Instruction on Trademark Registration Procedures Enters into Force in Kosovo
- Montenegro Accedes to Singapore Treaty
- Ukrainian Supreme Court Upholds Antimonopoly Committee Decision in Unfair Competition Case
- Further Changes to Madrid System Regulations Enter into Force
- Montenegro Amends Trademark and Patent Laws
- Hungary Amends Trademark Act
2022
- Romania Amends Trademark Law
- New Implementing Regulations of the Trademark Law Enter into Force in Romania
- Changes to Madrid System Regulations Enter into Force
- New Trademark Law Enters into Force in Kosovo
- Hungarian IPO Clarifies Deadline Extensions in Trademark Procedures
- Uzbekistan Introduces Monetary Fines for IPR Infringement
- Ukraine Launches Madrid e-Filing
2021
- Albania Amends Industrial Property Law
- Uzbekistan Amends Trademark and Copyright Laws
- Google Sues Kyiv Real Estate Developer over NEST® Trademark
- CIS Members Sign New Agreement on Cooperation in Prevention and Repression of the Use of False Trademarks and GIs
- Replacement Procedure Under the Madrid Protocol in the Post-Brexit Era, Rule 21 of the Regulations Amended
- EAEU Trademark Agreement Enters into Force
- Ukrainian Drug Manufacturer Fined for Unfair Competition
- Belarus Ratifies EAEU Trademark Agreement
2020
- Romanian IPO Improves Electronic Filing Services for Trademarks
- Ukrainian Beverage Manufacturer Fined for Unfair Competition
- Russia Ratifies EAEU Trademark Agreement
- Owners of Romanian TMs and IRs Designating Romania Invited to Specify the Scope of Goods and Services by September 30
- Ukraine Amends Trademark Law
- Ukrainian Hosiery Manufacturer Fined for Unfair Competition
- Russian Trademark FAQ: 2020 Cheat Sheet
- Russia Elaborates Procedure for Informal Observations Regarding Company and Trade Names
- Romania: New Trademark Law Brings Important Changes
- How to Register a Trademark in Russia – a Quick Guide
- Eurasian Economic Union Members Sign EAEU Trademark Agreement
- New Trademark Law in Serbia Brings Significant Changes
- Coronavirus-Related Applications Reported by Several Countries
- Cake Wars in Ukraine: Confectioner Roshen Sues Ice Cream Maker Khladoprom over “Kyiv Cake” Trademark
- Uzbekistan to Introduce Reference Pricing System for Pharmaceuticals
- Ukraine Increases Criminal Penalties for Production and Distribution of Fake Drugs
- Slovenia: Plain Tobacco Packaging Obligatory as of January 1, 2020
- Serbia Adopts New Trademark Law, Introduces Opposition System
2019
- Serbian IPO Reduces Filing Fees for Electronic Applications
- Ukraine Amends GI Law
- Bulgaria: New Law on Trademarks and GIs Brings Important Changes
- Mattel Inc. Overcomes Obstacle to Barbie® Trademark Registration in Ukraine
- New Trademark Law in Turkmenistan Introduces Important Changes
- New Food Labeling Law Enters into Force in Ukraine
- Mattel Inc. Cannot Register Barbie® Trademark in Certain Classes in Ukraine
- Uzbekistan Introduces Criteria for Determining Well-Known Trademarks, Transfers IPO Appeal Board to Ministry of Justice
- Ukraine Regulates Organic Food Production and Labeling
- Ukraine Increases Official Fees for IPR-Related Services as of July 19, 2019
- Croatia Adds Trademark Data to TMview’s Visual Search
- Parallel Imports in Kosovo: Slight Improvement in Enforcement
- Significant Amendments to Estonian Trademark Legislation Enter into Force
- Ukrainian Language Law: Ukrainian Official Language for Product Labeling and Advertising
- Tajikistan Amends Trademark Law, Pending Applications Now Published
- Serbian Supreme Court Issues Important Decision on Goods in Transit
- New Trademark Law Enters into Force in Croatia
- Hungary Amends Trademark Legislation, Transposes Directive (EU) 2015/2436
- Belarus Will Not Consider Division or Merger Requests for International Trademark Registrations
- Macedonia Joins Global Brand and Global Design Databases
- Albania Accedes to Locarno and Vienna Agreements
- Hungary Amends Official Fee Structure and Amounts for Trademark-Related Services
- Kosovo Appellate Court Confirms National Exhaustion of Rights Is Applicable
2018
- Eurasian Economic Union Makes Progress With Customs Register, Eurasian Trademark
- In Kazakhstan, Pending Trademark Applications Now Available Online
- Serbian Supreme Court Issues Important Decision on Parallel Imports
- Ukrainian IPO Shortens Deadline for Publishing Information on Pending Trademark Applications
- Ukraine Drafts Amendments to Patent, Utility Model, Design and Trademark Legislation
- Romania and Bulgaria Add Their Trademark Data to TMview’s Visual Search
- Kazakhstan Amends IP Legislation
- Grace Period from EU Association Agreement Directly Applicable in Ukraine
- Albania Introduces New Trademark Regulation
- Montenegro Joins TMview
- Romania Drafts New Trademark Law
- Russian Constitutional Court Clarifies How to Tackle Parallel Imports
- Take Five - New Grace Period for Non Use in Ukraine via Association Agreement?
- Kosovo IPO Launches Online Trademark and Patent Database
- EUIPO, Member States IPOs Clarify Representation of New Types of Trademarks
- Chili v. Paprika: Hungarian Media Companies in Trademark Clash
- Russian Court Says Parallel Imports Do Not Constitute Trademark Infringement
- WIPO Launches Madrid Monitor, Discontinues ROMARIN