The Ukrainian Parliament has passed the bill "On protection of interest of persons in the intellectual property field during state of war" The bill has now been approved and the Law No. 2174-IX of 1 April 2022 came into force on 13 April 2022.
According to the bill:
- IP deadlines shall be suspended, and
- authorized persons shall have the right to submit documents (applications, requests, oppositions, responses, etc.) within 90 days from the date of repeal of the martial law, without payment of official fees for reinstatement of the respective missed deadlines. Read more