During a working visit to the intellectual property offices of the Baltic Countries, the Director of the Ukrainian IP Office Olena Orliuk and the Deputy Director Liubov Maidanyk met with the Director of the State Patent Office of the Republic of Lithuania Irina Urbonė, other colleagues from this Office, as well as with representatives of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania and the Patent Attorneys’ Institute of Lithuania.
The Director of the Ukrainian IP Office expressed her gratitude to the State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania and its Director, Irina Urbonė, for active assistance and reliable support of Ukraine and its national IP Office, particularly during the full-scale war.
Speaking about the innovative potential of Ukraine, Olena Orliuk outlined such priority areas as patent examination and the Ukrainian IP Office’s status as an International Searching Authority/International Preliminary Examining Authority. They also discussed controversial topics of IP protection in MedTech, IT and AI.
Irina Urbonė and Olena Orliuk
“Our IP Office is focused on developing the innovative ecosystem and the economy of intellectual property. A separate section of the National Intellectual Property Strategy until 2030, which is being drafted by national experts supported by experts from the WIPO, will be dedicated to this issue,” said Olena Orliuk.
Liubov Maidanyk added that today, drafting the amendments to the national IP legislation aimed at harmonising it with the EU acquis is among the priority tasks for the Ukrainian IP Office. This task is a crucial step toward Ukraine’s full accession to the European Union. She also mentioned that by-laws are actively drafted now.
The meeting’s participants also discussed the issues arising from using the latest technologies in managing intellectual property rights. The discussion mainly concerned cloud technologies, blockchain and strengthening cyber security.
The speakers also exchanged their views on issues of document circulation, archives and European integration challenges. For example, they discussed ways of aligning Ukrainian administrative and judicial practices regarding patents, trademarks, industrial designs, and geographical indications closer to the pertinent practices of EU Member States.
Apart from that, the institution of mediation in Ukraine also received significant attention. The executives at the meeting discussed the Lithuanian successful experience of its operation, administration and practice.
Irina Urbonė , Olena Orliuk and Liubov Maidanyk
During the visit, the Ukrainian delegation also held a working meeting with representatives of the Ministry of Culture of Lithuania. The discussion mainly concerned the issues of the development of artificial intelligence and the changes to legal and administrative approaches to copyright and related rights spheres it entails.
The meeting’s participants also considered the prospects for developing the creative sectors of the economy and the possible ways of supporting these spheres from the governmental authorities’ point of view. During the meeting, they exchanged experiences on solving urgent copyright challenges; from the Ukrainian side, Olena Orliuk and Liubov Maidanyk shared the outcomes of the recent copyright regulatory reform in Ukraine.
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