Ukraine has every opportunity to become a country with an innovative economy. This requires mechanisms which are currently being developed – in particular, with the support of European partners.

This was discussed by the participants of the “Creating Today a Sustainable IP Platform for Tomorrow” meeting. Namely, the representatives of:

• the EUIPO (the European Union Intellectual Property Office),
• the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine,
• the Ukrainian National Office for Intellectual Property and Innovations (the Ukrainian IP Office / UANIPIO),
• the European IP offices,
• the Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine,
• and various stakeholders of the intellectual property industry.

Rémi Duflot, the Deputy Head of the EU Representation in Ukraine, talked about the cooperation between Ukraine and the EU and the future of creative industries after the war.

Vitalii Kindrativ, the Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine, emphasised the importance of the strategy for developing intellectual property in Ukraine and the steps that the Government will take to create innovative, creative entrepreneurship in our country and promote the development of investment attractiveness in Ukraine.

Olena Orliuk, the Director of the Ukrainian IP Office, spoke about the work on developing the Ukrainian innovative and creative sectors, the scientific environment, and the sphere of intellectual property.

The meeting “Creating Today a Sustainable IP Platform for Tomorrow” was held in Kyiv at the end of October.