The latest developments of the IP Office and the implementation of the European Commission’s recommendation, the start of negotiations on Ukraine’s accession to the EU and the agenda for aligning national legislation with the EU acquis were discussed at the meeting between IP Office and the Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine.
On 25 June 2024, the EU officially opened accession negotiations with Ukraine. Following the confirmation by the European Commission of Ukraine’s progress in the IP field, as stated in the Ukraine Report under the EU Enlargement Package 2023, the national IP sector continues to build upon this progress and maintains constant communication to ensure that the IP sector is well prepared for EU accession.
A detailed description of such progress, the results of consultations and development of the National IP Strategy, cooperation with EUIPO and EPO, implementation of the EU4IP project and the European Commission’s recommendation, support of national business, counteraction to the aggressor country and results of participation of the Ukrainian delegation during the 65th series of meetings of the WIPO Assemblies of the Member States were discussed by the representatives of the IP Office with Alberto Fernández-Díez, Head of Trade and Economic Section in EU Delegation to Ukraine, and Oksana Popruga, Economic Policy Officer in EU Delegation to Ukraine.
“Effective preparation, consultations with all stakeholders and a vision of the EU accession negotiations are critical issues on our agenda. Significant resources and projects of the IP Office are aimed at ensuring these processes, and the IP sector is ready to show its high contribution to the sustainable national economy in the context of the war, its recovery and further development, as well as to the process of negotiations on Ukraine’s accession to the EU,” emphasized Olena Orliuk, Director of the IP Office.
“Systematic consultations and support from the European Commission, European institutions and the EU Delegation to Ukraine allow us to achieve positive results and high assessment of the IP sector’s efforts. This opens up a common vision of the next steps and priorities of our activities,” said Bogdan Paduchak, First Deputy Director of the IP Office.
“We systematically continue consultations with all interested national and foreign stakeholders to ensure qualitative approximation of national copyright and related rights legislation to the EU acquis, as well as to implement the recommendations of the European Commission and further support the creative sector,” added Liubov Maidanyk, Deputy Director of the IP Office.
Along with this, the results of the Ukrainian delegation’s participation in the WIPO Assemblies and numerous meetings on the sidelines of the international forum were discussed, in particular, in terms of the decision to continue supporting Ukraine.
“Consolidation of partners’ efforts to counteract the aggressor on all possible international platforms is becoming an integral part of the IP sphere, because only joint actions can counteract russia`s violation of the very principles of international law and respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine,” noted Olena Orliuk.
With the EU Delegation to Ukraine, further steps and joint actions were also discussed in response to russia’s appropriation of the “Melitopol Cherry” geographical indication to counteract the use of international and European IP platforms by the aggressor country to legitimize the illegal temporary occupation of Ukraine’s territories.
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