Belarus: will it be possible to apply for international trademark registration in Russian? WIPO: positive The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has approved inclusion of Russian in the list of languages for filing applications for international protection of trademarks and designs. At the moment only English, French and Spanish are included in this list and […]
Publication / Karin Madisson, Liisa-Maria Puur, Häli Sokk, Nele Suurmets, Dr Mari Agarmaa, Vladislav Leiri, Gerda Jokubauskaitė, Jurgita Nikita, Jonas Kiauleikis, Liutauras Vasiliauskas, Agnietė Venckienė, Aurelija Daubaraitė, Jurgita Tekorienė, Laura Matukaitytė, Tatsiana Zubarava, Alesia Khadasevich, Aliaksei Daryin, Ann Laevskaya, Artem Melnikovich, Alexey Anischenko, Alexey Fidek, , Maksim Salahub, Maria Rodich, Oliver Ämarik, Dr Carri Ginter, Paul Künnap, Toms Kārlis Broks, Edvīns Draba, Zanda Frišfelde, Valts Nerets, Krista Niklase, Raivo Raudzeps, Augustas Klezys, Algirdas Pekšys
Doing Business 2020 is the 17th in a series of annual studies investigating the regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it. Doing Business presents quantitative indicators on business regulations and the protection of property rights that can be compared across 190 economies— from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe—and over time. Full report available here.
I want to have my logo protected in several EU countries. What is better – to have separate national trademark registrations or an EU registration? What are the pros and cons? Trademark rights have a territorial character, meaning that protection will be in force only in the country where the trademark is registered. If you […]
Publication / Maksim Salahub, Marina Golovnitskaya, Yauheni Budchanka
Amended copyright law: open licence introduced On 15 July 2019 a new law introduced amendments to the law “On Copyright and Related Rights”. The majority of amendments will enter into force on 27 May 2020. Probably, the main change is introduction of the notion of an open licence. Belarus law will allow copyright holders to […]
Publication / Maksim Salahub, Tatsiana Zubarava, Aliaksandr Artsiukhevich
On 18 July 2019 a new Law introduced a set of amendments to the Labour Code. These are mainly aimed at extending guarantees for employees and at unifying regulation of an employment agreement and employment contract (a prevalent type of employment agreement). The amendments will come into force on 28 January 2020. Below you may […]
