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 […]
1. Introduction The introduction should provide an overview of the relationship between pharma regulation and general privacy and data protection law. 1.1. Legislation Key acts, regulations, directives governing the health and pharma sector, and which are relevant to privacy and data protection The key legal act governing the health and pharma sector is the Law […]
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 […]
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 […]
Is my trademark protected just because I am using it in my business? Usually no, because the Baltics and Belarus are “first-to-file” countries. This means that a trademark is protected only after successful registration. As an exception to the rule, the law allows a challenge to a trademark on the basis of prior use of […]