Unfortunately, martial law has not yet been lifted in Ukraine, but the renewal of pre-war terms already threatens you from May 31, 2025, in terms of protection of your intellectual property.
What does this mean?
We are talking about the Law of Ukraine 4362-IX “On the Repeal of the Law of Ukraine “On Protection of Intellectual Property Interests of Persons during the Martial Law Imposed in Connection with the Armed Aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine”. The text of the Law is available at the following link. link.
The main thing to be understood is that after the entry of this Law on May 31, 2025 into force, you have 75 days to:
- respond to requests from the UA IPO, if you suddenly relied on the invalidity of the deadlines and were not in a hurry to provide a response on time;
- pay the registration fees, fees for the extension of the registration period and any other payments to the UA IPO, which you have also postponed until the termination of martial law.
This applies to applicants/owners of all intellectual property objects.
We ask you to pay special attention to this matter, since in case of failure to pay, let us say, the state fee for issuing a trademark certificate and the official fee for publication of a trademark certificate, your application for registration will be considered withdrawn.
We remind you that the final deadline is August 15, 2025.
And if you have any difficulties in this process, need additional clarification or assistance in preparing any documentation to provide a response to the UA IPO in a timely manner, please contact our Intellectual Property Law Department.
