Ukraine appealed to the WIPO General Assembly over the theft of geo-indications

Published 2024년 7월 15일

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The Russian Ministry of Economy announced that the Federal Service for Intellectual Property of Russia (Rospatent) has registered 'Melitopol Cherry', a regional brand from the occupied territories of Ukraine, as the first geographical indication from these regions. Rospatent is encouraging representatives from other occupied regions to register their brands and intellectual property to promote their goods and services. This move has been met with strong protest from Ukraine, which claims Russia has been appropriating its intellectual property since 2014, including geographical indications like Crimean wines. Ukraine maintains that the world community will never recognize this theft and claims that Russia provides false information about applicants from the occupied territories through international trademark and industrial design registration systems.

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This is reported by the Ministry of Economy. It is noted that on July 12, 2024, the Federal Service for Intellectual Property of the Russian Federation (Rospatent) announced on its website the registration of the designation "Melitopol Cherry". In particular, it is said that "Melitopol cherry" became the first registered regional brand of the so-called new regions of the Russian Federation (in fact, temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine) - a geographical indication from the Melitopol district of the Zaporizhia region. In addition, Rospatent also called on representatives of the temporarily occupied parts of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhya and Kherson regions to register their brands and other intellectual property objects in order to promote their goods and services on the markets, and declared that it would provide all necessary assistance. The Ministry of Economy notes that Ukraine has repeatedly expressed strong protests on the sidelines of the WIPO General Assemblies ...

Source: AgroPortal.ua