Bolotov & Partners Participated in the International Conference named Transformation of the Eurasian Patent System. Assessment and Prospects in Minsk

Dear Colleagues and Partners,

Yuri Bolotov, Managing Partner, Saule Kulzhambekova, Partner and Julia Zavalko, the Eurasian Patent Attorney made presentations at the international conference named Transformation of the Eurasian Patent System. Assessment and Prospects in Minsk on 13-14 June 2024.

Yuri Bolotov’s presentation was devoted to the emerging markets of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and the Republic of Uzbekistan: licensing and franchising. Saule Kulzhambekova’s presentation was devoted to the issues of protection against unfair competition in Kazakhstan in practice, and Julia Zavalko’s spoke about legal protection of industrial designs in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The issues of prospects and development plans of the EAPO, Eurasian trademarks, utility models and their prospects, peculiarities of technology licensing in the Eurasian space (LES), patenting of industrial designs in the EAPO, legal practice of the member states (AIPPI) and many others issues were discussed during the conference.

Patent attorneys from Belarus, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Uzbekistan and Armenia attended the event.

Note: The International Conference named Transformation of the Eurasian Patent System. Assessment and Prospects is the first conference organized by the Assembly of Eurasian Patent Attorneys (AEPA) with the support of the Eurasian Patent Office (EAPO), the National Centre for Intellectual Property of the Republic of Belarus, the Russian Licensing Society (LES Russia) and the Russian National Group of AIPPI. The event was dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Eurasian Patent Convention.