How to pay the official fees for registration and maintenance of plant varieties in Ukraine?

In accordance with the provisions of the Law of Ukraine “On Protection of Rights to Plant Varieties”, consideration of applications for registration of plant varieties, conducting qualification examinations, as well as state registration of the variety are carried out subject to payment of the relevant official fees. Payment of official fees for actions related to…

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The documents which are needed to confirm the authority of the applicant’s representative

According to Art. 15 of the Law of Ukraine “On Protection of Rights to Plant Varieties” Variety authors, applicants, and patent owners of the proprietary rights to varieties in relations governed by this Law may be represented by their representatives, in particular by those specialising in intellectual property, registered following relevant provisions approved by the…

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Terms of plants varieties registration in Ukraine

State registration of a variety and state registration of rights to a variety is carried out in accordance with Art. 33 of the Law of Ukraine “On Protection of Rights to Plant Varieties”. If the variety applied for registration meets the requirements, there is an opinion of the Competent Authority on the approved name of…

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The procedure of plant varieties registration in Ukraine

The procedure of plant varieties registration in Ukraine includes the following stages: 1. Submission of the application and other accompanying documents by the applicant. 2. Payment of official fees by the applicant or its representative: – for varieties registered in the EU: for submitting and considering the application, for state registration of the variety (if…

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Who is the author (breeder) of the variety?

During the registration of plant varieties by foreign companies in Ukraine, there is a problem of indicating the author of the variety in the application for the plant variety, because in most cases the author of the variety is a company, but according to the legislation of Ukraine it can only be a natural person.…

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