MUNDO ASIPI Magazine: The new IP landscape in Russia and Ukraine

1.2.2023

Papula-Nevinpat’s Riikka Palmos has written an article about the new IP landscape in Russia and Ukraine which was published in the latest edition of MUNDO ASIPI Magazine.

You can read the article on pages 52 – 54 here.

Keywords: ipr, russia, trademarks, Ukraine

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