The Government of the Russian Federation deposited its instrument of ratification of the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement to the WIPO on 30 November 2017. The Act will enter into force in the Russian Federation on 28 February 2018.
This means that starting from 28 February 2018, Russian applicants can begin to use the Hague System to protect their industrial designs in the Contracting Parties to the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement by filing an international design registration application to the WIPO. Vice versa, also foreign applicants from the Geneva Act countries can get design protection in the Russian Federation by filing an international design registration application to the WIPO and designating Russia in the application.
Read WIPO’s announcement here.
For further information please contact Mrs Irmeli Nokkanen, European Design Attorney.
We are pleased to announce that European Patent Attorney, PhD, Susa Vilkki, will join the Chemistry, Biotechnology and Process Technology team at Papula-Nevinpat on 1 August 2025.
We look at the dynamics that international applicants need to be aware of to secure and manage their patent rights across the region.
We are proud to share that Papula-Nevinpat has again been ranked as a leading patent firm in Finland in the 2025 edition of Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) Patent 1000 – The World’s Leading Patent Professionals in the patent prosecution category.
We look at common features, key risks and recent updates shaping patent protection across these four Eurasian countries.
