This volume provides the most comprehensive contemporary academic writing on Ukrainian competition and intellectual property law in English. Especially over the last few years, these areas have been in considerable flux, a main driver being the EUUkraine Association Agreement. The chapters cover a broad range of different topics and share a forward-looking perspective. They also outline the basic background that is necessary to understand the context of the issue discussed, especially with regards to the legal system of Ukraine. The publication is the result of a two-year project, and it is addressed to a wide range of international scholars, practitioners, and policy makers. It aims to make the state-of-the-art in Ukrainian legal scholarship visible and accessible to the international research community and to stimulate global debates in academia and politics. Therefore, it may be of interest and use to anyone who is interested in competition and intellectual property law, and/orin Ukraine.

First and only general book on Ukrainian Competition and IP law in English language State-of-the-art research of Ukrainian legal scholars Covers a variety of topics as after the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement

Autorentext

Heiko Richter, Senior Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, Munich. PhD (Humboldt University of Berlin); Master of Laws (LL.M.), Columbia University, New York; Diploma in Business Administration (Dipl.-Kfm.), University of Mannheim.Research interest focus on competition law; copyright law; information law; data and regulation; digitalization and society; legal economics. Previous research the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU (GRUR Int 68, 1 (2019), 28 - 32 andworkshops in Ukraine.

Inhalt

Competition and Intellectual Property Law in Ukraine: Navigating the Landscape.- Part I: Putting the Legal Framework in Perspective.- The EUUkraine Association Agreement as a General Framework of Contemporary EUUkraine Relations.- Competition and International Trade: Complementing Trade Defense Policy with Effective Competition Policy in Ukraine.- Legal Support of State Economic Policies of Ukraine in the Context of Investment Development and Protection of Competition.- Part II: Competition Law.- The Europeanization of Competition Law in Ukraine.- Vertical Agreements in the Competition Law of Ukraine and the EU: A Closer Look at Resale Price Maintenance.- The New Normal in Competition Filling the Gaps of Ukrainian Competition Law in the Digital Economy Age.- Towards a New Digital Competition Policy of Ukraine: The EU Matrix.- The Intersection Between Intellectual Property and Competition Laws in the Pharmaceutical Sector: A Ukrainian Perspective.- Legal Mechanisms of Protection Against Unfair Competition in Ukraine Prerequisites, Problems and Trends.- Protecting Intellectual Property Rights from Unfair Competition in Ukraine.- Part III: Policies and Law on Intellectual Property.- Association Agreements and Problems Approximating Intellectual Property Legislation of Third Countries with the EU Acquis: The Case of Ukraine.- Strategic Directions of the Intellectual Property Area Development in Ukraine.- The New Intellectual Property Court in Ukraine: Its Creation and Exclusive Jurisdiction.- Legislative Reforms on Patents, Utility Models and Industrial Designs in Ukraine.- Patent Law and Access to Medicines in Ukraine.- The Patentability of Biotechnological Inventions in the EU: The Ukrainian Context.- The Reformed Design Law in Ukraine: What is Right with EU Trade Agreements?.- Why so Few Geographical Indications in Ukraine? Legal, Political and Socio-Economic Perspective.- Copyright and Its Exceptions and Limitations in Ukraine.- Protection of Works Posted on the Internet Under Ukrainian Copyright Law.- Legal Framework for Output Based on Artificial Intelligence: Ukraine's Place on the Global Search Path.- On the Reforms, Practice and Perspective of the Law on Collecting Societies in Ukraine.