| January | The unofficial translation of a series of Standards of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) (ST.6, ST.8, ST.17) published |
| January | Information and reference systems “International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks” (the Nice Classification) and “International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks” (the Vienna Classification) created on the web site of Ukrpatent in the “Databases” section |
| January | By the Order of the Ministry of Education and Science as of 11 January, 2006 ¹ 5 modifications were brought in the Rules of Drafting and Filing of Application for an Industrial Design with the aim of bringing them in line with the Law of Ukraine “On Protection of Rights to Industrial Designs” and the Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine as of 23 December 2004 ¹ 1716 “On Approval of the Procedure of Fee Payment for Actions Connected with Intellectual Property Rights Protection” |
| February | The 75,000th invention “Composition for protection of building artificial stone from water absorption” registered. The applicant is the research-and-production enterprise “Shag” (Kyiv) |
| February | The unofficial translation of the Standard of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) ST.9 published |
| March | The Law of Ukraine “On Introduction of Amendments to the Criminal Code of Ukraine (on the Intellectual Property Rights Protection)” enters into force. |
| April | The annual exhibition “The Industrial Technologies Week - 2006” takes place, its organizers being the State Department of Intellectual Property, the State Enterprise “Ukrainian Industrial Property Institute” and the Ukrainian Centre of Innovatics and Patent Information Services. |
| | A charitable foundation of Ukrainian inventors “The Future of the Nation” is created. |
| June | The online user registration form, available in Ukrainian, Russian and English, is created. |
| September | The 600-th certificate is issued to an economic agent included in “The Register of Software Manufacturers and/or Distributors”. The certificate owner is the State Enterprise “Ukrainian Information and Computing Centre” of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine. |
| September | The tenth International scientific and practical conference “Actual Problematic Issues of Intellectual Property Protection” takes place. It is annually held in Alushta, the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. |
| September | “The Procedure of Passing the Examinations by the Intellectual Property Representatives (Patent Attorneys) Contenders” is approved by the State Department of Intellectual Property Examination Board decision (transaction ¹1 of 08 September 2006). |
| September | The Order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine of 02.08.2006 ¹585 “On Introduction of Amendments into Some Regulatory Legal Acts of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine” (Concerning the Provision on the State Registers of Ukraine) is signed. The Order is registered with the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine on 28 August, 2006, ¹ 1016/12890. |
| November | As of 8 September, 2006, The Order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine ¹585 “On Introduction of Amendments into Some Regulatory Legal Acts of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine” (the Order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine of 02.08.2006 ¹585, registered with the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine on 28 August, 2006 ¹1016/12890) enters into force. Certain modifications and additions are introduced to the provisions on the State Registers and the new forms and design of titles of protection are approved by this Order. |
| November | Implementing the instruction of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 07.11.06 ¹3917/23/1-06 and the President’s Decree of 24.11.05 ¹1648/2005 on carrying out the inventory check of intellectual property rights that are state ownership and/or created at the state expense, the corresponding accounting forms for submitting the results of the said inventory are placed on the SDIP web-site. |
| November | The Closed Joint-stock company “Institute of Intellectual Property and Law” – the only specialized higher education post-graduate institution in Ukraine established for training, retraining and advancing the qualification level of intellectual property specialists – celebrates its 10-th anniversary. |
| December | The President of Ukraine Victor Yushchenko signs the Law of Ukraine “On Introduction of Modifications to the Customs Code of Ukraine (on Assistance to Intellectual Property Rights Protection during Goods Transference across the Customs Border of Ukraine). The Law is adopted by the Verkhovna Rada on 16 November, 2006. |
| December | The book by Dr. Kamil Idris, Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), titled “Intellectual Property – a Power Tool for Economic Growth” is published in Ukraine in the Ukrainian language. |
| December | The Procedure of Rendering Chargeable Services by the State Enterprise “Ukrainian Industrial Property Institute” is approved. |
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