A meeting of the Scientific and Technical Council was held at the NCIP

On August 29, 2024 the National Center of Intellectual Property (the NCIP) held a meeting of the Scientific and Technical Council, within the framework of which the results of implementation of the research work «Generalization of the practice of the Board of Appeal at the Patent Office of the Republic of Belarus, code «Board of Appeal».

In addition, the issue of establishing allowances for academic degrees and academic titles was also discussed.

The current materials of the NCIP experts on the generalization of the Appeals Council practice can be found at the following links:

• Practice of consideration of cases concerning designations capable of misleading the consumer.
• Practice of consideration of cases concerning contestation of trademarks infringing copyright.
• Practice of consideration of cases concerning the assessment of similarity (identity) of designations, homogeneity of goods and services.
• Competence, procedure and practice of consideration of cases concerning granting legal protection to a trademark.
• Practice of consideration of cases concerning designations infringing the right to a firm name.
• Practice of consideration of cases related to agency relations.
• Practice of consideration of cases related to the recognition of a trademark as well-known in the Republic of Belarus.
• Practice of examining objections to the validity of a design patent.

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