Ukrpatent has become the 20th ISA/IPEA in the world, which is competent in carrying out international searches and international preliminary examinations.
On January 19, 2016, the Cabinet of Japan approved the order to enforce the Amended Patent Act and Other Acts of 2015, which had been enacted in 2015.
The 15th Session of the Council of Ministers of ARIPO made some changes and additions into the Harare Protocol on Patents and Industrial Designs and its implementing Regulations and into the Banjul Protocol on Marks and the implementing Regulations.