Posts Tagged: "Customs"

U.S. Customs Recordation – A Valuable Enforcement Tool

Owners of trademarks and copyrights registered in the U.S. have available a potent enforcement tool to stave off entry of increasing volume of infringing and counterfeit goods into the U.S. – recordation of these rights with U.S. Customs and Border Protection. CBP has recently extended recordation eligibility to pending copyright applications on a temporary six-month basis. The investment for recordation is nominal, the process is simple, and the IP rights enforcement services received in return are significant.

Parallel Imports Officially Authorized in Ukraine, But Not for All Goods

In November, 2019, amendments to the Customs Code of Ukraine regarding the protection of intellectual property rights when moving goods across the customs border came into force. The principle of international exhaustion of rights was officially introduced into Ukrainian legislation with this Law.