Competition and Intellectual Property Law in Ukraine

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.

Competition and Intellectual Property Law in Ukraine: Navigating the Landscape.- Part I: Putting the Legal Framework in Perspective.- The EU-Ukraine Association Agreement as a General Framework of Contemporary EU-Ukraine 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.

"This impressive volume covers the entire spectrum of competition and IP regulation in Ukraine. ... The book is equally accessible to those interested in the transformation of regulatory approaches and approximation of laws and to readers interested in the external dimensions of EU law. I congratulate the editor of the book, Heiko Richter, and all the authors on such a great and timely contribution to competition law and IP scholarship and support for the future of (Ukrainian) science!" (Liliia Oprysk, IIC - International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law, Vol. 54 (7), 2023)

“This impressive volume covers the entire spectrum of competition and IP regulation in Ukraine. … The book is equally accessible to those interested in the transformation of regulatory approaches and approximation of laws and to readers interested in the external dimensions of EU law. I congratulate the editor of the book, Heiko Richter, and all the authors on such a great and timely contribution to competition law and IP scholarship and support for the future of (Ukrainian) science!” (Liliia Oprysk, IIC - International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law, Vol. 54 (7), 2023)