On January 27th, 2012 a meeting with delegation of the European Patent Officewas held at the premises of Rospatent.

Roundtable on “Well-Known Marks – Issues, Trends, Solutions” presentations are available

On November 1-3, 2011 a visit of delegation of Spanish Patent and Trademark Office was held at Rospatent

On October 12th, 2011 the tenth meeting of the Russia-EU IP Dialogue took place in the Federal Service for Intellectual Property

The XV Science and Practice Conference of Rospatent is to be held on October 26-27, 2011 at the premises of Rospatent

Federal Institute of Industrial Property (FIPS) of Rospatent announces the annual promotion of Information Products & Services for 2012

Part IV of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation is now available

Press release on the visit of the WIPO Director General F. Gurry to Russia

New Annual report 2010 available

Press-release on Signing the Memorandum of Understanding on the Pilot Patent Prosecution Highway between Rospatent and the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (SPTO)

Information for patent attorneys of the Russian Federation representing Japanese applicants and rightholders (patent holders) affected by an emergency situation in Japan

Press-release on Signing the Memorandum of Understanding on the Piloting of the Patent Prosecution Highway between the Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks (Rospatent) and the National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland (NBPR)

The Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks (Rospatent) and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) held the Inter-regional Symposium on Access to Patent Information and Its Strategic Use for Promotion of Innovation (November 30 and December 1, 2010)

On 27 October 2010 EU-Russia project closure and visibility event took place at the premises of the EU Delegation

Booklets “Russian Patent System” (PDF – 5,3 Mb) (in English) and “How to get a European Patent” (PDF – 1,5 Mb) (in Russian) prepared under the EU-Russia project “Approximation of EU and Russian Federation Intellectual Property Right aspects” are now available

On October 27, 2010 a working meeting with representatives of the Finnish-Russian Chamber of Commerce (FRCC) was held at Rospatent

Joint Announcement of the Extension of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the Korean Intellectual Property Office and the Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks

Draft Russian Guidelines on patent examination developed under the EU-Russia project “Approximation of EU and RF IPR aspects”. Public written comments are being accepted until November 20, 2010 (nbelenkaya@rupto.ru)

27 October 2010, аchievements of EU-Russia co-operation in the field of intellectual property to be presented

Press release on the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the Federal Service on Intellectual Property, Patents & Trademarks of Russia and the United States Patent and Trademark Office

The most updated version of EPC is now available in Russian

Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the Federal Service on Intellectual Property, Patents & Trademarks of Russia and the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PDF)

Report Results of comparative analysis of patent processing proceedings of EPO and Rospatent (PDF – 170 Kb) prepared under the EU-Russia project is now available. The differences between document management procedures revealed during a Russian Delegation visit to the EPO Headquarters are included

On June 10th, 2010 the Second Interim Meeting of the Steering Committee under the EU-Russia project “Approximation of EU and RF IPR aspects” took place in the Rospatent

Press release on the 9th Russia - EU Intellectual Property Dialogue Meeting

Public notice! As prescribed by the WIPO Standard ST. 36 (p.17) the development of the Office DTD for using of the WIPO Standard ST. 36 within Rospatent was completed on May 4, 2010, which is available in the section «Стандарты ВОИС» («WIPO Standards»)

Reviewed version of European Patent Convention in Russian is now available

On March 23-24, 2010 the seminar on Supplementary Protection Certificates in Europe took place in Rospatent under the EU-Russia project “Approximation of EU and RF IPR aspects”

On April 15, 2010 the roundtable “A comparison of current Russian and European patent legislation” took place in Rospatent under the EU-Russia project “Approximation of EU and RF IPR aspects”

A broad comparison of current Russian and European patent legislation is prepared by the EPO under the EU-Russia project (PDF – 2.5 Mb)