EUROPEAN INTEGRATION REFORMS OF UKRAINE IN THE FIELD OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN UKRAINE AND THE EUROPEAN UNION

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of the process of European integration of Ukraine through the implementation of reforms in the field of intellectual property for the implementation of the Association Agreement between Ukraine, on the one hand, and the European Union, the European Atomic Energy Community, and their Member States, on the other hand. The attention is focused on the commitments of Ukraine and the current state of their implementation. The importance of Ukraine’s cooperation with the EU in updating the regulatory framework is emphasized. The article analyzes the implemented measures for the reporting year 2021 provided by the Association Agreement. The achievements on the European path are emphasized, but it is not without complications, they are negative internal factors related to corruption, the quality of the public administration system and socio-economic problems, and the external factor – a full-scale war due to the armed aggression of the Russian Federation. The domestic legislative innovations of intellectual property of Ukraine in the context of the European integration policy of Ukraine on obligations are considered. The directions in which reforms were implemented in 2021 under the obligations in the field of intellectual property are analyzed, including: copyright and related rights, institutional capacity in the field of intellectual property, collective management of copyright and related rights, protection of intellectual property rights. It is stated that the reforms implemented within the framework of the Association Agreement for the reporting year 2021 are indeed positive developments in bringing domestic legislation into line with the law of the European Union (acquis EU) and Ukraine’s international legal obligations in the field of European integration. However, of course, they cannot be called completely perfect. The importance of continuing the implementation of the planned reforms and avoiding the risks of losing the already achieved in the current conditions of martial law was emphasized.