IP reform in Ukraine, a talk by Professor Yurij Nosik
Professor Nosik is an Assistant Professor of Law at Taras
Shevchenko Kyiv National University, and is currently a
Fulbright-Kennan Institute Research Scholar, Woodrow Wilson
International Centre for Scholars in Washington.聽 His Wilson
Center Project is entitled "The Trade Secret Concept at the Turning
Point of Intellectual Property Law Theory".
Ukraine has both conceptual and practical challenges in the reform
of its IP norms. Conceptually, Ukraine has passed much legislation,
in the hopes of seeking WTO entry, but the myriad of legislation
does not always cohere.聽 And as with all countries, the pace
of technological change outstrips the pace of normative
responses.聽 Practical enforcement is another matter entirely.
Many of these challenges are of great interest to those of us who
work in IP and particularly those of us who have worked in the
context of countries-in-development, as well as their links to
larger social phenomenon.