| January | Ukrpatent started issuing the following patent-information products on optical carriers (CD-ROM): National CD-ROM "Inventions in Ukraine "; National CD-RÎÌ "Marks for Goods and Services Registered in Ukraine "; Electronic version of the Official Bulletin "Industrial Property" on CD-ROM |
| January | The Rules of the use of the computer programs in educational institutions was designed by the State Department of Intellectual Property, approved by the Order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine as of December 2, 2004, ¹903, and registered in the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine as of January 17, 2005, ¹44/10324 |
| February, 15 | The State Department of Intellectual Property issued the 5000th patent for a utility model to the employees of the National Agrarian University (Kyiv) Ilidus Ibatullin and Dmitriy Umanets for the Method of nursing of egg-laying quail youngsters |
| February | WIPO International Bureau received the 1000000th international application under the procedure established by the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) on June 19, 1970 |
| March | Stanislav Nikolaenko was appointed the Minister of the Education and Science of Ukraine |
| March | Ukrpatent began receiving applications for industrial property rights in electronic form |
| March | The list of WIPO Standards in English and Russian (official publication languages) was modified with distribution into groups “List of WIPO Standards, Recommendations and Guidelines (Abbreviated Titles)” accordingly to facilitate the work with WIPO Standards |
| April | The results of the All-Ukrainian contest “Invention of the Year” (2004) that the State Department of Intellectual Property in all regions of the Ukraine had been conducting already five years in a row were reviewed. The nominations of the contest were: “The Best Invention of the Year”, “The Best Invention of the Year Amongst Youth“ and some 11 branch nominations |
| April | The information and reference system (IRS) displaying the proceeding state of applications for industrial property rights (inventions; utility models; marks for goods and services; industrial designs) was introduced (Ukrpatent) |
| 27-28 April | The V All-Ukrainian scientific and practical conference “The Problems of Specialist Training in the Field of Intellectual Property in Ukraine ” took place in Kiev |
| May | The new site of the SE “Ukrainian Industrial Property Institute” (Ukrpatent) was presented on the Internet at http://www.ukrpatent.org/ |
| May | The site “The Factory of Ideas” was created on the Internet at http://www.fabrikaidei.kiev.ua/index.php |
| May | The State Department of Intellectual Property issued the 50000th certificate for a mark for goods and services to Yuriy Mikhaylov from Kyiv |
| May | The Order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine “On Approving the Order of Recognition of a Mark to be Well-Known in Ukraine by the Chamber of Appeals of the State Department of Intellectual Property” as of April 15, 2005, ¹228 was signed. The Ministry of Justice of Ukraine registered the Order on May 5, 2005 , ¹471/10751 |
| May | An Agreement on legalization of computer programs in the public authorities was signed between the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and “Microsoft Ukraine” company |
| July | An Agreement on cooperation in the field of protection of copyright for computer programs was signed between the State Department of Intellectual Property and the representative office of “Novell” company, the program products producer, in Ukraine |
| August | The State Department of Intellectual Property announced the opening of the following contests: the All-Ukrainian contest "Invention 2005", the All-Ukrainian contest for the small and medium-sized innovative enterprises for the World Intellectual Property Organization Award |
| August | The Law of Ukraine “On Introduction of Modifications to Some Legislative Acts of Ukraine (on bringing into order the operations, connected with production, export and import of discs of laser reading systems, equipment and materials for their production)” came into force and was accepted by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on July 6, 2005 |
| September | The ninth international scientific and practical conference “Actual Problems of Intellectual Property” took place in Alushta |
| September | The Agreement between Ukraine and Georgia on mutual recognition and protection of geographical indications (appellations of origin) signed |
| September | Issuing of the accumulative optical DVD “Marks for goods and services registered in Ukraine ” started |
| October | The common Order of the State Committee of Ukraine on Regulatory Policy and Business Undertakings Matters and the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine “On Introduction of Modifications and Additions to License Conditions of the Carrying out Economical Activity on Production of Discs of Laser Reading Systems and to the Order on their Approval” signed as of 06.09.05 ¹77/515. It was registered in the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine as of 10.10.05 ¹1176/11456 |
| October | The order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine “On Introduction of Modifications and Additions to the Order of Applying Financial Sanctions to the Economic Agents for Infringement of Requirements of the Law of Ukraine “On Peculiarities of the State Regulation of the Activities of Economic Agents Connected with Production, Export and Import of Discs of Laser Reading Systems” signed as of 06.09.05 ¹514. It was registered in the Ministry if Justice of Ukraine 10.10.05 ¹1177/11457 |
| October | The 10,000th patent for utility model registered. The utility model relates to vehicles, namely to security by collision. The aim of the applied engineering solution is the enhancement of passengers’ security |
| November | Database “Information about Marks for goods and Services the Certificates for Which Have Lost Effect or Have Been Invalidated” created in the “Databases” section |
| December, 9-14 | The 8th - all-Ukrainian open contest of young inventors and rationalizers took place in Chernihiv |
| December, 15 | The 500th Economic Agent – State Enterprise “Information Technologies Centre” was included into the State Register of Software Manufacturers and Spreaders |
| December | Information and reference system “International Classification of Industrial Designs” created on the web-site of Ukrpatent in the “Databases” section |
| December | The Order of the State Committee of Ukraine on Regulatory Policy and Business Undertakings Matters and the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine “On Introduction of Modifications and Additions to License Conditions of the Carrying out Economical Activity on Production of Discs of Laser Reading Systems and to the Order on their Approval” accepted |
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