| January | Publication of informational system “International Patent Classification. Main Groups (2011.01)”, accessible free of charge |
| January | Publication of new Information notice on classifying national patent documents according to IPC-2011.01 |
| February 14 | USA Trade Representative Office and Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine announced the adoption of Action Plan on improvement of intellectual property rights protection in Ukraine |
| February 21 | State Intellectual Property Service of Ukraine was registered as a legal entity of public law, this being confirmed by a state registration certificate |
| February 22-25 | XVI² International scientific and practical conference “Actual Problematic Issues of intellectual property” was held (Lviv) |
| March 31 | State Enterprise "Ukrainian Industrial Property Institute" carries out pilot testing of preparing, filing and examination processes of electronic applications for intellectual property rights |
| March 10 | 13th session of Ukrainian-American group on cooperation concerning legislation enforcement in the intellectual property sphere took place |
| April 4 | Francis Gurry, Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization addressed the President of Ukraine Victor Yanukovych giving a positive evaluation of the current state and perspectives of cooperation between the WIPO and Ukraine in the sphere of IP protection |
| April 6 | Completion of Nationwide Contest “Invention – 2010” |
| April | Update of information on WIPO standards |
| April | Decree of the President of Ukraine ¹ 436/2011 on ratification of Regulations on State Intellectual Property Service of Ukraine |
| May 4 | The official meeting of the Chairman of the State Service Mykola Paladii with the WIPO Director General Francis Gurry took place. |
| May 12 | The meeting of the Deputy Chairman of the State Service Vladimir Dmytryshyn with Valentin Mir, Director of International Affairs of the European Patent Office, took place. |
| June | The 60,000-th patent of Ukraine for utility model "Disk Extruder" was entered in the appropriate State Register. |
June
15 – 16 | The Ukrainian judges delegation visit to the WIPO headquarter and the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center took place in the framework of realization of the Cooperation Program for 2010-2012 between the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and WIPO. |
| June 22 | The 14-th session of the Ukrainian-American Cooperation Group on law enforcement in the field of intellectual property took place in Ukraine. |
| July 4 | The first official meeting of the representatives of domestic copyright protection with the colleagues from People's Republic of Chine took place. |
| July 8 | The visit of the representatives of the UK Intellectual Property Office with the aim to exchange experience and establish working contacts with Ukrainian colleagues took place. |
July
19 – 29 | The WIPO International Summer School on Intellectual Property was held in Odessa for the third time. |
| August | The State Service was defined as a competent authority on the implementation of Agreement between Ukraine and Georgia on mutual legal protection of geographical indications for wines, spirits beverages and mineral waters, signed on the 1st of March, 2007 in Tbilisi. Relevant Resolution was adopted at the meeting of the Government on the 31 of August, 2011. |
| September | The Government approved a new position of the authorized representative of Ukraine in the Intergovernmental Council for the Protection of Industrial Property. The Chairman of the State Service Mykola Paladii was appointed on this position. |
| September 12-15 | The XVIII International Scientific and Practical Conference “Actual Problems of Intellectual Property” took place (Yalta, Autonomous Republic of Crimea). |
| September 20 – 21 | The WIPO International Bureau representatives visited Ukraine with expert mission. The WIPO International Bureau noted high professional and technical level of the Ukrainian Institution of the examination of applications for industrial property rights – the State Enterprise "Ukrainian Industrial Property Institute". |
| September 22-24 | The VII-th International Show of Inventions and New Technologies “New Time” (“Noviy Chas”) under the slogan "Sustainable development at the time of change" and the VI International Competition of the youth innovation and creative project “New Time” (“Noviy Chas”) took place (Sevastopol, Autonomous Republic of Crimea). |
| September 26 | The Chairman of the State Service Mykola Paladii made a speech at the Forty-Ninth series of Meetings of the Assemblies of the Member States of WIPO. |
| October 11 | The working visit of the Danish Patent and Trademark Office delegation headed by Mr. Jesper Kongstad, Director General, took place. |
| October 20 | Started the trial operation of the Digital Patent Library which provides users with on-line access to electronic patent information resources and other electronic sources for receiving information about intellectual property objects and information necessary for the acquisition and protection of their rights. |
| November 10 | The 15-th meeting of the Ukrainian-American Intellectual Property Law Enforcement Cooperation Group took place. |
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