WASHINGTON, May 5. /TASS/. The US Department of the Treasury excluded transactions related to the patent right, copyright and other forms of intellectual property protection from sanctions introduced against Russia, according to the general license released on Thursday.
"Transactions in connection with a patent, trademark, copyright, or other form of intellectual property protection in the United States or the Russian Federation that would be prohibited by the Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 587 (RuHSR), are authorized," the document says.
The general license authorizes "the filing and prosecution of any opposition or infringement proceeding with respect to a patent, trademark, copyright, or other form of intellectual property protection, or the entrance of a defense to any such proceeding."
Receipt of a patent, trademark, copyright, or other form of intellectual property protection, renewal or maintenance of a patent, trademark, copyright, or other form of intellectual property protection; and filing and prosecution of any opposition or infringement proceeding with respect to a patent, trademark, copyright, or other form of intellectual property protection, or the entrance of a defense to any such proceeding are authorized as well, the general license says.
The US Patent and Trademark Office earlier terminated contacts with the Russian Patent Authority, the National Center of Intellectual Property of Belarus and the Eurasian Patent Organization in view of the situation around Ukraine.