25/07/2022 (Agence Europe) – According to a statement issued on Thursday 21 July, the European Patent Office (EPO) and the Ukrainian Intellectual Property Institute (UKrpatent) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to create an enhanced partnership between the two organisations. The MoU is a fixed-term agreement that will run for a period of 2 years. With this signature, the EPO is stepping up the mobilisation of its resources to support Ukrpatent’s staff and its operation as an intellectual property office. The agreement will further support the posting of staff, provide scholarships for Ukrpatent staff and for Ukrainian researchers by giving them access to training at the European Patent Academy, to continuous e-learning, to patent databases, and to EPO data services. (PH)