War has exposed the problem of intellectual property protection
Ukrainian entrepreneurs have always thought about intellectual property ‘for the future’, but are already losing millions
Olena Orliuk
Head, Ukrainian National Office of Intellectual Property and Innovations
The war has exposed a problem that until recently seemed to be of secondary importance: Protection of intellectual property.
Why did this happen?
Ukrainian entrepreneurs thought about intellectual property (IP), so to speak, ‘for the future’. Stereotypically, IP was thought of as a ‘plaything’ of market giants – something that has become so entrenched in the minds of the public that today we have to catch up with this gap by leaps and bounds.
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