The EUIPO strengthens cooperation at Ukraine’s leading IP and innovation forum

 The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) co-organised and participated in the fourth National Forum on Intellectual Property and Innovation – IP LET Forum 2025. The event titled ‘Intellectual Property: Law, Economy, Technology’ took place on 27 November in Kyiv, Ukraine. 

Organised together with the Ukraine’s Ministry of Economy, Environment and Agriculture and the Ukrainian National Office for Intellectual Property and Innovations, the forum has become Ukraine’s leading annual platform for dialogue on the role of intellectual property (IP) in fostering development, resilience and competitiveness. 

João Negrão, Executive Director of the EUIPO, delivered a video address at the opening session, reaffirming the EUIPO’s commitment to supporting Ukraine’s innovation system and IP environment. 

In the context of the EU-funded EU4IP project, the EUIPO provided expertise across all four of the Forum’s thematic areas: 

• Ukraine’s position in the global IP market – focusing on international partnerships, European integration and the digital transformation of IP services; 
• Future technologies and IP – addressing AI, defence technologies and the development of a Ukrainian AI language model; 
• Business, IP and innovation – highlighting IP as a competitive advantage for SMEs and veteran-owned businesses, as well as a driver of market expansion; 
• IP in the creative industries – exploring copyright, geographical indications for folk crafts and protecting Ukrainian cultural and creative works. 

The Forum brought together high-level representatives from government, academia, business and the creative industries, as well as international partners such as the Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine, the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, the World Intellectual Property Organization and the European Patent Office. 

Through its active participation and collaboration, the EUIPO has demonstrated its commitment to supporting Ukraine’s IP landscape. This reinforces its role as the leading agency for EU-funded IP projects and its ability to mobilise expertise across the European Union Intellectual Property Network (EUIPN) in support of Ukraine’s IP community.