Today, during the meeting of the Minister of Economy, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine Tymofiy Milovanov and his deputy Dmytro Romanovych with the staff of Ukrpatent, the director of the intellectual property department Zhaldak Valeriy Oleksandrovych and the head of Ukrpatent Kudin Andriy Vyacheslavovych were dismissed. The head of the National Intellectual Property Office wrote a letter of resignation of his own volition.

"When there is a conflict, it always has several sides. And the situation in which Ukrpatent now finds itself is the result of everyone's "work". Therefore, today there was a complete reset of relations in the field of intellectual property, "- said Tymofiy Milovanov.

The preconditions for making such unpopular decisions were the actions of the currently fired persons, which the Ukrpatent staff emphasized in its recent appeal to the Ministry of Economy. It was about signing the "Budget to ensure the development and operation of the State system of legal protection of intellectual property in 2018, which is formed by revenues to the accounts of Ukrpatent from fees for actions related to the protection of intellectual property rights" not the head of the company, and an official of the Ministry - Mr. Zhaldak VO, as well as the creation of a kind of "clone" of Ukrpatent - the National Intellectual Property Office (NIPO). The existence of these two institutions with duplicate functions is economically impractical, it leads to a multiplication of government spending and is the reason for the destruction of Ukrpatent as an institution of expertise. In addition, the Ministry of Economy received numerous complaints about low salaries, outflow of personnel, very long terms of consideration of applications for trademarks, dissatisfaction of industry experts.

"Our goal is to ensure the proper functioning of the system and put it in order. The rights of owners of works and inventions must be protected. They should receive a fair reward. It is extremely important for us to ensure high quality expertise and sustainability of the process. Therefore, we deliberately chose the acting director of a person who has long worked in this field, starting with the position of expert - Natalia Petrova. I beg you to support her, and we will support you, "Dmytro Romanovych said.