The project implemented by Yuriy Kapitsa is dedicated to the modern development of intellectual property law in the European Union and the alignment of Ukrainian legislation with the EU acquis. The project envisages a complex study of current trends in the development of EU policy and intellectual property law in 2017 – 2022. Furthermore, within the project a comparative study of the EU and Ukrainian legislation and the definition of directions for the approximation of Ukrainian IP law to the current changes in the EU legislation.
The relevance of the project is related to the integration of Ukraine and the EU within the framework of the Association Agreement between the European Union and Ukraine of 2014 and Ukraine’s status as a candidate for EU membership, which implies the alignment of Ukrainian legislation with EU legislation. The research was characterized by a creative atmosphere, in which he discussed with Silke von Lewinski, Heiko Richter and other colleagues, issues of the development of EU legislation.
Currently, Yuriy Kapitsa continues his work at the Centre for Intellectual Property Studies and Technology Transfer of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. He is actively working with the new Ukrainian Patent Office – the Ukrainian National Office for Intellectual Property and Innovations – on the approximation of Ukrainian and EU legislation in the field of intellectual property and other issues of European integration. The scope of his work also includes legal support for the creation and commercialization of intellectual property rights at the institutes of the Academy of Sciences. This concerns, in particular, the extension of the application of the current forms of technology transfer and R&D agreements at the institutes of the Academy.
About Yuriy Kapitsa:
Yuriy Kapitsa, Dr. of Legal Sciences (habil.), J.S.D., is the Director of the Centre for Intellectual Property Studies and Technology Transfer of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and has been engaged in comparative studies of EU and Ukrainian intellectual property law and protection and commercialization of intellectual property in academic institutions for many years. He led the National project on approximation of Ukrainian legislation in the field of intellectual property to the EU legislation within the framework of the national program on approximation of Ukrainian legislation to that of the European Union. He has also participated as an expert in a number of EU projects on the approximation of third country legislation to the EU acquis. He is the author and co-author of the books European Union Intellectual Property Law: Formation, Institutes, Directions of Development, 2017, 2021; Copyright and Related Rights in Europe, 2012; Intellectual Property Law of the European Union and the Legislation of Ukraine, 2006; Inventive Activity in Academic Organizations, 2021; National Report Innovation Ukraine 2020 etc., as well as a number of academic articles (ResearchGate), co-author of the Civil Code of Ukraine (Chapter 4 “Intellectual Property Law”), the Laws on Science and Technical Activities, on Innovation Activity and many others. Dr. Kapitsa is a member of the Working Group on Recodification (Updating) of the Civil Legislation of Ukraine established by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the Working Group on Intellectual Property Law of the European Federation of National Academies of Sciences (ALLEA).