**LAW OF UKRAINE** **On Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine Regarding Intellectual Property Rights to Objects Created in Connection with Military Service** This Law shall define the peculiarities of the emergence of intellectual property rights to objects created by servicemen and defense forces volunteers during the period of military service or involvement in defense measures. **Article 1.** To amend the following legislative acts of Ukraine: 1. In the Law of Ukraine “On Copyright and Related Rights” (Vidomosti Verkhovnoi Rady (VVR), 1994, No. 13, Art. 64): 1. Article 7 shall be supplemented with paragraph 4 as follows: “4. The initial subject of copyright to a work created in connection with military service or under a contract of voluntary participation in defense measures shall be the author who created such work. Peculiarities of the exercise of property rights to a work created in connection with military service or under a contract of voluntary participation in defense measures may be established by other laws.” 2. Article 16 shall be supplemented with paragraph 6 as follows: “6. Property rights to a work created in connection with military service or under a contract of voluntary participation in defense measures shall belong to the author who created such work. Peculiarities of the exercise of property rights to a work created in connection with military service or under a contract of voluntary participation in defense measures may be established by other laws.” 2. In the Law of Ukraine “On the Protection of Rights to Inventions and Utility Models” (Vidomosti Verkhovnoi Rady Ukrainy (VVR), 1994, No. 46, Art. 431): 1. Article 6 shall be supplemented with paragraph 6 as follows: “6. The right to obtain a patent for an invention, utility model created in connection with military service or under a contract of voluntary participation in defense measures shall belong to the inventor who created such invention, utility model. Peculiarities of the exercise of property rights to an invention, utility model created in connection with military service or under a contract of voluntary participation in defense measures may be established by other laws.” 2. Article 28 shall be supplemented with paragraph 6 as follows: “6. Property rights to an invention, utility model created in connection with military service or under a contract of voluntary participation in defense measures shall belong to the inventor who created such invention, utility model. Peculiarities of the exercise of property rights to an invention, utility model created in connection with military service or under a contract of voluntary participation in defense measures may be established by other laws.” 3. In the Law of Ukraine “On the Protection of Rights to Industrial Designs” (Vidomosti Verkhovnoi Rady Ukrainy (VVR), 1994, No. 32, Art. 354): 1. Article 6 shall be supplemented with paragraph 6 as follows: “6. The right to obtain a patent for an industrial design created in connection with military service or under a contract of voluntary participation in defense measures shall belong to the designer who created such industrial design. Peculiarities of the exercise of property rights to an industrial design created in connection with military service or under a contract of voluntary participation in defense measures may be established by other laws.” 2. Article 22 shall be supplemented with paragraph 6 as follows: “6. Property rights to an industrial design created in connection with military service or under a contract of voluntary participation in defense measures shall belong to the designer who created such industrial design. Peculiarities of the exercise of property rights to an industrial design created in connection with military service or under a contract of voluntary participation in defense measures may be established by other laws.” 4. In the Law of Ukraine “On the Protection of Rights to Marks for Goods and Services” (Vidomosti Verkhovnoi Rady Ukrainy (VVR), 1993, No. 32, Art. 333): 1. Article 5 shall be supplemented with paragraph 5 as follows: “5. The right to a mark created in connection with military service or under a contract of voluntary participation in defense measures shall belong to the person who created such mark. Peculiarities of the exercise of property rights to a mark created in connection with military service or under a contract of voluntary participation in defense measures may be established by other laws.” **Article 2. Final Provisions** 1. This Law shall enter into force on the day following its publication. 2. The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine shall: within three months from the date of publication of this Law, bring its normative legal acts into compliance with this Law; ensure that ministries and other central executive bodies bring their normative legal acts into compliance with this Law. **President of Ukraine**