Recital 20

(20) The Russian Government and Russian courts have been undertaking actions to illegitimately deprive Member State intellectual property rights holders of their protection in Russia. This has resulted in an undue competitive advantage for the Russian industry and contributed to Russia’s revenues, further enabling it to wage war in Ukraine. In order to neutralise that, Decision (CFSP) 2024/1744 imposes restrictions on accepting applications for registrations in the Union of certain intellectual property rights by Russian nationals, natural persons resident in Russia and Russian companies. In particular, and without prejudice to their procedural rules, Intellectual Property Offices and other competent institutions should not allow the filing of such applications. Moreover, in complying with that obligation, if any such applications are filed, Intellectual Property Offices and other competent institutions should not be required to issue a formal decision of refusal, thereby allowing the possible re-filing once the current restriction is repealed. In order to implement that restriction, Intellectual Property Offices and other competent institutions should be enabled to request the necessary information from natural persons and companies applying for registration of the relevant intellectual property rights.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-17 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.