Irina Ozolina, Senior Partner, and Dr. Yulia Dutikova, Leading Patent Specialist of «A.Zalesov & Partners» Patent & Law Firm spoke at the conference «Modern Regulation of Intellectual Property and Licensing in the Eurasian Economic Union» held in Minks, Belarus on June 05-08, 2019. Our team was moderating the section «Pharma. Challenges of legal regulation and legislative initiatives». Dr. Yulia Dutikova presented the pros and cons of the new initiative of Rospatent and the Ministry of Health of Russia to create a Unified Register of Patents for Pharmaceuticals. Irina Ozolina gave an overview of recent patent disputes in pharmaceuticals filed, mentioning some tendencies and controversies of the courts approaches in recent years. The conference was organized by the Russian Chamber of Patent Attorneys, LES Russia, Belorussian Association of Patent Attorneys and Association «Belbrand». The event welcomed representatives of Rospatent, Belpatent, EAPO, Eurasian Commission, Federal Antimonopoly Service, and other officials and IP practitioners from more than 13 countries, who gathered to share the views regarding current laws, practice and anticipated developments of IP law in the region. «A.Zalesov & Partners» Patent & Law Firm is proud to be one of the sponsors of the event.