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3 min read        The Postal Service is filling up its leadership ranks, and is close to having its first fully staffed Board of Governors in more than a decade.  USPS is naming its Chief Human Resources Officer Doug Tulino to serve as deputy postmaster general, a position left vacant for a year. Meanwhile, previous Deputy Postmaster General Ron Stroman will rejoin the agency by serving on its Board of Governors. The Senate approved his nomination Wednesday in a 69-30 vote to serve on t...

Thursday, 13 May 2021, 6:19 am | Universal Postal Union Berne, 12 May - The Universal Postal Union (UPU) announced today that it was joining forces with Ian Kerr, the founder of the Postal Hub Podcast, to produce a monthly podcast called Voice Mail. Each episode of the UPU’s Voice Mail offers a unique ... More >> Tuesday, 5 March 2019, 10:01 am | Universal Postal Union March 3 is World Wildlife Day and animals are facing extinction due to the ravages of wildlife trafficking, which is rele...

Legal framework Russia is a signatory to almost all the international treaties governing IP matters. The international conventions and treaties are regarded as integral parts of the Russian legal system. The Constitution of the Russian Federation provides that if an international treaty establishes rules that differ from those stipulated by national law, the treaty’s rules will apply. Russia is a party to the following international treaties relevant to counterfeiting: the Paris Convention fo...

The Cabinet of Ministers has approved a decision on Ukraine’s withdrawal from the agreement on coordination of interstate relations in the field of postal and electrocommunication, which was concluded within the CIS. — Ukrinform.

For the first time in history, the UK is planning to set up an ‘internet watchdog’. The announcement of the Office of Communication, better known as Ofcom, to head up the new form of regulation came on Wednesday 12 February, and will see the an independent company regulating the content of social media platforms operating in the United Kingdom such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and TikTok. Ofcom is a regulatory authority approved by the UK Government, founded in 2003. It is known for regul...

Don't believe the retconning — he really was that bad.