Patent Attorney/Trademark attorney/ Plant breeders’ rights attorney in Ukraine

We are committed to handle all range of IP related issues that our clients may encounter in Ukraine. We conduct trademark search, trademark renewal,  trademark registration in Ukraine, filing and prosecuting trademark applications, providing market watching services and protecting clients’ rights by preventing registration of similar marks.

We also provide assistance with regard to many cases related to overcoming provisional refusals in Ukraine against international applications filed through the WIPO’s Madrid System as well as successfully represented our clients on cancellation procedures in Ukraine.

We have extensive experience in entering trademarks into the Ukrainian Customs Register. Owners are entitled to enter their trademarks into the Customs Register upon an application to the customs authorities. This helps prevent counterfeits entering the country, as well as “parallel imports”. Thus, recording trademarks with the Ukraine Customs Register is a highly recommended step which ensures better protection of trademark owners’ rights.

We provide services to conduct regular monitoring of trademarks in Ukraine in order to discover attempts of registration of trademarks or designations similar to them by other persons. The regular monitoring includes on-line monitoring, sending cease and desist letters, out-of-court negotiations in Ukraine.

Trademarks fulfil their function of indicating the commercial origin of goods or services and symbols of the goodwill of their owner not only when they are actually used on or for goods or services, but also when they are used in advertising. The use of trademarks in advertising in Ukraine requires an understanding of trademark law and the nuances involved. Their misuse in advertising can lead to legal complications. We partner with our clients to ensure compliance with local laws and, when necessary, provide assistance to defend our clients’ rights.

We help our clients to conduct IP due diligence and audits in Ukraine. In particular, we can identify and assess existing or potential issues relating to the intellectual property which clients find to be extremely useful in accurately valuing the deal.

Each Post-Soviet State has its own specifics of the established local IP practice and rules implemented by the patent and trademark offices and our thorough knowledge of the market as well as many years of solid experience ensures successful representation of our clients’ IP interests in Ukraine. Our unique customised approach to each case and tailored strategy based on the client’s specific needs made us a preferred choice and we are very proud of our long standing cooperation with clients.

Our recent experience

– Advising the leading German pharmaceutical manufacturing firm on overcoming provisional refusal issued by the National Patent Office; drafting written arguments, collecting evidence as well as advising client on the best winning strategy;
– Conducting trademark search and advising on pre-filing strategy;
– Providing market-watching services; detecting trademark applications in conflict with our clients’ trademarks; preparing and filing oppositions to such detected trademark applications;
– Negotiating and obtaining withdrawal of oppositions filed by third parties against our clients’ trademark applications.

General information

Area: 603,628 sq. km.
Population: 33 365 000
Capital: Kiev.
Language: Ukrainian.
Currency: Hryvnia.