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Brand registration in Ukraine: a step-by-step action plan
19 September, 2024
Brand registration in Ukraine: a step-by-step action plan
Your business is booming, you put your heart and soul into it and create a unique product or service. But how do you protect your intellectual property and prevent competitors from copying your brand? Brand registration is an important step for any entrepreneur looking to strengthen their market position and ensure the long-term success of […]
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Non-Use of Trademarks in Ukraine: Key FAQs Answered
Anton Polikarpov | 27 August, 2024
Non-Use of Trademarks in Ukraine: Key FAQs Answered
As in most countries, Ukrainian law provides for the grounds for termination of a trademark certificate due to non-use. At the same time, the application of this provision has a lot of nuances that our clients often ask about. In this article, we have decided to briefly describe the procedure itself, as well as to […]
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Conference “Defence Tech: Legal Challenges for the Industry” held in Kyiv
Anton Polikarpov | Anastasiia Shevchuk | 31 July, 2024
Conference “Defence Tech: Legal Challenges for the Industry” held in Kyiv
On 10.07.2024, Kyiv hosted the conference “Defence Tech: Legal Challenges for the Industry“, organized jointly by Polikarpov Law Firm and AVELLUM. The event brought together company founders, investors and corporate lawyers to discuss current legal challenges and solutions for the development and scaling of the defence technology sector in Ukraine. We addressed Critical legal issues […]
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Copyright vs. trademark: how to protect rights to characters more effectively
Alina Nikolyuk | 24 May, 2024
Copyright vs. trademark: how to protect rights to characters more effectively
Over the years, cinema, television and literature have given us many favourite characters that we can recognize just by one of their phrases or characteristic images. Undoubtedly, such intellectual property requires proper legal protection. That is why today we will follow the “life path” of a character: from his birth to his death (of course, […]
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The evolution of IP enforcement in Ukraine: the rise of the Appeals Chamber’s role
Anastasiia Shevchuk | Oleh Berbeka | 18 March, 2024
The evolution of IP enforcement in Ukraine: the rise of the Appeals Chamber’s role
On February 9, 2024, the new Regulation of the Appeals Chamber of the Ukrainian National Office for Intellectual Property and Innovations (further — IP Office) entered into force. The IP community is eagerly awaiting the resumption of the Appeals Chamber’s work because now, in addition to its traditional and customary powers to review oppositions against […]
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Challenges in ensuring an supplementary protection period of medicinal products in Ukraine
Zhuravlov Vladyslav | 23 January, 2024
Challenges in ensuring an supplementary protection period of medicinal products in Ukraine
Historical retrospective and EU practice In general, the introduction of the supplementary protection is intended to reimburse the patent holder part of the effective term, during which the invention could not be actually used, as it requires state registration of the medicinal product, which takes a certain amount of time. The establishment of this institution […]
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Social media rewrites the rules of the game in contract law
Zhuravlov Vladyslav | 23 January, 2024
Social media rewrites the rules of the game in contract law
The role of social media in contract law In the modern world, social media is not only a platform for communication and information exchange, but also an important factor that affects various aspects of legal practice. In particular, social networks have become a significant factor in the context of contract law. Using social media, parties […]
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Why is proper rebranding important?
Alina Nikolyuk | 1 November, 2023
Why is proper rebranding important?
Introduction You’ve probably seen it happen many times, when a well-known company suddenly decides it’s time for a change and completely revamps its image. Today, we’re going to figure out what motivates companies to change their beloved names and logos, and how to do it right so as not to lose consumer favor. What is […]
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IP sphere during the war: challenges, trends, innovations
Anton Polikarpov | 26 October, 2023
IP sphere during the war: challenges, trends, innovations
First impressions and unaccounted-for risks A little bit of our company’s history. It is worth saying that the lawyers, at least those with whom I spoke in early February 2022, did not take a large-scale war into account as a risk in their planning, and I did not particularly consider it either. Otherwise, I’m not […]
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Checklist: on the protection of intellectual property in the field of Handmade
Anton Polikarpov | 11 October, 2023
Checklist: on the protection of intellectual property in the field of Handmade
Hello! Especially for Handmade masters, we have created a checklist to help protect their intellectual property. To download the checklist, click here 👇 Click here
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Trademark parody
Anastasiia Shevchuk | 11 October, 2023
Trademark parody
If it’s a parody, it’s a good one… What do you know about parodies? It’s a comedic satirical genre, but not only that. For well-known brands, parodies can be an Achilles’ heel, as they can easily cross the line from a good joke to an infringement of intellectual property rights. Differentiating between plagiarism and parody […]
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Patents, trademarks and war: a close look at intellectual property rights in Ukraine during the Russian invasion
Anton Polikarpov | 11 October, 2023
Patents, trademarks and war: a close look at intellectual property rights in Ukraine during the Russian invasion
On July 12, 2023, at the Milan Chamber of Commerce, Anton Polikarpov had the privilege to discuss the topic “Patents, Trademarks, and War: A Close Look at Intellectual Property Rights in Ukraine during the Russian Invasion.” This was part of the on-line seminar titled “Intellectual property rights, weapons and possible scenarios.” In particular, he noted […]
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