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Intellectual Property
  • Copyright
  • Organized and coordinated a multinational and multilateral legislative drafting campaign to modernize Ukraine's intellectual property laws and was actively involved in drafting crucial new legislation in this area for Ukraine: the new version of the Ukrainian Law "On Copyright and Neighboring Rights", new IPR-related articles of the Criminal Code, and Book IV of the new Civil Code, which is devoted entirely to IPR
  • Surveyed the legislation and international conventions on retroactive protection of copyright in Ukraine and Russia and generated recommendations for improving legislation in this area as part of a 2001 TACIS-sponsored project
  • Industrial Property
  • Registered an industrial design in Ukraine as part of a strategy to bolster a client's defense against claims of unfair advertising
  • Handled all of the industrial property work involved in setting up a major Japanese tire producer's retail operations in Russia, including choosing a trade name, registering trademarks in Russian and English, and negotiating use of these trademarks by franchisees of the company
  • Negotiated, drafted, and reviewed all trademark licensing agreements and all other agreements related to the transfer and protection of industrial property for two of the largest industrial enterprises in Kiev
  • Protected the infringed trademark rights of a major U.S. confectioner in Ukraine and those of several other multinational companies
  • Served as local counsel in Ukraine for an international IP firm and represented their clients (a major UK Oil & Gas company, two major multinational FMCG companies, a steel company, etc.) on various trademark issues
  • Assisted a Swedish cosmetics company in transferring their trademarks registered in Ukraine
  • Successfully completed a comprehensive project on the licensing and subsequent partial transfer-of-title of one of the best-known and most prestigious Ukrainian trademarks to our client, a multinational beverage company
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