Patent Prosecution

From idea to the asset in your balance sheet our patent attorneys will guide you all the way through. Our main competences are: profound knowledge of patent prosecution procedures, engineering and technical background of team members, understanding of business and management operations of the clients.

The scope of our patent prosecution services includes:

• Counselling on all patent matters
• Entering national phase of a PCT applications in Ukraine and CIS countries
• Filing convention applications
• Patent translation
• Responding to Office Actions
• Conducting FTO and patent searches
• Drafting and filing appeals and oppositions
• Payment of annuity fees
• Cancellation of patents
• Licensing agreements
• Handling cases related to patents in the Appellate Chamber Ukrainian Patent and Trademark Office, the Anti-monopoly Committee

Trademark Prosecution

For our clients trademarks represent a fundamental part of their company’s value. We help our clients to register, use, manage and protect their trademarks in ways that comply with high professional standards.

The scope of our trademarks prosecution services includes:

• Counselling on all trademark matters
• Registering trademarks in Ukraine, and abroad
• Conducting preliminary trademark searches
• Dealing with provisional refusals under the Madrid system in Ukraine
• Handling cases related to trademarks in the Appellate Chamber of Ukrainian Patent and Trademark Office, the Anti-monopoly Committee
• Registering trademarks in the Customs Register
• Drafting, filing and follow up of the applications for a trademark to be recognized as well-known in Ukraine
• Cancellation of trademark registrations
• Licensing, franchising and distribution agreements
• Organizing training sessions and internal seminars for clients

IP Litigation

Our clients had significant success in enforcing their IP rights through negotiation and mediation as well as through legal action on patents, trademarks, unfair competition. We are glad to be part of that success.

The scope of our litigation services includes:

• Auditing of IP Rights Portfolios
• Administrative and judicial cancellation and revocation proceedings
• Legal actions for infringement of IP rights and unfair competition
• Assessment and legal opinions
• Litigation and judicial proceedings
• Legal reports
• Customs surveillance
• Protection of domain names
• Negotiations and mediation in dispute resolutions
• Preparation and management of complaints according to the Unified Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP).