01 | consultations on registration of property rights and renewal of violated rights |
Do you already own intellectual property copyrights? Maybe you intend to purchase the rights? We will help in the preparation of contracts or conducting a legal examination of those that your counterparties offer you to sign. This will give you confidence that you are making a really profitable deal without pitfalls.
01 | consultations on registration of property rights and renewal of violated rights |
02 | assistance in registering trademarks — checking similar marks to identify similar ones, filing an application, calculating registration fees, other actions |
03 | representation of the client’s interests in state bodies |
04 | appeal of decisions of Ukrpatent on refusal to issue a patent |
05 | drawing up claims against entities that violate the intellectual rights of the owner of the object |
06 | execution of license agreements, certificates for the use of intellectual property objects |
07 | settlement of disputes in a pre-trial procedure |
08 | provision of legal assistance in matters of creation, use of IT programs and their protection from unscrupulous competitors and other types of services |
09 | assistance in the preparation of author contracts, license contracts, employment contracts |
10 | representation of clients’ interests in the customs service regarding the termination of illegal import/export (including transit) |
11 | legal support of activities related to the creation and use of intellectual property objects (publishers, programmers, design studios, production companies, producers, etc.) |
12 | legal support of the activities of IT enterprises, support and consulting of startups, legal support of businesses in e-commerce |
13 | conducting research and patent information searches, analyzing the results, identifying risks and ways to minimize them |
14 | license agreements |
15 | consultations on the use, registration and protection of software |
16 | legal audit of intellectual property objects |
17 | legal analysis of existing contracts on intellectual property issues and providing recommendations on making changes and additions to the contract |
18 | development of contracts, in particular: all types of copyright contracts (on co-authorship; on the transfer of exclusive, non-exclusive property rights; on the alienation of property rights, an order contract for the creation of an object of copyright; contracts on the creation and use of phonograms, etc.) |
19 | oral and written consultations on intellectual property issues |
20 | legal audit (due diligence) of intellectual property objects in order to assess existing risks, in particular before the purchase or sale of such objects |
21 | legal support of negotiations when concluding the above-mentioned contracts |
22 | consultation and protection of the interests of employees and employers regarding objects of intellectual property rights created in the course of work |
23 | planning and carrying out activities aimed at pre-trial settlement of the dispute (negotiations, drafting and sending letters of claims and letters of notifications about infringement of intellectual property rights) |
24 | providing advice on registration of rights to objects of intellectual industrial property |
25 | making changes to registered contracts regarding the disposition of property rights of intellectual property |
26 | consultations and practical assistance in the field of protection of trade secrets (confidential information), protection of the business reputation of a legal entity (goodwill) |
27 | appealing the decisions of the Patent Office, including in court |
28 | protection of rights to trademarks, inventions, utility models, industrial designs, geographical indications, layout (topography) of integrated microcircuits, plant varieties |
29 | preparation of license agreements, agreements on the transfer of exclusive intellectual property rights |
30 | representation of clients’ interests regarding the termination of unfair competition |
31 | representation of clients’ interests in legal disputes regarding the protection of intellectual property rights |
32 | consulting on the tax consequences of the payment of royalties, including in favor of a non-resident |
33 | preparation of franchise agreements |
34 | contestation of copyright certificates, protective documents for objects of copyright, issued in violation |
35 | representing the interests of the owner of intellectual property rights in court |
36 | conducting an audit of objects of intellectual property rights during a merger/absorption, sale of a business |
37 | legal support of creative activities (authors, composers, actors, performers, playwrights, choreographers, directors, artists, photographers, models, etc.) |
38 | registration (national system, international system, registration in other jurisdictions) of intellectual property rights |
39 | maintenance of validity and extension of the term of validity of protective documents for objects of intellectual property |
40 | control over the execution of court decisions |
41 | drafting legal documents (lawsuits, appeals, cassation appeals, etc.) |
42 | protesting the court decision in higher instances |
43 | preparation of legally justified responses to claims of third parties in case of violation of the intellectual property rights of third parties by the client |
44 | representation of the client’s interests in the Antimonopoly Committee, the State Intellectual Property Service of Ukraine and its Appeals Chamber, the Ukrainian Institute of Industrial Property, the State Agency for Copyright and Related Rights, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and judicial bodies |
45 | employment contracts (when creating intellectual property objects) |
46 | legal analysis of the situation, drawing up an expert opinion and choosing the optimal strategy aimed at stopping the violation or compensating for the damage caused |
47 | legal consultations on the violation of intellectual property rights |
48 | protection of the rights and interests of owners in case of violation of intellectual property rights, improper use of trademarks and brand names, unfair competition and advertising, distribution of «pirated» or counterfeit products by applying to regulatory bodies and/or in courts, arbitration courts, international commercial arbitration |
49 | legal audit of intellectual property of enterprises in Ukraine |
50 | assistance in registering patents, trademarks, industrial designs, brand names in Ukraine and abroad |
51 | support for the process of registration of rights to inventions, utility models, industrial designs and trademarks, including through international registration procedures |