CEO of the Zilver law firm (Kyiv, Ukraine) Mr. Yevgen Zarudnyev, LL.M Eur (Dresden) took part at the Autumn Networking Season No. 1, perfomed by European Business Association (https://www.facebook.com/EBA.Ukraine/) on 9th of September 2019 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
How to apply for alimony in Ukraine?
How shall a foreigner file a claim in Ukraine for recovery of maintenance (alimony)? A foreign plaintiff shall file a claim for recovery of maintenance (change of the amount of maintenance payment) from a defendant residing in Ukraine through an authorized body in the plaintiff’s permanent place of residence (most often, it is a ministry…
How to incorporate LLC in Ukraine
The incorporation of the LLC in Ukraine takes a few days. However preparatory works will take more time. I. REQUIRED DOCUMENTS: If the shareholder in a NATURAL person: Lawyers of the Zilver law firm will ask you to provide following documents: Scan of the ID. Power of attorney (we provide the draft). Scan of…
Why to register a trademark in Ukraine?
What does the right to the use of a trademark include? The use of a trademark means applying it to goods, letter heads, documents, clothing, equipment, and using it in advertising, and so on. An important type of the use of a trademark is to place it in the enterprise’s domain. Can a trademark registration…
Co-authorship in Ukraine
The question of co-authorship arises quite often, i.e. when 2 or more persons have created one work. As a general rule, in this case both (all) authors shall have equal rights to the work. Accordingly, the consent of all authors is required to decide on the use of the work, alienation of it. If the…
Work for hire in Ukraine
Work for hire means the work that was created during the performance of work commitments (for example, under a civil law contract). The rights to works for hire have their own characteristics. Unless otherwise specified in the agreement concluded with the employee, the exclusive property right to the work for hire belongs to the employer,…
Registration of Trademarks (marks for goods and services)
What can be registered as a trademark? A trademark may be any word-picture (word, set of letters, phrase), image (picture, icon) or combination of word and image. What do you need to do before registering a trademark? Due to the fact that it is prohibited to register the same trademark by several persons in relation…
Is it possible to register a trademark in all ICGS classes?
Yes, it is technically possible, however: – It will require substantial funding; – there is no need for this. It will not significantly affect the breadth of protection, and in case of non-use of the trademark in certain classes, interested persons may file a claim with court regarding the deprivation of the rights to a…
Do I need to register copyrights? How to register copyrights?
According to Part 2 of Article 11 of the Law of Ukraine “On Copyright and Related Rights”, the copyright of a work arises immediately upon the creation of such work, i.e. no registration of the rights is required. However, from a legal point of view, it is important to have evidence of who created a…
How to register copyrights to the work of a closed one?
If you want to register the copyright of a relative, who left behind a number of literary works, you can do it in the form of copyright registration of a collection of the works: as a result, you become the author of the collection, and your relative remains the author of the works in it.