After registering a trademark, you need to use it. Otherwise, any interested person may apply to the court with the request to cancel the registration of rights to the corresponding mark for goods and services (in accordance with Part 4 of Article 18 of the Law). Recommended articles on other topics: How to establish…
Which classes of the International Classification of Goods and Services (ICGS) to choose for trademark registration?
There are currently 45 classes of ICGS (international classifier of goods and services) in total. 34 classes of these are goods, 11 are services. Registration of a trademark is made in a class that corresponds to the industry in which you conduct your business. Effectively closed projects in intellectual property by lawyers (records starting…
Trademark and royalty in Ukraine
Royalty means the payment that the trademark owner receives for providing third parties with a license to use the trademark. The owner of the trademark is quite often a non-resident from a country with minimum taxation. As a result, the tax rates lower than in Ukraine are imposed on the money, which he/she receives in…
Cybersquatting in Ukraine
Cybersquatting means registering a domain name without a registered trademark in order to sell the domain to an interested person. Faced with such a situation, it is necessary to clearly know: that the use of a designation identical to a registered trademark in the domain name means the use of such trademark. Therefore, if the…
How to choose a trademark in Ukraine: legal aspects
A preliminary search for registered trademarks can be carried out (even independently) by using the Ukrpatent database (http://base.uipv.org/searchBul/). For a full analysis of the possibility to register your mark, it is recommended to order an examination by Ukrpatent, the result of which will be in the form of an official document confirming the registered trademarks,…
What is copyright? What can be copyrighted?
Copyright is a collective term that means the specific right of an individual to the result of his/her intellectual / creative activity. The items that can be copyrighted are as follows: 1) literary and written works (books, brochures, articles, etc.); 2) speeches, lectures, oral works, etc.; 3) computer programs (this item is quite specific and…