If you are a foreign investor, a foreign IT company or Ukrainian developers, and you want to establish an IT company in Ukraine, this legal advice will help you deal with the main issues in that direction. Following forms of IT business are most popular in Ukraine: Individual Entrepreneur (FLP in Russian (“ФЛП” in…
DetailsFrom a legal point of view, IT company establishment in Ukraine is not fundamentally different from the formation of other types of companies. It entirely depends on the size of investments, the number of employees, the formula for work (customers – clients) and many other things. The Zilver lawyers will clarify all these issues with…
DetailsHow 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…
DetailsThe 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…
DetailsWhat 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…
DetailsThe 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…
DetailsWork 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,…
DetailsWhat 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…
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