The decisions on declaration of ownership right to the intellectual property item (trademark, invention, utility model) and on recognition of the mark for goods and services as well-known ones shall be made by the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine. When the ministry makes a negative decision on these issues, an appeal against…
DetailsIn case of the purchase of rights to a trademark (or any other item of intellectual property) an appropriate agreement shall be concluded between the parties that defines the conditions for the transfer (alienation) of the rights: to which mark the rights are transferred (alienated) exactly, the scope of rights to be alienated, for which…
DetailsAfter 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…
DetailsThere 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…
DetailsRoyalty 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…
DetailsCybersquatting 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…
DetailsA 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,…
DetailsThe legal justification for changes in the terms of performance of agreements or termination of contracts (including foreign economic contracts) may be “force majeure”, which, among other things, includes military activities in the Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts. However, in order to delay the performance of a contractual obligation or to terminate a contract (referring to…
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