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Anton Koval: on the current state of affairs in the field of trademark protection in Ukraine

On December 11, 2020, the Higher School of Advocacy of the National Bar Association of Ukraine will host the event "Intellectual Property 2020: Reboot". Anton Koval, partner of Doubinsky & Osharova, will speak at the event .

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Patent wars.

Intellectual property rights constitute 70-90% of the value of a pharmaceutical company. This fact explains why patent wars  between originators and generics, as well as originators and biosimilar companies are very common.

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Customs IP Questions in Ukraine: Latest Changes to Legislation.

Last fall the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted amendments to the Customs Code of Ukraine aimed at strengthening the protection of intellectual property rights at customs. At the end of June 2020 two Decrees of the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine necessary for the implementation of these amendments came into force.

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Bolar Exemption in Ukraine.

The summer of 2020 turned out to be rich in legislative changes in the field of intellectual property. Some of the most awaited were bills 2429 and 2259.

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Legislation on industrial designs, TM, inventions and utility models: what has changed.

On July 21, 2020, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted two laws that strengthen the legal protection of intellectual property in Ukraine.

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Tax on Google, or what is tax on digital services and would it concern Ukrainian consumer?

Anna Chepkova, a lawyer of Doubinsky & Osharova, in her column for Economichna Pravda Internet portal wrote what novelties may appear in the tax legislation.

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“Partnership: managing a legal business in times of coronavirus crisis”.

Managing partner of Doubinsky & Osharova Michael Doubinsky gave a lecture to the students of the online-course “Partnership: managing a legal business in times of coronavirus crisis”, held by the educational platform for lawyers Leadership in Law on July 10-31, 2020.

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On accuracy of determination of the beginning of the statute of limitations in cases on invalidation of title documents to intellectual property rights objects.

At the end of May 2020, the Ukrainian Supreme Court made the ruling that have an important impact not only on our client – Jack Daniel’s corporation, but also on the protection of intellectual property rights in general.

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Practical aspects of terminating legal protection of a trademark.

Victoria Sopilnyak, partner of Doubinsky & Osharova, gave a lecture on the practical aspects of termination of legal protection of a trademark to the students of the Legal High School course “Trademarks: the legal protection”.

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