The Press Center

On February 6, 2023, an online meeting of representatives of the National Association of Patent Attorneys of Ukraine (NAPA) with the President of the International Trademark Association (INTA) Jomarie Fredericks and Executive Director Etienne Sanz de Acedo was held. Michael Doubinsky, the managing partner of Doubinsky and Osharova and the Сhairman of the Supervisory Board of NAPA, took part in the meeting.

Olga Sopilnyak, the attorney-at-law in "Doubinsky & Osharova", and Yana Yaroshevska, a lawyer, in their article for Liga Zakon, analyzed in detail the norms of national legislation regarding the totality of conditions for right holders with the possibility of extending the validity of patents before the introduction of patent reform and after.

On February 1, 2023, a weekly online conference "Ask NAPA" was held at the initiative of the National Association of Patent Attorneys of Ukraine (NAPA). Anton Koval, partner of Doubinsky & Osharova was one of the speakers of the conference.

On January 27, 2023, senior partner of Doubinsky & Osharova Tatyana Shpakovich participated in a meeting of the newly established IP office team with representatives of the National Association of Patent Attorneys of Ukraine.

Ukrainian Bar Association celebrated its 20th anniversary on November 30, 2022.
On this occasion, the managing partner of Doubinsky & Osharova Michael Doubinsky gave a blitz interview, where he shared his own memories of the beginning of the path of formation of the Association.

2022 is a year of difficult trials, terrible events, but at the same time, a year of cohesion and unity. And no matter how difficult it is, in consolidation and synergy, the most difficult barriers are overcome, and the best results are achieved.

Considering the difficult times related with aggressive war of the russian federation against Ukraine, the 20th anniversary annual research of the Ukrainian legal services market for foreign clients Ukrainian Law Firms 2022 came out in an unusual format - without ranking tables, but with a detailed analysis of the legal market by areas of law for the period 2021.

On November 11, 2022, Mykola Pototsky, Counsel of Doubinsky & Osharova, was elected as Member of the Board of the National Association of Patent Attorneys of Ukraine.  

IP UKRAINE NOW 2022 organized by the Ukrainian Bar Association, one of the most anticipated fall events for the entire Ukrainian IP community took place on November 3, 2022.