The Press Center

On January 22, 2020, the Northern Commercial Court of Appeal made the ruling on cancellation of the Lexus trademark registration of the Turkish clothes manufacturer Mural Tekstil in Ukraine.

About main judicial trends in resolving IP-cases, namely, the courts’ approaches to the assessment of the expert opinions as, in fact, a substantial evidence in IP disputes, extension of terms of consideration of IP-related disputes, use of the preliminary injunction mechanism, as well as high expectations for the earliest launch of the High Intellectual Property Court please read in the comment of Victoria Sopilnyak, partner of “Doubinsky & Osharova”.

The winners of the Global IP Awards 2020, which recognise law and attorney firm excellence in the fields of trademark and patent work, have been recently announced in London. Doubinsky & Osharova won the IP Firm of the Year in Ukraine award.

How did intellectual property practice develop in 2019, what challenges did our lawyers faced when defending intellectual property rights of our clients and thanks to which strategies did they win please read in the comment of Anton Koval – partner and lawyer of  “Doubinsky & Osharova”.

What is a “passport” for business and what competitive advantages does it give, how to ensure legal protection of the brand, how to optimize taxation with the help of intellectual property, how to fight patent trolls, whether artificial intelligence is able to create – about these and other aspects of the intellectual property please read in the interview of Tetyana Shpakovich, senior partner, Patent and Trademark Department Head of Doubinsky & Osharova, to the Family Office internet portal.

On BEPS Actions, in particular Acton 5 (Harmful Tax Practices), impact on the further use of IP Box modes by the Ukrainian companies read in the article of Tatyana Shpakovich, Senior partner of Doubinsky & Osharova, and Irina Serdyuk, Patent attorney of Doubinsky & Osharova, for Yuridicheskaya Praktika.

In December 2019, Doubinsky & Osharova and Better Regulation Delivery Office (BRDO) signed a memorandum of cooperation for their projects DO Innovations and Start Business Challenge.

Doubinsky and Osharova is recognized as the law firm № 1 for Intellectual Property in Ukraine according to the ‘Practices leaders’ ranking.

The names of the best practitioners in the field of legal marketing and BD - the winners of the PLS Top Teams 2019 research - were announced during the ceremony that traditionally concluded the “International Forum of the Legal Services Promotion”.