At BEITEN BURKHARDT we offer our clients a broad range of legal services for the protection and management of intellectual property (IP). Thanks to the methods we have developed, the projects we have advised on and the professional experience of our IP/IT Practice Group’s lawyers we are able to undertake a multitude of tasks in this area.

Our clients in the area of IP law are companies from the production and consumer goods sectors, companies that provide and use services, as well as companies, whose business is based on intangible assets, i.e. IT companies, mass media, advertising agencies, as well as companies providing services over the Internet and involved in electronic commerce. 

Since Ukrainian IP/IT legislation and enforcement procedures differ from Western concepts and norms, to which our foreign clients are accustomed, we always advise our foreign clients to pay close attention to the IP/IT related aspects of their businesses in Ukraine and to seek professional legal advice in their everyday activities, especially for any M&A transaction.

BEITEN BURKHARDT's services include the following:

• Legal advice on any issues concerning copyright and neighbouring rights, industrial property, electronic commerce and questions concerning domain names
• Assistance in IP-based transactions at the due diligence stages, the negotiations involved in the sale of a business and drafting all of the requisite documents
• Negotiating and drafting any IP-related agreements: licensing, franchising, agreements on the transfer of rights in intellectual property and commissioned works
• Legal advice on unfair competition issues, representing clients before the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine
• Developing litigation strategies to protect property protected by IP rights and representing our clients in court
• Representing clients before the State Department of Intellectual Property of Ukraine, the Ukrainian Institute of Industrial Property (Ukrpatent), customs authorities and WIPO
• Recognition of trademarks having a reputation in Ukraine
• Mediation in IP disputes
• Registration of trademarks, inventions, utility models, industrial designs, plant varieties, computer circuit layouts and indications of origin
• Registration of copyright

Our representative experience in IP/IT/Media can be downloaded here.