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Intellectual property

Every business comprises various forms of intellectual property: logos and trade marks, product formulas, packaging and labels, computer programmes, advertising banners, know-how and trade secrets. A single in-house lawyer, who is often tied up with other legal matters at the company, is usually not sufficient to ensure the correct registration and management of all these elements, and the owner may not attach great importance to protecting the brand’s intellectual property.

Dictum’s specialists will conduct a comprehensive audit and assessment of the protection of the company’s rights to existing copyrighted works, word, combined and figurative trade marks, inventions, industrial designs and utility models; they will assist with the registration, re-registration and obtaining of all necessary permits for assets of any complexity, as well as certificates and licences, and represent your interests in disputes concerning intellectual property rights infringements with counterparties, competitors and employees.

OUR SERVICES

Registration of intellectual property rights

trademarks;
international registration of trade marks under the Madrid System;
copyright;
inventions;
industrial designs;
utility models;
know-how;
trade secrets.

Experts:

Svitlana Moroz

Drafting of intellectual property agreements

auditing and registration of licence agreements;
support in the conclusion of agreements for the creation of works made for hire and other intellectual property;
support in concluding agreements for the creation of intellectual property on commission;
drafting of contractual frameworks in the IT sector: website development, development of test versions of software, and development of the visual design, interface and usability of software;
drafting copyright agreements: regulating the use of neighbouring rights objects (photographs, videos, television programmes, cinematographic works);
support in the conclusion of intellectual property contracts for the media (magazines, TV channels, social media, YouTube).

Experts:

Svitlana Moroz

Intellectual property audit

trademark protection check;
market analysis to identify signs of copying of the client’s trade mark;
analysis of the trade mark register to identify similar trade marks;
searching for domains similar to the client’s domain or trade mark;
preparation of a legal opinion on whether competitors are infringing trade mark rights;
developing a strategy for communicating with competitors and resolving disputes.

Experts:

Svitlana Moroz

Working with the Customs Register of Intellectual Property Rights

support for the inclusion of intellectual property assets in the Customs Register;
communication with customs authorities in the event of goods being detained at customs; dealing with counterparties who infringe the client’s intellectual property rights;
support for the conclusion of a licence agreement with a counterparty;
supporting the procedure for the destruction of goods belonging to counterparties who infringe the client’s intellectual property rights;
representation in disputes with counterparties who infringe the client’s intellectual property rights when importing goods into Ukraine.

Experts:

Svitlana Moroz

Disputes and the protection of intellectual property rights

protection of intellectual property against unauthorised use;
recovery of funds for the unauthorised use of intellectual property rights;
appealing against decisions and other documents issued by intellectual property authorities;
appealing against decisions refusing to grant a trade mark registration;
representation in intellectual property litigation;
protection against patent trolling, counterfeiting and product forgery;
protection of creative works: design and engineering developments, works of art, screenplays, books and songs.

Experts:

Svitlana Moroz

Protecting intellectual property rights on social media

analysis of the trade mark register to identify similar trade marks;
searching for domains similar to the client’s domain or trade mark;
investigating the circumstances surrounding the blocking of the client’s resources following complaints from competitors with similar trade marks;
preparation of a legal opinion containing a detailed description of infringements of the client’s intellectual property rights;
assessing the losses incurred by the client as a result of the infringements;
developing a strategy for communicating with competitors and resolving the dispute;
engaging with competitors to put an end to the infringements;
communicating with website administrators to have restrictions on the client’s accounts lifted;
communicating with website administrators to impose sanctions on competitors for trademark infringements.

Experts:

Svitlana Moroz

Combating patent trolling

analysis of the register of industrial designs and utility models to identify items that infringe the client’s intellectual property rights;
preparation of a legal opinion containing a detailed description of infringements of the client’s intellectual property rights;
assessment of the losses incurred by the client as a result of the infringements;
conducting negotiations with counterparties to bring an end to infringements of the client’s intellectual property rights;
representation in disputes with counterparties who infringe the client’s intellectual property rights in respect of industrial designs and utility models.