Legal Department
Lawyers of “Gorodissky and Partners, Law firm” provide full range of legal services including services in the area of protection and enforcement of intellectual property (IP) rights.
The major activities of the Department include:
- Preparation, registration, legal examination of license agreements, preparation of franchising agreements;
- Settlement of disputes (pre-trial and judicial settlements);
- Consulting on tax laws (the aspects related to intellectual property objects);
- Consulting on corporate laws (the aspects related to intellectual property objects);
- Consulting on reorganization and bankruptcy (the aspects related to intellectual property objects);
- Legal audit (due diligence procedure) of enterprises, preparing business information reports.
- Providing for copyright registration;
- Domain names registration and prolongation;
A duly prepared agreement related to material rights to intellectual property objects most often prevents conflicts between contractors.
Pre-trial means of protection include appeals to administrative authorities (the State Department of Intellectual Property with the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, the Appeal Body of the State Department of Intellectual Property, Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine, the State Committee on Standardization, Metrology and Certification, the State Committee on Consumer Rights Protection, The State Customs Committee of Ukraine); other pre-trial methods also include negotiations and precautionary letters to infringers.
Our specialists will help prepare business certificates for both Ukrainian and international companies, make legal audit (due diligence) of enterprises (on the aspects related to intangible assets).
In order to solve disputes that cannot be settled by pre-trial procedures, our lawyers, under agreement with clients, apply to Ukrainian courts, international commercial arbitration, intermediate courts and WIPO court.
