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Practices

Intellectual Property

Description

 

Nobles lawyers have been delivering practical and effective legal advice to world-renowned clients in Ukraine and in other countries on various IP-related matters, including trademarks, patents, copyright, regulatory data protection and exclusivity, trade secrets, and unfair competition.
 
Nobles lawyers are experienced in coping with top-level multidisciplinary cases. Mixture of developed IP, Antitrust & Competition and Dispute Resolution practices allows us to provide clients with refined advice on the most complex legal issues in Ukraine. We historically focus on IP transactions and contract work as well as IP-related dispute resolution. We also advise on registration strategies as well as on other IP-related matters.

Our services

 

  • IP audit and advising on registration strategy

  • IP-related contract works: assignment or acquisition of IP rights, franchising and distribution agreements, etc.

  • Representing Clients in IP-related disputes, including litigations and AMCU (Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine) unfair competition proceedings

  • Advising on taxation matters related to transactions with IP rights/objects

  • Advising on structuring software copyright transfers, complex trademark oppositions, invalidation of patents, enforcement of trade secrets, etc.

Notable Experience (recent non-confidential matters)

 

  • Represented Next Retail plc, a multinational clothing, footwear and home products retailer, in a dispute against a local infringer owning online and brick-and-mortar shops illegally benefitting from the usage of the Client`s IP rights.

  • Represented Carlsberg Ukraine, a subsidiary of Carlsberg Group, in an unfair competition case against Obolon, a local competitor, concerning the new lookalike design of a competing beer brand, assisting with regulatory proceedings before the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine.

  • Represented EVER Neuro Pharma, an internationally established, fully integrated pharmaceutical company, in opposition to the bad faith TM registrations of a local company, which unfairly used IP objects and commercial naming of the Client in order to use the Client`s reputation for marketing its lookalike products.

  • Advised Skovalleen Holding, a Danish company, on domain name dispute resolution and litigation strategies following cases of Client data fraud, securing victories in Ukrainian courts, and pursuing further legal actions.

  • Advised a Groupon Inc., NYSE-listed company, on a potential trademark infringement litigation in Ukraine.

  • Advising FLUKE Corporation, an American manufacturer of industrial test and measurement equipment, on Ukrainian regulations regarding grey imports, identifying parallel importers and developing a strategic approach to counter unauthorized distribution.

  • Assisting Microsoft Corporation, a global technology leader, with integrating Activision Blizzard King’s trademark portfolio in Ukraine post-acquisition, and conducting an extensive IP audit to ensure accurate IP management.

  • Advised King Digital Entertainment plc., the developer of globally recognised mobile games including Candy Crush Saga, on a potential trademark infringement litigation in Ukraine.

  • Advised EDANA, the leading international association for the nonwovens and related industries,on protecting rights to TMs in several Ukrainian public procurements.

  • Advised Avon Products Inc., a major global beauty, personal care, and direct-selling company, on IP related issues and data protection.

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