PATENTS

• searches and investigations
• patent drafting
• filing and prosecution of applications
• PCT patent filing (national phase)
• patent maintenance
• portfolio structuring and optimization
• patent litigation and enforcement
• invalidation of patents
• freedom-to-operate opinions

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TRADEMARKS

• trademark searches and clearance
• trademark filing
• brand and trade dress protection stragegy
• strategic planning
• portfolio management and optimization
• post-registration administrative services
  
• due diligence and evaluation
• trademark disputes
• unfair competition issues
• anti-counterfeiting strategies
• trademark invalidation
• oppositions and objections

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DESIGNS

• design searching and clearance
• design registration and maintenance
• registration of industrial designs worldwide
• design maintenance
• evaluation and due diligence
• worldwide design protection
• trade dress and product design disputes

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DOMAIN NAMES

• domain name registration
  
• domain name maintenance
• domain name clearance
• alternative dispute resolution
• domain disputes

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COPYRIGHTS

• registration of copyrights
• copyright agreements
• copyright disputes
• collecting societies
• licensing advice
• audit and due diligence

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PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT

• developing and implementing product or service protection strategies (local and worldwide)
• maintaining of client IP records using a dedicated custom-developed software
• IP portfolio audit and optimization
• registration of patents, trademarks, designs in Ukraine and worldwide
• annual maintenance of patents and designs, domain names
• trademark renewals
• recordals (name changes, assignments, licenses, waivers, etc.)

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OPPOSITIONS

• oppositions against Office Actions
• opposing against third party patent and trademark applications
• responding to preliminary refusals
• submissions to the Board of Appeals of the Patent Office
• claiming well known status of trademarks

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LITIGATION AND ENFORCEMENT

• intellectual property infringement disputes
• copyright disputes
• patent invalidation
• cancellation of designs and trademarks
• anti-counterfeiting issues
• unfair competition
• parallel imports
• border control

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ADVISORY WORK

• negotiating deals
• transaction structuring
• due diligence
• evaluation of intangible assets
• contract drafting
• licensing
• royalties and tax
• advice on specific legal issues
• expert opinions
• technology licensing
• know-now and confidentiality arrangements

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