Sayenko Kharenko

Sayenko Kharenko enjoys global reputation as a leading Ukrainian law firm with an internationally oriented full-service practice. The firm is top-ranked in multiple specialised practice areas, according to all international legal directories, including Chambers Global, IFLR1000 and The Legal 500.

Sayenko Kharenko IP team advises foreign and local clients on a broad range of matters related to investing into and enforcing intellectual property rights in Ukraine, such as registering, licensing, and selling IP assets, and resolution of IP related disputes.

The experience of Sayenko Kharenko's multidisciplinary team offers the market strongest capacities in advising its clients in FMCG, advertising, automotive, communications, IT, media, and healthcare sectors on the following issues:

• IP advisory on advertisement law (verification and clearance of advertising and marketing materials, packaging, promo materials with requirements of applicable laws), products labeling, brand usage strategies, drafting sponsorship and marketing services agreements;
• Protection of IP rights against unfair competition; representation of clients' interests before the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine, the State Department of Intellectual Property, the State Inspection of Consumers' Rights Protection; commercial and administrative courts;
• IP Commercial: IP audits and due diligence, IP assets restructuring, drafting of licensing, transfer, assignment, franchising, copyright agreements;
• IP objects registration and prosecution;
• Protection against counterfeiters;
• Advising on the commercial exploitation of IP rights;
• Full start-up services for IT, gaming and entertainment industries.

Sayenko Kharenko IP team is deeply involved in policy shaping in respect with improvement of legislative framework for trademark protection and protection of intellectual property on the Internet.