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Yearly Archives: 2018

The International Comparative Legal Guide: Copyright 2019 (Chapter Ukraine)

  • Oct 05,2018

Elena Biloshuk and Oleg Zhukhevych from Advance Partners contribute to the Chapter Ukraine of The International Comparative Legal Guide: Copyright 2019 (5th Edition) published by Global Legal Group in association with contributing editor Phil Sherrell of Bird & Bird. The 5th Edition covers common issues in copyright laws and regulations in 29 jurisdictions – including copyright subsistence, ownership, exploitation, owners’ rights, copyright enforcement, criminal offences, current developments. View PDF  

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Advance Partners enhanced trademark and patent prosecution team

  • Sep 26,2018

Dear colleagues, partners and clients! We are pleased to announce about recent forces joining with our long-standing partner CUSOLUT LTD. From now on, trademark & design attorney, attorney at law Mr. Maksym Kravchenko boasting an impressive experience in trademark and design prosecution, strategic counselling and IP enforcement, and patent attorney, PhD Mr. Taras Manolov, a recognized patent prosecution expert, join the partner team of Advance Partners. Maksym is going to contribute Advance Partners’ trademark and design prosecution and enforcement practice and

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Ukrainian Law Firms 2018. A Handbook for Foreign Clients

  • Aug 10,2018

As per the annual survey “Ukrainian Law Firms 2018. A Handbook for Foreign Clients”, Advance Partners is among the Ukraine’s leading IP law firms specializing in protection of intellectual property rights. Oleg Zhukhevych, Managing Partner (Advance Partners, Ukraine) was named among 20 notable lawyers in the field of intellectual property law.

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The International Comparative Legal Guide: Outsourcing 2018 (Chapter Ukraine)

  • Aug 01,2018

Elena Biloshuk and Oleg Zhukhevych from Advance Partners contribute to the Chapter Ukraine of The International Comparative Legal Guide: Outsourcing 2018 published by Global Legal Group in association with contributing editors Simon Shooter and Mark Leach of Bird & Bird and in partnership with the Centre for Outsourcing Research and Education (CORE). This 3rd edition provides a global analysis of outsourcing laws and regulations across 21 jurisdictions, written by leading lawyers and presented in a useful comparative Q&A format. ICLG: Outsourcing

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AEA XIV INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS 2018

  • Jun 05,2018

Oleg Zhukhevych, Managing Partner and Elena Biloshuk, Partner (Advance Partners, Ukraine), participated in the AEA XIV INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS 2018, held in Palermo (Italy) from May 31 to June 1, 2018.

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Advance Partners took part in the Round Table dedicated to Protection of IP rights on the Internet

  • Mar 16,2018

Oleg Zhukhevych, Managing Partner of Advance Partners IP law firm, took part in a Round Table dedicated to Protection of IP rights on the Internet. The Round Table was launched with close involvement of IP judges of Kiev Commercial Court of Appeal and the Competence Centre that manages Ukrainian segmented Internet address space. Speaking of last tendencies in court practice related to IP infringements on the Internet, Oleg revealed the most problematic issues as to the infringer’s identification, fixation of facts of

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Approval of new draft laws on intellectual property protection

  • Jan 29,2018

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has approved two draft laws introduced by the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine in intellectual property sphere. The first draft regards amendments to Ukrainian patent legislation and prescribes, inter alia, an electronic filing of patent applications and introduction of a post-grant opposition system for challenging the intellectual property rights to invention or utility model. The second draft law is aimed at amending active copyright legislation, for instance, legalization of digital licenses and introduction

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Science funding in Ukraine increased by over 30%

  • Jan 04,2018

Science funding in Ukraine has been increased this year by more than 30% up to UAH 6.1 billion. “Science funding in Ukraine has been increased this year by more than 30%: from UAH 4.7 billion in 2017 up to UAH 6.1 billion in 2018. The funding of the National Academy of Sciences has grown significantly, by more than 38%, while the university science funding has been increased by only 12.3%,” the press service of the Education and Science Ministry of Ukraine

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FT recognizes Ukraine as world No. 1 in improving business climate

  • Jan 02,2018

The Financial Times has recognized Ukraine as the world’s No. 1 country in terms of improving its business climate since 2010. Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman reported this on his Facebook page. “There’s good news! The Financial Times has recognized Ukraine as the first country in the world to improve its business climate. Our state has the best figures of the pace of development,” Groysman wrote. Ukraine is the largest gainer since 2010 in the World Bank ease of doing business rating, with

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