Lawyer and attorney for copyright in Kyiv

Legal assistance from an intellectual property lawyer in the field of copyright

Every work of literature, art, science and so on is the result of someone’s productive labor, and therefore has every right to protection. This means that the author or another rights holder can derive benefits from the use of their work and has the exclusive right to allow or prohibit others from using their work.

Legal protection of intellectual property is one of the most delicate and complex areas of law. At present this field has only begun its active development in Ukraine and truly professional protection of intellectual property rights is carried out by a relatively small number of trained specialists.

Practice shows that legal protection of copyrights is necessary for every rights holder. CIS countries are still not accustomed to the idea that using someone else’s intellectual work must be paid for. Pirated content, unlicensed computer programs, and the use of trademarks without legal grounds are very common situations. That is why every rights holder needs an intellectual property lawyer who will constantly monitor and protect the client’s copyrights.

Protection of intellectual property rights often begins with sending a written claim to the infringer. Our copyright lawyer in Kyiv will take all necessary measures to stop violations of your rights, cease unlawful actions and recover the damages caused. Experience shows that an attorney retained by you demonstrates to the infringer your serious attitude towards your intellectual property, and this allows violations to be stopped as quickly as possible. If pre-trial procedures do not yield the required results, our copyright lawyer in Kyiv will defend your position in court, restore violated rights and recover amounts of damages caused.

Why does protection of intellectual property rights require a specialist?

• Drafting a claim to protect intellectual property rights is very painstaking work. It should be noted that the court will consider the case based on the claim and the submitted evidentiary base. Since this branch of law is one of the most complex, diverse and young, our judges for the most part are not experts in intellectual property law. Therefore it is extremely important to consider all the nuances of the case in the claim and indicate a comprehensive legal justification for your demands. A judge will not search for confirmation of your legal position, and it is the rights holder who must prove the existence of the violation.
• While the protection process is being delayed, the scale of infringements will grow. Your intellectual property may pass from hand to hand (distribution on the Internet has no borders). As a result, it will become increasingly difficult to restore violated rights.

On the other hand, a copyright lawyer may be needed by a person who intentionally or unknowingly infringed someone’s copyrights or related rights. Do not assume that if you are in Ukraine and the rights holder is in another country, copyright protection will not be enforced and no one will track violations. Rights holders of popular and in-demand intellectual property objects have their own copyright lawyer everywhere who conducts very thorough monitoring and sooner or later will detect infringements, which may result in serious financial losses for you.

Copyright legal assistance from Law Firm “Nakaz”

The intellectual property protection services provided by our specialists include the following:

• consultation and legal analysis of the object;
• pre-trial dispute resolution in case of infringement of intellectual property rights;
• court protection in Kyiv of the rights and interests of rights holders;
• legal assistance in the event of a claim of intellectual property rights infringement;
• registration of copyrights in Ukraine, as well as their international registration (trademark, industrial design, utility model);
• drafting and support of the procedure for concluding license agreements and copyright contracts;
• registration of contracts related to copyrights;
• obtaining holographic security marks and barcodes;
• valuation of intellectual property rights;
• registration of the intellectual property object in the customs register.