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Baker McKenzie

Intellectual Property

Europe Guide 2026 : Ukraine


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Provided by Baker McKenzie

The Kyiv office of Baker McKenzie provides a full spectrum of services and solutions to protect, manage and enforce the IP rights of international and local companies in Ukraine, in the ex-CIS region and all over the world.

Our focus is on comprehensive services in connection with structuring transactions related to intellectual property and information technologies, securing the intellectual property rights of our clients in Ukraine, including registration of trademarks and patents in Ukraine, and protecting clients against unfair business practices.

In addition to protection, we also specialize on the enforcement of IP rights in Ukraine. We have broad experience in trademark and patent litigation, online enforcement, planning and executing offline enforcement campaign including on the open-air markets and other locations though out Ukraine. Our strong at the border IP enforcement practice helps clients to monitor and prevent importation of unauthorized and counterfeit imports to Ukraine. We are early navigators of all new enforcement opportunities, including the modified UDPR action that has recently became available to domain names in .com.ua domain name zone.

We are the only firm to offer a technology platform that gives clients real-time access to their global trademark portfolios, an online monitoring system covering customs procedures in 55 countries, and a dedicated support centre to reduce costs and hassles of global trademark management.

Clients (6)

  • British American Tobacco
  • Berlin-Chemie
  • 3M
  • Columbia
  • Nissan
  • IKEA

Industries (7)

  • TMT (technology, media and telecoms)
  • FMCG
  • healthcare and life sciences
  • agribusiness
  • EMI (energy, mining and infrastructure)
  • financial services
  • retail

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Intellectual Property - Ukraine

Band 2

Band 2


What the Team is Known For

Baker McKenzie's impressive intellectual property team offers comprehensive advice and representation, covering copyright and trade mark issues. It is also active in anti-counterfeiting and IP rights enforcement matters, as well as IP rights registration and brand management. The law firm is active in trade mark portfolio management and represents prominent international names from a range of industry sectors, including retail, technology and financial services.

Work Highlights

Provided by Chambers

  • Baker McKenzie advised the British American Tobacco Group on all aspects of trade mark protection in Ukraine.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

  • It never feels complex; the team can make it simple.

    Intellectual Property respondentEurope
  • Baker McKenzie offers good levels of service and responsiveness.

    Intellectual Property respondentEurope
  • We are really happy with the partnership.

    Intellectual Property respondentEurope
  • The Baker McKenzie lawyers don't give up.

    Intellectual Property respondentEurope

Notable Practitioners

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  • Band 2Oleksiy Stolyarenko
    Band 2Oleksiy Stolyarenko

    Oleksiy Stolyarenko

    Oleksiy Stolyarenko assists with a range of IP matters and acts for a number of prominent domestic and international clients.

    • He is relentlessly positive, a really strong practitioner and gives really solid results.

      Intellectual Property respondentEurope
  • Band 2Ruslan V Drobyazko
    Band 2Ruslan V Drobyazko

    Ruslan V Drobyazko

    Ruslan Drobyazko is a market-leading practitioner claiming extensive experience in patent and trade mark prosecution. He often handles the structuring of IP rights transfers and assists with anti-counterfeiting and IP rights enforcement issues.

    • He is a good lawyer.

      Intellectual Property respondentEurope

Ranked Individuals at Baker McKenzie (2)

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