Oksana Padokh

Attorney-at-Law, Lawyer of the Trademarks and Copyright Department

Sphere of competence

Registration of trademarks according to national and international procedures, searching for similarity and identity of TM, preparing answers to previous refusals and appeals against final refusals to register TM, obtaining permits of inclusion the official name of the state “Ukraine” in the sign, transferring rights and granting licenses on the use of objects of intellectual property rights, the registration of copyright in Ukraine and the United States.

Membership:

• member of the Association of Lawyers of Ukraine (AAP)

Speeches:

• Lecturer at the Music Law & Business course, Ctrl.School, topic “Trademarks in the Music Industry” (2019)
• Lecture at the Intellectual Property Rights Month at America House Kyiv, topic “Intellectual Property in the Publishing Industry” (2019)
• Lecture on “Patents and trademarks. Educational program for business” (2019)
• Lecture on “How to protect your intellectual property in the field of fashion” (2018)
• Workshop on “Intellectual Property vs Unfair Competition” (2018)
• Workshop on “Legal Aspects in IT: Protection of Intellectual Property Rights” (2017)
• Festival “De Kino 2017”, topic “How to make a fortune on a film and not violate the law” (2017)
• IV All-Ukrainian School of IT and Internet Law, topic “Takedown Notice Procedure. How to Stop Infringing Copyright on the Internet” (2017)
• Workshop on “Registration of TM abroad” (2017)

Publications:

• Internet resource YURLIGA, “Early termination of the certificate due to trademark non-use. Judicial Practice Digest”
• Internet resource Prostopravo, “What will happen to intellectual property rights after the UK leaves the EU?”
• Law & Business Newspaper, “Bitter coffee in a new cup”
• Internet resource LIGA:ZAKON, “Per aspera ad astra! Through hardship to the stars!”
• Lawyer & Law Magazine, “How to legally use images and photos?”
• Lawyer & Law Magazine, “Is it possible to register a consonant trademark if the owner of the opposed trademark does not mind?”
• Lawyer & Law Magazine, “Freedom of panorama: what can be photographed without permission?”