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DESTRA Patent Law Firm was founded in 2005 in Kyiv.
We currently have offices in Kyiv and Lviv.
We are an Intellectual Property and Litigation Firm providing exceptional services in Ukraine and internationally.
Clients contact us to solve the following tasks:
- protect a technical invention (obtain a patent or utility model);
- protect the ornamental aspect of an article (obtain an industrial design certificate);
- protect a brand name, logo, slogan (register a trademark);
- protect the right to a literary work, visual art, website, program, database (register copyright);
- settle IP issues with employees, contractors, co-authors, co-inventors, investors (assigns, licences, etc.);
- reinstate a patent; renew a trademark;
- protect IP rights in case of a dispute or violation.
- other intellectual property matters.
Vision:
We believe that it is fundamental to determine the ultimate goals and real needs of our clients at the very beginning of our cooperation. So that any further steps, including the choice of methods and extent of acquiring and protecting IP rights, will be focused on achieving the predetermined targets.
We consider acquired intellectual property rights as a means to achieve the client's goal, not as an end in itself.
Working Languages:
Ukrainian, English.
Dmytro Bondarenko
Patent Attorney of Ukraine (reg. No. 267), Managing Partner
Lawyer, Engineer (Master’s Degree in Electronic Engineering, LLM in Civil Law, and LLM in Intellectual Property)
Co-founder and Board Member of Kyiv City Association of Patent Attorneys of Ukraine
Member of the All-Ukrainian Association of Intellectual Property Representatives (Patent Attorneys)
Certified as a patent attorney of Ukraine in the following specializations:
- inventions and utility models;
- industrial designs;
- compositions of semiconductor products (composition (topography) of integrated microcircuits);
- trademarks (marks for goods and services);
- geographic indications (indication of the origin of goods);
- legal services in intellectual property matters.
Andrii Valiukh
IP Lawyer, Senior Partner, Head of Business Development
Master's Degree in Law and English
More than 20 years of work experience in the field of Law, Protection of Intellectual Property Rights and Business Administration:
- Protection of Intellectual Property Rights in the field of Industrial Production;
- Legal and administrative coordination of projects in the fields of Medicine, IT, Industrial Design, and Publishing;
- Registration of Trademarks, Inventions, Utility Models, Industrial Designs, Copyright in Ukraine and internationally.
Serhii Bryginets
Attorney at Law (certificate No. 3240), Senior Partner, Head of Contract and Litigation
Master's Degree in Law.
Experience in the field of Law for more than 20 years:
- Public Sector — Ukrainian Agency for Copyright and Related Rights (UAASP), Ukrpatent;
- Private Sector — legal consulting, law practice.
Author of scientific articles and publications in the field of Intellectual Property.
Developer of draft laws, regulations, and other regulatory documents.
Vlad Purik
Patent Attorney of Ukraine (reg. No. 493 of 10 February 2016), Head of Patent Searches
Lawyer, Engineer (Master’s Degrees in IT and Intellectual Property)
More than 20 years of experience in the field of Intellectual Property:
- Public Sector — substantive examination of inventions and utility models at the Ukrpatent;
- Private Sector — patent searches, patent drafting, patent prosecution.
Certified as a patent attorney of Ukraine in the following specializations:
- inventions and utility models;
- Industrial Designs;
- composition of semiconductor products (composition (topography) of integrated microcircuits);
- trademarks (marks for goods and services);
- geographic indications (indication of the origin of goods);
Andrii Patrakhov
Intellectual Property Lawyer, Head of Patent Prosecution
Master’s Degree in Law and English.
Professional services in the field of intellectual property in the following areas:
- consulting Ukrainian and foreign clients regarding registration, patenting and protection of intellectual property;
- preparing legal documents related to the acquisition and disposal of intellectual property rights for patents, utility models, industrial designs;
- prosecution of patents, utility models, and industrial designs, in Ukraine and abroad.
Viktoriia Stepaniuk
Intellectual Property Lawyer
LLM in Civil Law.
Professional services in the field of intellectual property in the following areas:
- registration of intellectual property — trademarks, copyright;
- claims, litigation, administrative action — legal consulting, pre-trial settlement, judicial representation;
- commercialization — trademark and copyright assignments and licences.
Author of articles and publications in the field of intellectual property.
Examples of Trademarks:
Word Marks:
Design Marks:
Composite Marks:
3-D Marks:
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Examples of Registered Industrial Designs:
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Examples of Patents:
Internal Combustion Engine
Method of delivering a free-falling container to a given point
Combined Screw Conveyor
Method of adjusting the alternating current voltage
Dispenser for packing loose materials into valve bags
Method of Advertising
Drum Sieve
Filter for cleaning gases from dust
Pallet Former
Method of disposal of conventional ammunition containing TNT and/or hexane
Method of production of pasta products
Device for filling soft containers with bulk material
Mechanical loosener of loose materials
Boiler
Method for automated data collection, processing and transmission for providing and accounting for cash discounts
Full Range of Intellectual Property Services
Services Related to Patents and Utility Models:
Definition of the object of patenting and patent searches
Preparation, submission and maintenance of a patent application
Priority, requests, appeal, extension and renewal of terms, confirmation or denial of patentability
Amendments to patent applications and patents
Transfer of rights to patent applications and patents — contracts and licenses
Maintaining the validity of patents, obtaining copies, duplicates, extracts, certificates
Patenting abroadServices Related to Industrial Designs:
Subject Matter and Industrial Design Searches
Drafting, Filing and Prosecution of an Industrial Design Application
Priority, Office Actions, Appeals, Extension, Reinstatement
Amendments to Industrial Design Applications and Registrations
Assignments of Industrial Design Applications and Registrations
Industrial Design Maintanance, obtaining Copies, Duplicates, Extracts, Information
Services Related to Ukrainian Trademarks:
Trademark Drafting, Filing and Prosecution
Priority, Office Action, Appeal, Extension, Reinstatement
Amendments to Trademark Applications and Registrations
Assignments of Trademark Applications and Registrations
Trademark Renewal, Obtaining Copies, Duplicates, Extracts, Information
Consultations on Intellectual Property
We provide consultations on matters related to the protection of Intellectual Property Rights in Ukraine and worldwide, as well as written materials explaining the stages and cost.
Free of charge:
- The first 15 minutes of an oral consultation on Intellectual Property;
- Standard written materials on stages and costs of protection of Intellectual Property.
In most cases, free consultations and basic written materials are sufficient to decide and start working with us.