The UBA Intellectual Property Committee jointly with the Ukrainian National Office of Intellectual Property and Innovation invites you to take part in the event “IP Court in Ukraine: the last page or a new chapter?”, which will be held on April 3, 2025 in Kyiv. Online participation is also available (Zoom).

The purpose of the event is to discuss the role and prospects of the High Court on Intellectual Property in the legal system of Ukraine, to assess the international experience of creating specialized IP courts, and to formulate the professional position of the professional community on the expediency of preserving, reforming or transforming the concept of this court.

Moderator:

Yaroslav Ognevyuk, Member of the UBA Board, Managing Partner of AMBASSADORS, attorney, patent attorney of Ukraine

Participants of the discussion:

Vladyslav Bilotskyi, Deputy Director of the Ukrainian National Office of Intellectual Property and Innovations

Oleksandra Kosenko, Head of the Center for Monitoring of Intellectual Property Rights Infringements of the Ukrainian National Office of Intellectual Property and Innovations

Yuriy Romaniuk, Head of the Department of Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement at the Ukrainian National Office of Intellectual Property and Innovations

Roman Sabodash, member of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine

Tetyana Harebava, Head of the UBA Committee on Intellectual Property, Head of the Legal Department of Sport Labs Group, attorney at law.

Tetiana Ognevyuk, Deputy Chairman of the UBA Committee on Intellectual Property, Partner of Dispute Resolution Practice at AMBASSADORS, PhD, Associate Professor of the Department of Law at the European University

Oleksandr Mamunya, Deputy Chairman of the UBA Committee on Intellectual Property, Managing Partner of Mamunya IP

Victoria Sopilnyak, Member of the Board of the UBA Committee on Intellectual Property, Partner at Doubinsky & Osharova, attorney at law, patent attorney

Natalia Driuk, Member of the Board of the UBA Committee on Intellectual Property, Partner at AEQUO

Taras Kyslyy, Member of the Board of the UBA Committee on Intellectual Property, Partner at Arzinger, attorney at law

Volodymyr Grunskyy, Member of the UBA Intellectual Property Committee, Counsel at Sayenko Kharenko

Yulia Kolchenko, Member of the Board of the UBA Intellectual Property Committee, private practicing attorney.

Are invited to participate:

- Representatives of the Office of the President

- Representatives of the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine

- Head of the Parliamentary Committee on Legal Policy

- Judges

- Representatives of the High Council of Justice

- Representatives of the National Association of Patent Attorneys of Ukraine

- Representatives of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine

- Representatives of the European Business Association

Agenda:

Welcome speech

Representative of the Ukrainian National Intellectual Property Office

Chairman of the IP Committee of the Ukrainian Bar Association

Representative of the Parliamentary Committee on Legal Policy (by invitation)

Session I. IP Court: a necessity waiting to be launched?

1. Is the High Court of Intellectual Property necessary for effective protection of rights and European integration of Ukraine?

- Analysis of the key needs of business, rights holders and society;

- IP court as an element of the implementation of the Association Agreement with the EU.

2. Seven years of waiting: why is the launch of the IP Court delayed and who pays the price?

- Overview of the process of establishing the IP Court;

- Legal and political barriers,

Session II. International lessons - Ukrainian solutions

1.International experience in establishing IP courts: what works, where and how?

- Examples of specialized IP courts in other countries;

2. ІР- Court as a point of attraction for investors

- The role of effective IP justice in the formation of an innovative economy;

- The importance of the IP Court in attracting foreign investment.

Session III. Roadmap: prospects for launching the IP Court

1. Does Ukraine need to change the concept of the IP Court?

- Creation of an intellectual vertical: from investigation to justice;

- Arguments for preserving or transforming the IP Court.

2. Necessary steps to launch an IP Court: a realistic plan

- financial support

- procedural changes

- political will

Summarizing the results. Adoption of the Roundtable Resolution

Date: April 3, 2025

Time: 16:00 - 18:00 (Kyiv time)

Format: mixed. Offline (Kyiv) and online (Zoom)

Language of the event: Ukrainian

Pre-registration is required to participate in the event

 The number of participants is limited. The organizers reserve the right to terminate registration if the maximum number of participants is reached.

If you wish, you can make a charitable contribution and support the institutional activities of the Ukrainian Bar Association by following the link.

For additional information about the event, please call: +38 (066) 495-30-14 or write to: komitet@uba.ua. Contact person - Viktoriia Motia.