Comments on legislation

On January 19, 2013 a new version of License requirements for conduction of business activities related to medical practice entered into force. Our comments on the topic

New requirements for private practitioners: 

Almost all drugs are approved for use in Ukraine after their state registration. The only exceptions are medications that are prepared in pharmacies by prescriptions of physicians and medications ordered by prophylactic and medical institutions which are made of active ingredients permitted to use and supplementary ones which are not subject to state registration

Creation and promotion of a brand sometimes requires years of hard work and huge investments. In order to protect rights to a trademark in court and receive compensation for its misuse one should first of all register it as a trademark for goods and services and obtain a certificate

Owner of a website that hosts literary works, movies, music etc. can secure his calm future without any disputes with copyright holders only by using evidence of the legality of intellectual property objects placement or at least evidence that proves exhaustion of rights to work placement by copyright holder

Modern Internet technologies allow quickly and easily copy, publish, reprint and spread any information. On the one hand it allows to deliver information to consumers without significant costs including through its copying and forwarding to other users. On the other hand very often this leads to copyright infringements of authors’ works which contain some information

Sale and use of majority of medical products and equipment (hereinafter medical products) in Ukraine is possible only after their state registration

Article 28 of the Constitution of Ukraine guarantees everyone the right to his dignity respect. An individual is entitled to protection of honor and dignity including through the court proceedings. But before you try to protect them in court you must understand what exactly do we call honor and dignity, in which cases and how they can be protected, who can be a defendant in these cases, what court can hear such cases and which procedure should be applied

While dealing with non-residents residents of Ukraine should keep in mind an opportunity of tax optimization using avoidance of double taxation

Liquidation of a foreign company representative office in Ukraine is a quite difficult, long and expensive registration procedure

Recently there have been observed some problems with licensing activities in Ukrainian telecommunication market, to be exact in the field of maintenance and operation with telecommunication networks licensing

One way to conduct activities by a foreign company including commercial activities on the territory of Ukraine is creation of a representative office

Shareholders' agreement is one of the instruments that prevent corporate conflicts. It has been being widely used abroad for a long time