Comments on legislation

Due to bad quality of products or other reaosns entrepreneurs and consumers have numerous clashes that often transform into court cases the results of which are hard to predict due to unambiguous judicial practice. The letter of the Supreme Court of Ukraine dated 01.02.2013 was intended to generalize judicial practice and unify it. Main provisions of the law will be useful to both consumers and entrepreneurs

Is it possible in Ukraine to recognize a decision made at general meeting of shareholders when it’s made regarding matters that are subject to competence of the Supervisory Board?

The High Commercial Court of Ukraine provided a number of recommendations regarding procedure of court fee imposition in Ukraine by pointing out some aspects which can help to safe money when filing a lawsuit (petition)

Reform of real estate ownership registration system results in many questions answers to which cannot be given even by the very registrars. Procedure of registration of ownership rights to real estate that was contributed to charter capital of a legal entity (in particular limited liability company) is one of the questions that interest businesses the most

This material is based on firm’s experience of legal support of joint stock companies’ general meetings

Who can file a claim about protection of copyright in Ukraine if a work was published under a pseudonym?

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