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The ‘highly responsive and client-oriented’ team at Arzinger is heavily involved in all aspects of IP, including technology transfers, defence projects, compulsory licensing in the pharmaceutical sector, as well as IP portfolio management, disputes, advice on patent conflicts and high-profile arbitration processes conducted under the Rules for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy. Kateryna Oliinyk is ’an excellent lawyer, completely oriented towards the welfare of the client’, and Taras Kyslyy is an accomplished litigator who has a long track record in landmark cases influencing the system of patent protection in the pharmaceuticals sector in times of martial law.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘The firm has managed to maintain its operations at a very high level even in a maximally difficult and sad time and under extremely challenging circumstances. This deserves the highest recognition. Even before the war of aggression, the Law Office was our first address in Kiev thanks to great reliability, outstanding responsiveness and outstanding legal quality.’

  • ‘Our contact person for intellectual property law and, in particular, for trademark administration and trademark disputes is partner Kateryna Oliinyk. An excellent lawyer, completely oriented towards the welfare of the client, with enormous experience and great strategic and dogmatic skills. A top woman for IP.’

  • ‘The Arzinger team has proven to be efficient and communicative.’

  • ‘Kateryna Oliinyk is a talented communicator. She has been able to help us in running part of a client's Eurasian portfolio. She has proven to be an effective collaborator and we would recommend here.'

  • ‘Kateryna Oliinyk is very responsive, with great communication skills and legal talent.’

  • ‘Arzinger is highly responsive and client-oriented.’

  • ‘Kateryna Oliinyk and Ihor Shyshko are communicative, responsive. They are determined to find the best solutions for the client.’

  • 'The practice combines deep expertise in Eastern European intellectual property law and privacy law.'

Key clients

  • HELL ENERGY Magyarország Kft.
  • RELX PLC & Elsevier BV
  • Olicon AB
  • Sanofi
  • Viacom International Inc.
  • RIGO TRADING S.A.
  • Caterpillar Inc.
  • Orange S.A.
  • BIOFARMA (SERVIER GROUP)
  • Livescore Limited

Work highlights

  • Representation of the interests of Haribo group before the National Intellectual Property Office in the case of the registration of the trade marks 'Hola España' and 'Vive la France'.
  • Provides comprehensive legal support to Sanofi (FR) in the protection of the trade marks Enterogermina and Magne B6.
  • Advised RELX PLC on the development of a comprehensive strategy for protecting its primary brand SCOPUS in Ukraine.

Lawyers

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Kateryna Oliinyk, Taras Kyslyy

Other key lawyers

Ihor Shyshko