Doing business in Ukraine series: Trademarks registration in Ukraine Trademarks in Ukraine

Registering a trademark in Ukraine is not a straightforward task, as it may seem initially.

From the birdview, everything’s simple – there are plenty of trademark registrars, local companies and quite a few international well-established international companies. You can find prices for the service any amount from €90 to thousands of euros, but the result will be pretty much the same – TM registration certificate issued by the ukrainian state authority. However, paying premium price to register your trademark does not protect you from a trademark fraud, unless you make a few pre-cautions. Here are a two things to remember:

• If you plan to register .UA domain and your trademark contains text and graphics then it is better to submit registration for a separate trademark with only text of desired .UA domain spelled in English. Otherwise, you have risk that your .UA request will be rejected.


• To insure proper protection of your trademark, include only primary text, such as your company or product name. It is better to register secondary text, such as slogan, as a separate trademark if you think it needs protection as well.

Regarding the timeframe of registration – most of the international trademark registrars go with the standard official procedure, which will require at least 6 months for your TM to be registered. However, there are several local trademark registration companies that can provide you with much shorter period of registration in smaller time, as short as one or two months.

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