Ukrainian patent attorneys acting for foreign applicants and IP firms. We file, prosecute, defend and renew trademarks before the Ukrainian IP Office.
Foreign applicants must be represented by a Ukrainian attorney — that is where we come in
Under Ukrainian trademark law, applicants who reside or have their permanent location outside Ukraine may act before the Ukrainian National Office for Intellectual Property and Innovations (UANIPIO) only through a registered Ukrainian representative. Rivnepatent has been doing exactly that since 2004: we file, prosecute, defend and renew trademarks for clients and colleagues from Europe, North America and Asia.
You deal with one attorney of record, receive reports in English, and pay flat, agreed fees — no surprise charges at the end of the case.
What you need to file in Ukraine
Power of attorney
A simply signed POA is sufficient. No notarisation and no legalisation are required. A scanned copy is accepted for filing.
Applicant details
Full name and address. Foreign companies also state their registration number in the country of incorporation; individuals state an identity document number.
The mark and the list
A representation of the mark and a list of goods and services under the Nice Classification. Multi-class applications are allowed; official fees depend on the number of classes.
Priority, if claimed
Convention priority within 6 months of the first filing; the certified priority document is due within 3 months of the Ukrainian filing date.
The language of the proceedings is Ukrainian. We prepare the specification in Ukrainian and, for word marks, advise whether a parallel filing in Cyrillic script is worth the extra class fees for your brand.
How the procedure runs
| Availability search | Identical and confusingly similar marks in the Ukrainian register and Madrid designations, with our legal opinion. 1–3 business days. |
| Filing | Electronic filing with UANIPIO; the filing date is secured on the day the application is accepted. 1–2 business days from receipt of instructions. |
| Formal examination | The Office checks the documents and the classification. |
| Substantive examination | Absolute and relative grounds. Office actions are answered within the term set by the Office; we prepare the arguments and report to you before filing. |
| Registration | Publication and issue of the certificate after the final fees are paid. |
| Overall timing | Roughly 18–20 months where no office action or opposition arises. Accelerated examination is available at an additional official fee. |
A Ukrainian registration lasts 10 years from the filing date and is renewable for further 10-year terms. We docket the renewals and remind you in advance.
Our services
Trademarks
Availability searches and clearance opinions · national filings · responses to office actions · oppositions and appeals before the Board of Appeal · renewals · assignments, licences and change recordals.
Madrid System
Ukraine designations · responses to provisional refusals (due within 3 months, extendable) · local representation for the whole file · Ukrainian applications used as the basic mark for an international registration.
Patents and designs
Inventions and utility models · PCT national phase · industrial designs · patentability and freedom-to-operate opinions.
Enforcement
Recordal in the Ukrainian customs IP register · cease-and-desist and pre-trial work · representation in courts and before the Antimonopoly Committee · domain disputes for .ua names.
Our fees
Fees are current as of — · official fees converted at the National Bank of Ukraine rate
Professional fees
| Availability search and clearance opinion | — |
| Preparation, filing and prosecution of the application | — |
| Drafting the list of goods and services | — |
| Obtaining and forwarding the certificate | — |
| Total professional fees | — |
Official fees and state duty
| Filing fee, one class | — |
| Each additional class | — |
| Surcharge for a mark in colour | — |
| Two or more applicants | +30% of the filing fee |
| Publication and issue of the certificate, one class | — |
| State duty for the certificate (foreign applicants, fixed by law) | — |
Total, one class, black and white, single applicant
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Professional fees are fixed in euro. Official fees are set in Ukrainian hryvnia and shown converted at the current NBU rate, so the amount payable may vary slightly with the exchange rate. The state duty for foreign applicants is fixed in US dollars by Ukrainian law. Responses to office actions, oppositions and appeals are quoted separately before any work starts.
Get a quote
Send us the mark, the goods and services, and the applicant details — we reply with a firm quote and a filing plan within one business day. Conflict checks are run before we accept instructions.
Yurii Trachuk Patent Bureau · 42B Hrushevskoho St., Rivne 33028, Ukraine · +38 (097) 007-05-00