PRESS RELEASE

January 11, 2012

Vasil Kisil & Partners Protected Google Inc.'s Intellectual Property Rights to google.ua Domain

Vasil Kisil & Partners Law Firm acted as legal advisor to the world-renowned Google Inc. Corporation in a number of disputes, to protect the rights to trademarks and commercial name for the domain google.ua.

This complex project included, among other things, the representation of client in general and economic courts in disputes on invalidation of trademark certificates, the invalidation of the decision of the State Department of Intellectual Property, and putting a stop to the violation of the intellectual property rights to trade marks and business name.

As a result of VKP's lawyers’ legal actions domain google.ua was removed from under the control of persons who illegally seized the domain name. Further more, domain google.ua was delegated in care of Google Inc.  Company and, thus, the latter obtained the opportunity to manage the specified domain.

VKP's associates Tetyana Kudrytska and Yulia Chyzhova, as well as counsellor Oleksandr Mamunya led by partner Oleksiy Filatov ensured the successful completion of this mandate. 

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For more details please contact Tatyana Efremova,
Head of PR/BD Department
Tel.: +380 44 581 7777
E-mail: pr@vkp.kiev.ua
About the Firm
Established in 1992, Vasil Kisil & Partners is a Ukrainian law firm that delivers integrated legal advice in banking & finance, mergers & acquisitions, capital markets,  antitrust, competition and trade, dispute resolution, tax law, energy and natural resources law, intellectual property law, labor and employment law, real estate and construction law, as well as PPP, concessions and infrastructure law.

VKP serves international and domestic companies, as well as private individuals, dealing with banking and financial industry sectors, agriculture, chemical, construction, energy, hi-tech, general commodities, insurance, IT, media, metallurgy, pharmaceutical, real estate, shipbuilding, telecommunications, trading, transport, and other industries and economy sectors.

The firm`s clients include such world-known companies as Alpcot Agro, Africa-Israel Group, Astellas Pharma, BASF, Bayer Consumer, BNP Paribas, British American Tobacco, Central European Media Enterprises, Coca Cola, Credit Agricole Group, Danone, Dell Inc., Du Pont, Energy Standard Group, Eurosport, Google, IKB Deutsche Industriebank , LG Electronics, Leroy Merlin Ukraine, Lukoil, Metso Automation Oy, Moody’s, Mott MacDonald Limited, NCH Capital, Novacke chemicke zavody, Opel, Philips, Pioneer, Red Bull, Russian Standard Bank, St. Sophia Homes, SEB AB, SEB Group, Swedbank AB, Seven Hills, Shell, Standard Charted Bank, Tchibo, UniCredit Group, Vanco International / Vanco Energy, Volkswagen, VympelCom.