The Ukrainian Bar Association invites you to IP UKRAINE NOW 2025, a leading conference dedicated to the transformation of Ukraine's intellectual property sector in the context of European integration. The event program is built around key changes taking place in connection with the adaptation of Ukrainian legislation to EU standards, the updating of copyright regulations, and the protection of trademarks, inventions, and digital assets. The focus is on challenges for business, new opportunities for innovation, legal aspects of artificial intelligence use, and real-life cases of Ukrainian companies entering European markets. The conference brings together industry leaders to form a shared vision of the future of Ukraine's IP system in the context of its integration into the European legal space. 

The event has become known as a unique platform for the exchange of experience and opinions among representatives of state bodies, judges, leading experts in the field of intellectual property, as well as heads of law firms, lawyers, patent attorneys, forensic experts, and scientists.

Date: October 31, 2025.

Venue: Radisson Blu Hotel, 22 Yaroslaviv Val St., Kyiv / online (Zoom).

PROGRAM

09:30 - 10:00 Registration of participants. Welcome coffee

10:00 - 10:10 Opening remarks

Tetiana Lysovets, Vice President of the UBA, Senior Partner at Sokolovskyi and Partners

Tetiana Kharebava, Head of the UBA Committee on Intellectual Property, Head of the legal department at Sport Labs Group, Legal advisor at Meta.ua

Oleksandr Tsybort, Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine for Digital Development, Digital Transformation and Digitalisation

10:10 - 11:30 Session 1.  Intellectual property and European integration: new rules of the game for business and innovation

Moderator: 

Tetiana Kharebava, Head of the UBA Committee on Intellectual Property, Head of the legal department at Sport Labs Group, Legal advisor at Meta.ua

Experts and topics:

Taras Kachka, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine (invited)

• Adaptation of Ukrainian IP legislation to EU standards: challenges and opportunities for business

Olena Orliuk, Director of the Ukrainian National Office for Intellectual Property and Innovations (IP Office) 

• Current status and results of activities in the field of intellectual property: impact on business  Ukraine's new strategy in the field of intellectual property 

Oleksandr Tsyvinskyi, Director of the Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine

• Strategy for protection in the field of intellectual property in criminal proceedings 

Oleksandr Tsybort, Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine for Digital Development, Digital Transformation and Digitalisation

• The digital direction of European integration in IP: digitization of services, compatibility with EU practices, benefits for business

Dmytro Taranchuk, Director of Legal Affairs JSC "Farmak"

• IP protection when entering European markets: real cases and lessons from European integration processes

TBD

• The role of intellectual property in scaling companies: from M&A deals to IPOs of Ukrainian startups

Yaroslav Ognevyuk, Managing Partner at AMBASSADORS  

• European integration through the prism of IP: impact on business, the state, and the professional community

11:30 - 13:20 Coffee break

12:00 - 13:20 Session 2. Copyright and related rights in the digital age. The future of artificial intelligence regulation in Ukraine. Promising legislative changes within the framework of the European integration process

Moderator: TBD

Experts and topics:

Liubov Maidanyk, Deputy Director of the Ukrainian National Office for Intellectual Property and Innovations (IP Office)

• Overview of the draft Law of Ukraine “On Copyright and Related Rights” 

Oleg Dubno, AI manager at the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine

• The Institute of Copyright and Related Rights and Digital Transformation 

Petro Bilyk, partner in the technology and investment practice at Juscutum

• Legaltech: useful practical advice for lawyers. Recommendations on the responsible use of artificial intelligence for lawyers 

Olena Andriienko, Deputy Director for Legal Affairs at Publicis Groupe Ukraine, member of the Expert Advisory Committee on AI Development in Ukraine at the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, Head of Ethics and Legal Development of the Ukrainian Large Language Model AI

• Development of the Ukrainian large language model (LLM): opportunities and challenges. Successful Ukrainian innovative startups in the field of AI

Dmytro Nikolaevskyi, Chief Lawyer of the Project Office for Digital Economy Development at the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine

• Legal status of virtual assets

13:20 - 13:50 Coffee break

13:50 - 15:10 Session 3. Trademark and invention rights — legislative changes on the path to the EU

Moderator: 

Oleksandr Mamunya, Managing Partner at Mamunya IP, Deputy Chairman of the UBA Committee on Intellectual Property

Focus areas:

• Implementation of European trademark legislation – key novelties of the draft Law of Ukraine ‘On Protection of Trademark Rights’
• How the Law of Ukraine ‘On Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine Regarding the Implementation of the Bolivar Provision’ works – experience of the first months of application and prospects
• The Law of Ukraine ‘On Medicinal Products’ – what will happen to data exclusivity from 1 January 2027?

Experts:

Tetiana Terekhova, Head of the Industrial Property Development Department at the Ukrainian National Office for Intellectual Property and Innovations (IP Office) 

Vitalii Savchuk, Partner at LA Law Firm

15:10-15:40 Coffee break

15:40-17:00 Session 4. IP protection in action: judicial and administrative instruments

Co-moderators: 

Tetiana Kudrytska, Partner at AEQUO

Victoria Sopilnyak, Partner at Doubinsky & Osharova 

Focus areas:

1. Case study: Judicial practice in the field of intellectual property

• analysis of high-profile cases in recent years;
• interactive discussion with participants: what decision would the court make, what arguments are most convincing.

Ihor Benedysiuk, Judge of the Commercial Court of Cassation within the Supreme Court 

2. Appeals Chamber of the Ukrainian State Intellectual Property Office: new trends and approaches

• practice of reviewing decisions;
• problematic issues of law enforcement: are administrative protection tools effective?

Vladyslav Bilotskyi, Deputy Director, Chair of the Appeals Chamber of the Ukrainian National Office for Intellectual Property and Innovations (IP Office) 

Myroslava Koval-Lavok, Counsel at Baker McKenzie Ukraine 

3. Protection of intellectual property rights – convergence of state priority and private interest

• Results of cooperation between law enforcement agencies/customs and rights holders
• Case studies: criminal case and case of customs violations
• Ways to improve

Yevgeniy Kompanets, attorney-at-law, Pakharenko and Partners

17:00 - 17:40 Battle over the “status” of well-known trademarks 

Participants: 

Anton Koval, Partner at Doubinsky & Osharova

Serhii Hlotov, lecturer at Vilnius State University (Lithuania), assistant professor at the Department of Civil Justice and Advocacy at Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, research fellow at the Research Institute of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, member of the Civil Law Platform public organization, attorney

Arbitrators:

Vasyl Krat, Judge of the Supreme Court in the Civil Court of Cassation

Yulia Prokhoda, Director of INTELS-Ukraine, lawyer, patent attorney of Ukraine, member of the board of the National Association of Patent Attorneys of Ukraine

17:40 - 19:30 Evening reception. Networking

We are grateful for the support in organizing the event:

General Partners:

AMBASSADORS

Doubinsky & Osharova

Session Partners:

AEQUO

Baker McKenzie

LA Law Firm

MAMUNYA IP

META

Pakharenko and Partners

Like-minded:

Sayenko Kharenko

REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED to participate in the event.

Representatives of state bodies can join the Conference free of charge.

A corporate discount of 10% is available for three or more representatives from the same company. To take advantage of this offer, please contact the event coordinator.

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Participation is considered confirmed after payment of the registration fee.

The organizers reserve the right to close registration when the maximum number of participants is reached.

For additional information about the event, participation as a speaker, and partnership opportunities, contact the event coordinator at tel.: +38 (044) 492-88-48, +38 (063) 792-30-99 (calls via WhatsApp, Telegram, Viber) or email: tosaulenko@uba.ua. Contact person — Tetiana Osaulenko.

For media accreditation, please e-mail: pr@uba.ua. Contact person — Daria Sydorchuk.