Legal accompaniment of firm-names disputes

If You are the owner of an enterprise, organization, etc. (legal person), You atomatically become the owner of such object of intellectual property as firm-name which Your firm obtained at the moment of registration in appropriate state structure. Here, the special registration in Patent Office is not required.

If a trademark allows to differentiate goods and services of an enterprise, firm-name allows to differentiate the manufacturers of these goods and services, and characterizes the reputation and market position of the enterprise. Therefore, it is highly important for the enterprise with good reputation that its firm-name was not used by other participants of market relations, misleading customers of its goods.

Firm-name conflict arises if the interests of their owners meet on the market. One of the examples of such conflict is legal dispute between close corporation "Alpha Capital Ukraine" and public corporation UFK " Alpha Capital" due to similarity of firm-name.

A conflict can arise between a firm-name and a trademark. For example, the known is the dispute between stock-company "Argumenty i fakti" and the owner of trademark " Argumenty i fakti.Ukraine".

A firm-name can be additionally protected by its registration as the mark for goods and services. Before beginning a procedure of protecting your interests, it is expedient to consult with specialists not to become a victim, for example, due to earlier priority.

The legal base in Ukraine is enough for protection from illegal exploitation of firm-name.

Specialists of our firm of patent attorneys of Ukraine «Lazurenko & Partners» are ready to provide legal accompaniment of firm-names disputes on the markets of Ukraine and countries of CIS on your demand.