Expert Opinion (#04 April 2012)

Trademark Registration in Ukraine: Provisional Refusals, their Avoidance and Overcoming

Oleg O. Milchenko

Provisional refusal is a decree of an examiner on the stage of qualifying examination, which contains conclusions why a certain trademark cannot be registered in accordance with conditions of granting legal protection to marks. The number of provisional refusals has increased in recent years. Such situation is caused by an increasing amount of registered trademarks, on the one hand and, on the other hand, this fact confirms that the attitude to the examination and construction of legislation clauses among examiners is moving toward international standards…

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