VALENTIN MIKHAILYUK
Senior Partner The founder and head of the Company patent and trademark attorney in Ukraine
- 1972 - graduated from Moscow Engineering Physics Institute and obtained a diploma in Physics Engineering. For about 20 years Mr. Mikhailyuk worked in the sphere of licensing and patenting in the USSR academy of Sciences. In particular, he occupied the post of Head of the Patent and License Department of the B. Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering of the USSR Academy of Sciences.
- 1992 - the year of creation of the patent system in Ukraine – was certified as a specialist in the sphere of intellectual property and obtained Trademark and Patent Attorney Registration No.1. in the same year, he founded patent firm Prins-Group S.A., which later changed its name to Mikhailyuk, Sorokolat & Partners.
- 2003 - was certified as a court expert in the field of IP Law.
- At present, Mr. Valentin Mikhailyuk conducts court examinations, specializes in prosecution of national, Eurasian and PCT applications in a wide range of technologies, as well as provides assistance for Ukrainian and foreign clients in trademark and copyright prosecution, intellectual property licensing, industrial property infringement, unfair competition matters.
- Speaks Ukrainian, Russian and English.
ANNA MIKHAILYUK
Partner Head of the Trademark Department Ukrainian Patent and Trademark Attorney
- Graduated from Kharkiv National Automobile and Highway University and obtained a diploma in Transport Engineering. Graduated from Scientific Research Institute of Intellectual Property and obtained a diploma in Intellectual Property Law. Graduated from Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs and obtained a diploma in Civil Law.
- Ms. Mikhailyuk has been the company`s Managing Partner for more than 20 years.
- Specializes in trademarks and design matters, mainly deals with search and filing of national and international trademarks, legal proceedings and contracts in the field of industrial property, industrial property infringement litigation, unfair competition matters.
- Ms. Mikhailyuk and her department provide the full range of high quality legal services related to trademark registration in Ukraine, prosecution and litigation.
- Speaks Ukrainian, Russian and English.
VADIM MIKHAILYUK
Partner Head of the Patent Department Ukrainian Patent and Trademark Attorney
- Graduated from National Aerospace University “Kharkiv Aviation Institute” and obtained a diploma in Mechanical Engineering. Graduated from Scientific Research Institute of Intellectual Property and obtained a diploma in Intellectual Property Law. Graduated from Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs and obtained a diploma in Civil Law.
- 1995 - was registered before the Ukrainian Patent Office as a Ukrainian patent and trademark attorney and joined Mikhailyuk, Sorokolat and Partners.
- Specializes in national and international prosecution of inventions, industrial designs and utility models in a wide circle of technologies. highly experienced in patent searches, legal proceedings and unfair competition matters.
- Speaks Ukrainian, Russian and English.
- Patent Attorney Mr. Mikhailyuk and his department provide the full range of high quality legal services related to patent registration in CIS countries, prosecution and litigation.
SERGEY SOROKOLAT
Partner Ukrainian patent and trademark attorney
- Graduated from Kharkiv National Technical University “Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute” and obtained a diploma inTechnical Engineering. Graduated from Scientific Research Institute of Intellectual Property and obtained a diploma in Intellectual Property Law.
- 1995 – joined Mikhailyuk, Sorokolat and Partners.
- Specializes in trademark and design matters as well as IT technologies.
- Speaks Ukrainian, Russian and English.
