Oksana's practice focuses on complex trademark matters. She advises clients on acquiring and enforcing trade mark rights and provides strategic guidance throughout the application process and in trade mark disputes. She drafts responses to office actions, files oppositions, and represents clients before the Ukrainian Intellectual Property Office. Oksana also manages clients' patent portfolios and handles the registration and protection of plant variety rights.
With a career spanning more than 30 years, Oksana has extensive experience in all areas of intellectual property. Prior to joining CWB in 2026, she served for 20 years on the Board of Appeal of the Ukrainian IPO, where she handled appeals relating to inventions, industrial designs, and trade marks, as well as applications for the recognition of well-known trade marks. Oksana previously spent 10 years specialising in plant variety rights protection, plant variety denomination examination, and ensuring Ukraine's compliance with EU and international standards related to plant varieties.
Experience
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Played a key role in aligning Ukrainian plant variety legislation with international standards, including drafting explanatory materials that supported Ukraine's accession to the UPOV Convention (1991 Act)
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Conducted a high-level audit of plant variety rights registries for Ukraine's Presidential Administration and developed strategic recommendations to address system inconsistencies
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Served as Deputy Head and Board Member of the Ukrainian IPO's Board of Appeal, chairing hearings and overseeing opposition and administrative proceedings
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Led the Board of Appeal digital transformation initiative by designing the technical framework for its dedicated case management software
Education
- Kyiv National Economic University, Kyiv, Ukraine, LLM, 2010
- Kyiv Institute of Intellectual Property and Law, Kyiv, Ukraine, LLM in Intellectual Property, 2005
- Institute of Agriculture of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, PhD in Plant Breeding and Seed Production, 2002
- Kharkiv National Agrarian University, Kharkiv, Ukraine, Specialist Degree in Agronomy and Plant Breeding, 1993
Languages
- English
- Russian
- Ukrainian
Professional Activities
Publications
"Overview of Appeal Board Practice and Decisions: 'Yo Moyo' Trade Mark". Intellectual Property, Issue 2, p. 44–47. (2015)
"Overview of Appeal Board Practice and Decisions: The 'Forum Lviv' Trade Mark and the Well-Known Trade Mark 'Zdorovia Ukrainy'". Intellectual Property, Issue 9, p. 46–57. (2015)
“'PRODRIVE' Got the Green Light”. Bulletin of Intellectual Property, Issue 1, p. 5. (2014)
“Appeal Board Practice and Recommendations Concerning Well-Known Trade Marks". 80 p. ISBN 978-966-1670-08-1, Kyiv. (2012)
"Overview of Appeal Board Practice and Decisions". Intellectual Property, Issue 11, p. 36–42. (2011)
"Overview of Appeal Board Decisions with Explanatory Notes (Manual)". 110 p. ISBN 978-966-1670-03-6, Kyiv. (2010)
“Openwork Similarity”. Intellectual Property, Issue 7, p. 32–35. (2007)
"Current Issues in Aligning Ukrainian Legislation with EU Law in the Area of Plant Variety Rights Protection". Plant Varieties Studying and Protection, Issue 2, p. 147–155. (2005)
Presentations
- “Overview of Appeal Board Practice and Decisions", XXII International Scientific and Practical Conference – Current Issues of Intellectual Property, Kyiv, Ukraine, 9-11 September 2014
- “Legal Regulation of Opposition Procedures”, XXI International Scientific and Practical Conference – Current Issues of Intellectual Property, Yalta, Ukraine, 16-18 September 2013
- “Powers of the Appeal Board in Ukrainian and Foreign Legislation”, XX International Scientific and Practical Conference – Current Issues of Intellectual Property, Kyiv, Ukraine, 21-23 February 2013
- “External Control of Examination Process as Element of Quality Management System” XIX International Scientific and Practical Conference – Current Issues of Intellectual Property, Yalta, Ukraine, 3–7 September 2012
- “Specific Approaches to Resolving Complaints Concerning the Acquisition of Intellectual Property Rights”, XVIII International Scientific and Practical Conference – Current Issues of Intellectual Property, Yalta, Ukraine, 12–16 September 2011
- “Appeal Board Practice: Review of Decisions on Inventions”, XVI International Scientific and Practical Conference – Current Issues of Intellectual Property, Yalta, Ukraine, 31 August–4 September 2009
Membership
- INTA
Courses
- International IP Law and Practice Online Training Programme, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London, in partnership with the Government of the United Kingdom, 2020
- WIPO Academy Courses, DL-317 Advanced Distance Learning Course on Arbitration and Mediation Procedure under the WIPO Rules, 2017
- WIPO Academy Courses, DL-302 Advanced Course on Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications, 2017
- European Patent Academy, CIS Board of Appeal Seminar – NV43-2011, European Patent Office, Munich, 2011