Mikhailyuk, Sorokolat and Partners
Kyiv, Ukraine
Mikhailyuk, Sorokolat & Partners was founded in 1992 by Mr. Valentin Mikhailyuk, the first registered patent attorney in Ukraine. Specializing in patents, trademarks, and industrial designs, the firm has grown into a leading IP law firm in Eastern Europe & Central Asia, with offices in Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Georgia, Lithuania, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Uzbekistan, and Azerbaijan. The firm combines high service standards with innovation, earning global trust. Its client-first approach treats every innovation with dedication, forming the cornerstone of its success.
Areas of practice:
Patents: filing, prosecution, maintenance, oppositions, nullity, patentability consulting, searches, assignments, licences, translation, representation.
Trademarks & Designs: filing, maintenance, oppositions, nullity, consulting, assignments, licences, representation.
Domain names: registration, renewal.
Copyright: registration.
Regulatory services: registration of pesticides, chemicals, medicinal products, APIs, veterinary products, plant varieties; GMP assessment; custom recordals.
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Our Partners and Associates
- 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 – 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.
- 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.
- 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.