Konnov & Sozanovsky has merged with ARTEX Ukraine, an intellectual property services firm, with former ARTEX Ukraine Managing Partner Alexander Molotai becoming K&S's Head of IP.
ARTEX Ukraine operated in Ukraine from 2011 until joining K&S. According to K&S, "the firm possesses a large clientele, and its team is experienced in providing Ukrainian and international clients with services in the area of intellectual property rights protection."
According to Konnov & Sozanovsky, "such joining forces will allow Konnov & Sozanovsky to strengthen its IP practice, diversify services as well as to provide a competitive edge in the Ukrainian market of legal services." In addition, according to K&S, Alexander Molotai (pictured), "has over fifteen years of practice in various aspects of intellectual property and unfair competition law. Alexander's experience embraces a range of issues related to intellectual property subject matter, such as drawing up and deploying of IP protection strategies for various types of businesses, structuring of transactions that involve IP assets (transfer and licensing of technology and goodwill), suppression of unfair business practices and IP litigation."
