Stories from Ukraine
Read some of the stories that inspire us to take action.
Mariana Ryviuk
Patent Attorney in Ukraine
“I have not worked much since the invasion. How do you call a person about a trademark if he is at the front fighting or fleeing from Russian shelling?”
Natalya Lemeshchuk
Trademark, Industrial Design and Patent Attorney in Ukraine
“A month and a half of the war showed its enormity. Russian militaries are fighting not only with the Ukrainian armies but also with defenseless civilians. They kill, maim, torture and rape them and use heavy and illegal weapons.”
Tetiana Pliachenko
Patent and Trademark Attorney, Ukraine
”Because of the damages, we did not have electricity, gas, or water for three weeks. When shelling can be heard close in the area, we are hiding in a small underground cave. We are really scared!”
Ganna Prokhorova
Intellectual Property Attorney, Partner at Mamunya IP in Ukraine
“Sometimes, no matter how you feel, you must go on.”
While fleeing Ukraine Ganna decides a UDRP case from a Kyiv shelter with her son and dog . She inspires us with her resilience and bravery.
Alla Zhyla
Patent Attorney of Ukraine
“For a long time, the cold basement was our home. I prayed to God for salvation, and I have believed and I keep believing that the Ukrainian army will defend Ukraine and we will win this war. “
Oleksandra Syniakovska
Ukrainian IP Agent
“These days, I start my mornings not with a coffee but with reading horrible news, worrying about my parents and friends, and dreaming to see and hug all of them, while trying to live my daily life and work in-between frequent alarm sirens.”
Anna Hranytsia
Ukrainian IP Agent
”I understood that I had to think quickly and make my plan to escape from the city to the border with the EU…After spending the first day and night in the basement and hearing shelling outside I could not stand it any more, was too scared to die and decided to catch the evacuation train.”
Tetiana Kudrytska
Intellectual Property Attorney, Partner at AEQUO
“One morning you and your family wake up to the explosions of shells. In Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. Firstly, you cannot believe in what is happening - in XXI century another “country” just decided to destroy (in all possible meanings) all Ukrainians, just because they are Ukrainians.”
Dr. Danylo Benatov
Patent Agent of Ukraine, Partner at Bureau "Dr. Emil Benarov and Partners", lecturer at Igor Sikorskyi KPI
“Every day we admire these stunning landscapes and this gives us confidence that our people will stand and win.”
