IT industry is a major growth engine for the Ukrainian economy, taking the leading place among export industries in the country.

The Ukrainian authorities have recently closed one of the world’s most popular file-sharing websites Demonoid.

Ukraine is strengthening its position as an IT hub of choice by adopting new legislation aimed at creating favourable tax and legal conditions for tech companies operating in the country and fostering further investment in the sector.

The Ukrainian parliament has passed the Law "On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine Concerning Mandatory Registration and Use of Electronic Offices in the Unified Judicial Information...

Diia City, a special legal and tax regime for IT industry is becoming more popular among IT/tech companies. Early birds time has gone. Now it's time of those who's in and who's out.

According to the International Data Corporation, the IT industry seems to have been less hit by the COVID-19 crisis compared to other business sectors worldwide.

On 23 March 2017, the Parliament of Ukraine has overridden the President's veto and repeatedly adopted the Law of Ukraine "On State Support of Cinematography in Ukraine".

Intellectual Property chapter by Oleksandr Padalka Oleg Klymchuk. IT Sector, e-Commerce, and Cyber Security chapter by Nazar Chernyavsky and Mykyta Polatayko...

Maria Koval, Counsel and Head of Intellectual Property Practice at Redcliffe Partners, discussed the problematic issues arising for start-ups and IT-business in creating and designing IP objects.

The National Commission on Communication Regulation of Ukraine ("NCCR") adopted the Regulation on Quality of Telecommunication Services ("Regulation") so that it becomes effective from the day of its official proclamation, which is expected within a week from now.

New rules for consumer telecoms contracts have been introduced by Ukraine's National Commission for Communications Regulation.

Acknowledging the importance of the IT sector in Ukraine’s economy, the government has provided tax breaks to qualified companies and individuals in the IT sector that fall under the category of "subjects of the software product industry".

This blog recently discussed whether international mechanisms exist to award damages caused by potential cyberwars.

Taking into account that there are many current litigation matters in Ukraine with respect to the illegal use of trademarks and company names with domain names .COM.UA, this change is very important for Ukraine

The Ukrainian Ministry of Social Policy's ("Ministry") recent draft law "On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine with regard to Strengthening the Protection of Employees' Rights ...

On 26 April 2017 amendments to the Law of Ukraine "On Copyright and Related Rights" and a number of other normative acts adopted by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on 23 March 2017 and aimed at combating piracy on the Internet entered into force.

Employers in Ukraine must review job titles in their organisations in line with the recently updated list of professions.

We are gradually and steadily approaching EU standards. A confirmation of this statement is that the Law of Ukraine "On Personal Data Protection" was adopted by the Parliament of Ukraine on June 1, 2010 and is going to come into effect on January 1, 2011.