Objects Potentially Protectable as Non-Traditional
Trademarks
The Ukraine Trademark Law (Law of Ukraine On Protection of
Rights in Trademarks and Service Marks) defines a trademark as a
sign, capable of distinguishing goods and services of one entity
from those of other entities.
Furthermore, according to the law, a trademark can be
represented by any sign or combination of signs. The law further
contains an inexhaustive list of such potentially protectable types
of signs: words, (including names, letters, digits), graphic
elements, colors and color combinations.
The Trademark Regulations (The Rules for the Drafting and Filing
of Trademark and Service Mark Applications) broaden the list of
matter potentially protectable as trademarks and provide a
distinction (although rather vague) between conventional
(traditional) and non-traditional trademarks.
