Natalia Stetsenko

Senior Associate *

Ukraine Office

Q&A

Natalia handles contentious matters with an accent on enforcement of trademarks, industrial designs, patent rights and copyright. Natalia does anti-counterfeiting work in Ukraine and other countries in the region. She also has ample experience in the protection of plant variety rights in this region. Natalia has recently advised major fashion and technology companies in trademark enforcement and prosecution matters.

Prior to joining PETOŠEVIĆ in 2017, Natalia worked for 18 years with a firm in Kyiv where her practice focused on enforcement of patent and trademark rights, anti-counterfeiting, protection of plant variety rights and IP-related regulatory issues in the field of pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals.

* Contractor

Practice Areas

Patent Litigation and Contentious
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Estonia
- Georgia
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Moldova
- Tajikistan
- Turkmenistan
- Belarus
- Russia
- Ukraine
- Uzbekistan
Trademark Litigation
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Estonia
- Georgia
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Moldova
- Tajikistan
- Turkmenistan
- Belarus
- Russia
- Ukraine
- Uzbekistan
Design Litigation
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Estonia
- Georgia
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Moldova
- Tajikistan
- Turkmenistan
- Belarus
- Russia
- Ukraine
- Uzbekistan
Copyright
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Estonia
- Georgia
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Moldova
- Tajikistan
- Turkmenistan
- Belarus
- Russia
- Ukraine
- Uzbekistan
Domain Names
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Estonia
- Georgia
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Moldova
- Tajikistan
- Turkmenistan
- Belarus
- Russia
- Ukraine
- Uzbekistan
Internet and Social Media
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Estonia
- Georgia
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Moldova
- Tajikistan
- Turkmenistan
- Belarus
- Russia
- Ukraine
- Uzbekistan
Geographical Indications
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Estonia
- Georgia
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Moldova
- Tajikistan
- Turkmenistan
- Belarus
- Russia
- Ukraine
- Uzbekistan
Plant Varieties
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Estonia
- Georgia
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Moldova
- Tajikistan
- Turkmenistan
- Belarus
- Russia
- Ukraine
- Uzbekistan
IP Enforcement and Litigation
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Estonia
- Georgia
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Moldova
- Tajikistan
- Turkmenistan
- Belarus
- Russia
- Ukraine
- Uzbekistan
Strategic Counseling
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Estonia
- Georgia
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Moldova
- Tajikistan
- Turkmenistan
- Belarus
- Russia
- Ukraine
- Uzbekistan
IP for Startups (IP2START)
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Estonia
- Georgia
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Moldova
- Tajikistan
- Turkmenistan
- Belarus
- Russia
- Ukraine
- Uzbekistan
Media and Entertainment Law
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Estonia
- Georgia
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Moldova
- Tajikistan
- Turkmenistan
- Belarus
- Russia
- Ukraine
- Uzbekistan

Languages

Native Ukrainian, fluent Russian, English and Polish, proficient German, intermediate French, basic Czech

Education

Ukrainian Bar Academy, Kyiv, Ukraine, Specialist Degree in Law, 2010
Ukrainian Bar Academy, Kyiv, Ukraine, LLB, 2009
Kyiv Institute of Intellectual Property and Law, Kyiv, Ukraine, Specialist Degree in Intellectual Property, 2001
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine, MA in Linguistics, 1997

Presentations

Lecture on the basics of the Madrid System for the registration of trademarks. WIPO Summer School, Odessa, Ukraine, 2009
Lecture on the basics of intellectual property law. Kharkiv National University of Internal Aﬀairs, Kharkiv, Ukraine, 2003

Publications

“Patents — Ukraine”. Lexology GTDT Practice Guides. Law Business Research. (July 2020)
Co-author of the Ukraine Chapter in WTR Anti-Counterfeiting Guide (2009-2015)
“Protecting plant variety rights in Ukraine”. Floraculture International. CIOPORA Chronicle. (June 2014)
“Возражения принимаются” (“Objections to be accepted”). Юридическая практика (Ukrainian legal newspaper Legal Practice) (March 5, 2013)

Committees

INTA Bulletins Committee, 2024 - 2025 Term
INTA Indigenous Rights Committee, 2020 - 2021 Term, 2022 - 2023 Term
INTA Legislation and Regulation Committee, 2018–2019 Term
INTA Anti-Counterfeiting Committee, 2015–2016 Term
INTA Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee, 2014–2015 Term
INTA Internet Committee, 2009–2011 Term

Membership

INTA

Professional Activities

Natalia is also a panelist at the Forum (formerly the National Arbitration Forum, USA), an ICANN-approved domain name dispute resolution provider.

Testimonials

The Kyiv office is now headed up by attorney at law Oleh Karpenko, an internet-savvy enforcement ace. Working alongside Karpenko are Natalia Stetsenko, who focuses on anti-counterfeiting, with a particular speciality in pharmaceuticals; and Yuriy Karlash, who is as comfortable duking it out before the courts and customs authorities as he is handling domain name transfers and complex internet-related issues. WTR 1000, 2023
The Kyiv office is now headed up by attorney at law Oleh Karpenko, an internet-savvy enforcement ace. Working alongside Karpenko are Natalia Stetsenko, who focuses on anti-counterfeiting, with a particular speciality in pharmaceuticals; and Yuriy Karlash, who is as comfortable duking it out before the courts and customs authorities as he is handling domain name transfers and complex internet-related issues. WTR 1000, 2022