Ilyashev & Partners advises international agency on online content protection in Ukraine

Ilyashev & Partners is a legal adviser to an international agency specializing in digital content protection against unauthorized access to digital media on the Internet in Ukraine.

The international agency represents many intellectual property rights holders around the world, mainly film and cartoon producers, and, using monitoring technologies, is able to detect digital and IPTV piracy on the Internet. The agency found out that there are several websites on the Internet broadcasting digital content without rights holders’ consent and which are placed on hosting platforms in Ukraine.

To protect the client’s interests, the team conducted its own research and identified the companies, in particular in Ukraine and the Czech Republic, that own the hosting of websites with unauthorized live TV broadcasting, as well as their respective servers’ location. The firm provided legal assistance to the international agency in negotiations with the hosting provider, which resulted in the removal of pirated content from the websites.

Andriy Lytvyn, the head of Kharkiv office, led the intellectual property team on this case.