Counsel, Attorney-at-Law
Ilarion
Tomarov
Experience
Ilarion has been defending clients’ intellectual property rights in courts since 2006.
Expert in damage recovery and protection of intellectual property rights on the Internet.
Member of Parallel Imports Committee at the International Trademark Association (INTA).
Mentor and coach of teams at legal and media hackathons, moot courts and law students:
- Professional mentoring program for students of the Faculty of Law of NaUKMA.
- Moot Competition on Intellectual Property, UBA Students’ League
- Legal Education Reform Hackathon, UBA Students’ League
- Legal Design Jam, KYIV Legal Hackers
- Mediengeist, Accelerator of Anti-disinformation Projects, Kunsht, supported by Goethe-Institut in Ukraine
- Infoton Online Competition, Unicef, USAID, Inscience
Lecturer at experts’ communities and Law schools:
- NaUKMA Law Clinic
- NaUKMA Faculty of Law
- All-Ukrainian School of IT and Internet Law
- National Legal Course on Intellectual Property Law, ELSA Kyiv
- USF Legal, Ukrainian Startup Fund
Combining the experience of a lecturer, an in-house lawyer, and an advisor.
IP blogger at www.legalshift.com.ua.
Recognition
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The leading global ranking Chambers Europe recommends Ilarion as a recognized lawyer in the field of intellectual property since 2025.
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The Legal 500 2021-2025 recommends Ilarion as a Next generation partner in intellectual property.
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The global directory World Trademark Review 1000 2020-2025 gave a positive feedback on Ilarion's work: “A creative and efficient trademark enforcer with strong research skills, Ilarion has an uncommon approach and offers outstanding solutions.”
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IP Stars recommends Ilarion as a Trade mark star 2022-2025.
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Who's Who Legal 2023 recommends Ilarion Tomarov in IP - Copyright.
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Yurydychna Gazeta 2020-2022 has listed Ilarion as a leading practitioner in the field of Intellectual Property.
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Ilarion is listed among the top 100 best lawyers of Ukraine. Client's Choice 2020-2022 from the Yurydychna Gazeta.
Practice
Data Protection and Product Compliance
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Intellectual Property,
IT
Personal goal
To write a book and set up a modern school of law
Lifestyle
Design thinking
Life credo
«A smooth sea never made a skillful sailor»
selected projects
Wikimedia Ukraine NGO
Vasil Kisil & Partners has successfully represented Wikimedia Ukraine NGO in court in the case regarding recognition of a post as false and refuting it.
McDonald's Ukraine
Co-owner of Ukrainian ІТ product company
Oysters Cava Bar
Publications
12/05/2022
Let's say you bake delicious croissants, and those who have tasted them once wait every day for fresh pastries. Today, an Instagram account with photos of croissants from different cafés and their reviews is likely a more profitable business. Croissants are a traditional business. But if you are selling social media accounts, the validity of the deal costs much more. A recent Ukrainian alternative is the Law on Virtual Assets (the "Law"). What risks should be considered and how to mitigate them, why Ukrainian jurisdiction could become a new black for virtual assets – read on...
21/07/2021
Q&A about Cross-Border Copyright in Ukraine 2021
29/06/2021
The article is available in Ukrainian
26/05/2021
The article is available in Ukrainian