I'm Diana Portna

ABOUT ME

I joined the practice while I was still working on my bachelor's degree at the Department of Law of Kiev National Economic University, with the internship for one of the first patent law firms established in a newly independent Ukraine. I was assisting a group of prominent attorneys with maintenance of high -profile patent and trademark portfolios and intellectual property enforcement matters. In 2001, I completed a two year advanced degree course in Intellectual Property and Law (with honors) and passed qualifying exam to become a Patent Attorney of Ukraine. Thereafter, I worked in the Intellectual Property Practice Group of Baker & McKenzie at its Kiev Office where I coordinated national trademark and patent filing, contributed Ukrainian chapter to a worldwide trademark clearance projects, drafted winning oppositions to provisional refusals under Madrid Agreement and Protocol, provided clients with advice on IP enforcement in the Ukrainian legal environment and otherwise actively participated in a vibrant international IP practice closely interacting with European IP Practice group as well as with in house corporate IP departments of major corporations. In 2003, I successfully graduated from Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, NH, United States, with Master's Degree (LLM) in Intellectual Property Law, Technology Transfer and E-Commerce and worked for major International Law Firm in the USA before rejoining D&L in Ukraine.