Sayenko Kharenko, working with the Italian office of Bird & Bird, has successfully represented the Consorzio di Tutela della Denominazione di Origine Controllata Prosecco before the Ukrainian Competition Authority in a dispute over the misuse of the prosecco protected designation of origin by Ukraine's Tairovo Winery.
According to Sayenko Kharenko, based on the evidence provided by the Consorzio and collected during the unfair competition proceedings, the Competition Authority imposed a fine of UAH 946,909 (approximately EUR 24,000) on the defendant.
The Sayenko Kharenko team included Counsel Oleg Klymchuk, Senior Associate Volodymyr Hrunskyi, Associate Anastasia Bondarenko, and Junior Associate Anastasiia Havryliuk.