About

Intellectual Property Law publishes close analysis of the court decisions shaping intellectual property law. Each piece examines a significant ruling — its procedural posture, the court's reasoning, the doctrinal questions it resolves and those it leaves open — and traces what the decision means for the businesses, founders, and creators who live with its consequences.

The work is organized into five areas: copyright, trademarks, patents, trade secrets, and the right of publicity. Coverage is national in scope, with particular attention to the questions most pressing for founders, startups, and the companies building with artificial intelligence — among them the fast-moving law of AI and copyright. We also publish plain-English practical guides for founders and creators.

Lidiia Levitska is an international intellectual property attorney with extensive experience in dispute resolution, policy development, and IP advisory across global institutions and government bodies. Her work spans the full range of intellectual property — from trademarks and designs to patents, copyright, and trade secrets — and combines the perspective of an international organization, an industry advocate, and a public servant.

Most recently, from 2021 to 2025, Lidiia served at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), where she managed arbitration cases and oversaw compliance with the Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (UDRP) — the framework that governs domain-name disputes worldwide. Before WIPO, she was a Senior Policy Officer at the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine, leading complex policy research and development on intellectual property rights.

Her public-sector background includes roles at the Public Prosecutor's Office in Ukraine and an internship at the Parliament of Ukraine — experience that gives her a rare cross-sector vantage point spanning international organizations, advocacy, and government.

Lidiia holds an LL.M. in International Intellectual Property Law from Chicago-Kent College of Law in Illinois and an M.A. in Information Technology Law from the University of Tartu, Estonia. She was admitted to the Ukrainian Bar in 2019.

Areas of focus

• Trademark & design prosecution
• IP litigation & disputes — patents, trademarks, designs, copyright, trade secrets, and unfair competition
• Copyright advisory
• Data protection
• Domain-name disputes & portfolio management