§ 01 · Counsel of record

Ihor Makushinsky

CEO and senior counsel

Brand and content protection · since 2014

§ 02 · Biography

Practice grounded in over a decade of takedown work.

In-house IP specialist at Plarium (the studio behind RAID: Shadow Legends) for eight years, building and supervising trademark, copyright, and contract work for one of the largest mobile gaming companies.

Founded Lawyerd in 2021 to scale enforcement work into a multi-jurisdiction practice.

Mentor at Techstars and Entrepreneur in Residence at Temple University.

§ 03 · Practice areas

What he personally handles.

Engagements at Lawyerd are scoped by counsel and signed before any filing leaves the office. The areas below are those Ihor works on directly.

Removal

Media and content takedown

Defamation removal, copyright enforcement, search delisting, social platform takedowns under named statute.

Trademark

Brand and trademark enforcement

Domain takedowns, marketplace listing removal, ad removal, multi-jurisdiction trademark complaints.

Privacy

Privacy and reputation

GDPR Article 17 right-to-be-forgotten, deepfake removal, identity-misuse claims, leaked content recovery.

Regulatory

Regulatory correspondence

Operator-side responses to gambling commissions, communications with hosting providers and registrars, escalation drafting.

§ 04 · Jurisdictions

Where filings have been made.

Ihor has filed or supervised filings under the following authorities. Coverage extends to Berne Convention signatory states for copyright matters.

Regulated iGaming
  • 01Curaçao GCB
  • 02Malta MGA
  • 03Anjouan GCB
  • 04UK Gambling Commission
Statute frameworks
  • 01US DMCA (Title 17 §512)
  • 02EU DSA enforcement
  • 03EU Directive 2019/790
  • 04GDPR Article 17 (EU/EEA)
170+ countries under Berne signatory copyright matters
§ 05 · Selected matters · Anonymised

A representative sample of cases.

Identifying details abstracted. Full case histories available to qualified parties under NDA.

Matter 2025 iGaming

Coordinated negative-press campaign against a Tier-1 CIS-region operator.

Counsel-led intake of 2,600 candidate URLs across three target jurisdictions. Qualified caseload reduced by evidentiary review; 200 actionable filings completed in the first 20 days. Approximately 70% resolved at first notice. Client retained primary licence without regulator inquiry.

Matter 2024 Game studio

Tactical enforcement against a clone-domain network targeting a major game title.

47 active clone domains identified at intake. Continuous operation across registrar abuse complaints, hosting takedowns, and search delisting. Clone visibility reduced by approximately 80% within 90 days; pattern of new domain registration disrupted.

Matter 2024 Creator brand

Identity-misuse and deepfake removal across short-form video platforms.

Coordinated AI-generated impersonation content targeting a public creator's brand on YouTube, TikTok and Telegram. First filing within 18 hours of intake. Bulk resolution within 14 days. Ongoing monitoring under continuing engagement.

§ 06 · Background

Education, certifications and roles.

Education
  • Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University (Kharkiv) LL.B. in Law · 2018
  • Techstars Business development programme
  • International Compliance Association Compliance Officer certification · 2019
  • Temple University (Philadelphia) NGI Enrichers Entrepreneur in Residence · 2023
Roles
  • Mentor, Techstars 2023
  • Visiting mentor, Entrepreneurship & Innovation Law Lab Università degli Studi di Torino · 2023
Languages
  • Ukrainian · Russian Native
  • English Full professional
§ 07 · Programmes & Recognition

Programmes and partnerships.

Operational
  • Cloudflare Brand Protectionpartner programme (API access)
Accelerators
  • Techstarslegal-tech portfolio company
  • CV LabsBatch 06 alumni (Swiss crypto-tech accelerator)
Institutional
  • Lander & RogersLawTechHub partner programme
  • NGI EnrichersTemple University fellow (2023)
  • ELTAEuropean Legal Tech Association member
Academic
  • Università degli Studi di Torinovisiting mentor
  • Temple University (Philadelphia)entrepreneur in residence
§ 08 · Contact

Engagement begins with a confidential intake.

Ihor reviews every intake personally. Send a brief note via email; counsel responds within one business day.

PGP key on request · NDA-first communication available