The largest Ukrainian online retailer Rozetka (ROZETKA.UA LLC) won a lawsuit against individual entrepreneur Muntyan Karina-Karolina Leonidivna. The Kyiv City Commercial Court fully satisfied the company’s claim for debt collection, penalties, and inflation losses totaling UAH 330,251.93.
The largest Ukrainian online retailer Rozetka (ROZETKA.UA LLC) won a lawsuit against individual entrepreneur Muntyan Karina-Karolina Leonidivna. The Kyiv City Commercial Court fully satisfied the company’s claim for debt collection, penalties, and inflation losses totaling UAH 330,251.93.
The reason for the dispute was the «tacit» disregard for the approval of acts and non-payment for services under the sublicense agreement. dev.ua looked into the details of the case.
In May 2022, the parties entered into a sublicense agreement. According to its terms, the retailer provided the entrepreneur with:
A non-exclusive sublicense to use the ROZETKA trademark (for advertising, product demonstration, product presentation, etc.).
Access to the Rozetka Online Platform (website and its internal functionality) for selling goods.
For this, the individual entrepreneur had to pay royalties and periodic payments monthly by the 25th of the current month.
However, the entrepreneur incurred a debt for the services provided from August 2022 to February 2023. Rozetka issued invoices and service certificates, but never received the full amount of money.
The court revealed an interesting nuance: the individual entrepreneur did not sign the sent electronic certificates of work performed (there was no CEP or seal on them). It would seem that no signature means no consent? But no, in the Rozetka contract, a clause on «tacit consent» was included, which is classic for large IT platforms:
If, within 3 business days after receiving the acts, the licensee does not send reasoned objections by mail, the acts are considered accepted and signed in the form in which they were provided, and the services are considered provided in full.
Since no complaints or objections were received from the entrepreneur, the court recognized the acts as valid and the debt as officially recorded. In addition, the court emphasized that the obligation to pay under the contract depended on a specific date (by the 25th), and not on the fact of signing the papers.
The entrepreneur ignored the legal process altogether: her representative received the decision to open proceedings by mail in March 2026, but the individual entrepreneur did not submit any response or objection to the court. The case was considered under a simplified procedure.
Judge S. O. Shcherbakov decided to fully satisfy the claim of «ROZETKA.UA» and recover from the individual entrepreneur:
UAH 246,655.50 — principal debt for services;
UAH 62,046.17 — inflationary losses (accrued for the period of delay from 2023 to 2026);
21,550.26 UAH — 3% per annum;
UAH 3,963.02 — court fee costs.
During the review process, a funny legal blunder by Rozetka’s lawyers turned up. The lawsuit was filed electronically through the «Electronic Court» system, which gave the company the right to a 20% discount (coefficient 0.8) when paying the court fee.
Instead of the 3,963.02 UAH due, the retailer paid the full rate — 4,953.78 UAH. The court noted that Rozetka overpaid the budget by 990.76 UAH, but since the company did not file a separate petition for the return of funds, this money will remain with the state for now. However, Rozetka can return it later if it remembers it and writes a statement.
