Intellectual Property Law

Registration of the Rights for the Intellectual Property Items:

• registration, protection and keeping of the trademarks and patents in force, services on patenting of inventions, utility models and industrial prototypes in Russia and abroad
• check of trademarks for identity and similarity, patent search and expert assessment
• registration of trademarks in the Customs Register of Intellectual Properties
• registration of software and domain names, preparation of documents and counseling services

Settlement of Disputes on the Intellectual Property:

• representation of interests in the Chamber for Patent Disputes, arbitration courts and regular courts
• disputes on protection of the exclusive rights to the results of intellectual activity and means of individualizing, particularly, trademarks and service marks, domain disputes and patent disputes
• protection of copyrights and neighboring rights, particularly, in the Internet
• disputes based on the contracts associated with the creation and use of the intellectual property items (licensing, franchise and author’s contracts)
• cases about unlawful competition, representation of interests in FAS Russia
• disputes on violation of the advertising legislation

Intellectual Property Consulting:

• legal due diligence of the intellectual property items, particularly, for implementation of the investment projects
• counseling on all issues of protectability of the intellectual property items
• drawing up the contracts for disposal of the rights for the intellectual property items, support of the registration procedure, if applicable
• drawing up the licensing and other contracts for the intellectual property items, support of the registration procedure, if applicable
• development and analysis of the provisions for distributor agreements, services contracts, agency and other contracts associated with protection of the intellectual property items, software, personal data and confidential information
• development of the local regulatory acts on transfer of the rights for the intellectual property items from the employee to the employer