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Baker & McKenzie – CIS, Limited fields ‘a great team that provides an excellent service at a reasonable cost that complies with not only legislation but common sense’. Eugene Arievich is ‘truly the best lawyer and team leader’. The firm recently won a patent infringement battle on behalf of Novartis AG against Pharm-Sintez in connection with Novartis’ anti-cancer medicine Glivec. Margarita Divina and Denis Khabarov are also recommended. Sergey Yakovlev is a trade mark consultant.
The IP team at Hogan Lovells (CIS) ‘gives pragmatic and commercial advice, based on its deep understanding of the Russian market’. The group has expertise in patent litigation, freedom-to-operate, IP audits, IP transactional work as well as CIS wide know-how in trade mark prosecution and protection. Clients include GlaxoSmithKline, SAP and X5 Retail. Natalia Gulyaeva ‘takes time to get to know her clients and what their needs may be’. Counsel Julianna Tabastajewa and consultant Vladislav Ugriumov left the firm.
Gorodissky & Partners is a specialist IP law boutique that has an impressive reputation for dispute resolution in this field. The firm recently acted for Positron in a patent infringement case and advised USG interiors on a trade marks dispute. Managing partner Valery Medvedev, Valery Djermakian and Natalia Radchenko are all highly regarded.
David Aylen is the managing partner of Gowlings International Inc’s Moscow office. The firm recently assisted on an infringement action upheld in favour of its client by the Federal Court of Appeal, in respect of electric fireplace technology. Head of patents Vladimir Dementiev and head of the litigation and enforcement practice Marina Drel are well-known practitioners.
Associate Anton Pushkov is head of the IP and TMT group at Linklaters CIS. The firm recently advised BP on the use of famous Russian hockey players’ images and video records under a sponsorship contract with a Russian Hockey Association – Continental Hockey League. The firm is also currently advising MasterCard on the use of Disney Toy Story 3 movie characters and on the sponsorship of Cirque Du Solei shows in Russia.
Denis Voevodin’s IP and trade marks team at Salans has ‘good industry knowledge and a very good level of expertise’. The firm successfully represented BMW AG in a domain name litigation matter and Evian in a parallel import case. IP, IT and telecoms expert Victor Naumov ‘clearly stands out’.
At ARS-Patent in St Petersburg, Natalia Bolshakova, Elena Solovyova and Valentina Doschechkina are all highly experienced in this field.
Alrud Law Firm’s Irina Anyukhina’s group is known in particular for its transactional advice to international clients that include Avon, TBWA and Tupperware.
Baker Botts L.L.P. has impressed following the arrival of former IP head at Goltsblat BLP, Ekaterina Tilling.
Elena Ermakova’s patent agency Ermakova, Stoliarova & Partners ‘has a very experienced team that offers optimal solutions to clients’ needs. The company provides comprehensive legal advice at every stage of registration of trade marks, patenting of inventions, utility models and industrial design, in copyright support and enforcement’.
Irina Vesselitskaya is head of Euromarkpat in Russia, ably supported by five specialist IP attorneys, including trade mark specialist Marina Aleksandrovna Grineva
At Innotec, Antonova Olga Borisnova is the director of the patent service.
Intels provides IP services across the former USSR, Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
Levant & Partners Law Firm’s head of the IP department Larisa Yatrova specialises in patents related to mechanics and electro-mechanics and technology transfer. Rusnano and T&G Group are among the firm’s clients.
Senior associate Pavel Sadovsky heads up the IP group at Magisters. Through 2010, the firm was retained by both Microsoft Russia and Microsoft Corporation as an adviser on various legal issues including intellectual property rights protection, data protection, media, licensing and sublicensing agreements.