PATENT LEADERS
RUSSIA
Name: Pavel Arievich Position: Legal Director Law firm: DLA Piper
Name: David Aylen Position: Managing Partner Law firm: Gowling WLG LLP
Name: Anna Bogdanova Position: Head of Trademark Dept Law firm: ARS-Patent
Name: Elena Buranova Position: Partner Law firm: Kiap
Name: Pavel Gorokhov Position: Partner Law firm: Baker McKenzie
Name: Marina Grineva Position: Trademark Attorney Law firm: Euromarkpat Group
Name: Denis Khabarov Position: Partner Law firm: Baker McKenzie
Name: Victor Naumov Position: Office Managing Partner Law firm: Dentons
Vladimir Biriulin
Position: Head of Legal Department
Law firm: Gorodissky & Partners
Phone: +7 495 937 6116
Email: biriulinv@gorodissky.com
Website: www.gorodissky.com
Vladimir Biriulin counsels clients on Russian and foreign IP legislations, including international IP treaties, conventions, agreements and peculiarities of their implementation in Russia, technology transfer, licensing, copyrights and elaborating efficient strategy of company intangible assets protection.
His particular interest covers enforcement and infringement of IP owners’ rights, unfair competition, parallel import and litigation.
Biriulin is a recognised litigation adviser representing a broad range of national and international clients in both patent- and trademark-related cases.
Yury Kuznetsov
Position: Partner
Law firm: Gorodissky & Partners
Phone: +7 495 937 6116
Email: kuznetsovy@gorodissky.com
Website: www.gorodissky.com
Yury Kuznetsov joined Gorodissky & Partners in 1999 and in 2002 was promoted to partner. Since 2014 he has been leading the whole patent practice of Gorodissky & Partners.
He represents multinational and Russian clients, his primary focus is prosecution and enforcement of patent rights in the fields of electronics, communications, computer systems, audio and video engineering.
Kuznetsov has a wide experience of oppositions and appeals before the Russian and Eurasian Patent Offices and representing clients in a number of litigation cases.
Another important aspect of his practice is IP due diligence and freedom-to-operate analyses, including advice relating to patent infringement.
Name: Valentina Orlova Position: Head of IP Practice Law firm: Pepeliaev Group
Name: Kirill Osipov Position: Head of Legal Dept Law firm: ARS-Patent
Name: Vladimir Rybakov Position: Senior Partner Law firm: ARS-Patent
Name: Pavel Sadovsky Position: Head of IP / TMT Group Law firm: EPAM
Name: Marina Smirnova Position: Patent / Trademark Attorney Law firm: Papula-Nevinpat
Name: Ekaterina Tilling Position: Head of IP Law firm: Eversheds Sutherland
Name: Elena Utkina Position: Deputy Director / Head of Patent Department Law firm: Vakhnina & Partners
Name: Tatyana Vakhnina Position: Senior Partner Law firm: Vakhnina & Partners
Name: Denis Voevodin Position: Partner Law firm: Dentons
Name: Aleksey Zalesov Position: Managing Partner Law firm: A Zalesov & Partners Patent & Law Firm LLC
Natalia Nikolaeva
Position: Lead Lawyer
Law firm: Gorodissky & Partners
Phone: +7 383 209 3045
Email: nikolaevan@gorodissky.com
Website: www.gorodissky.com
Natalia Nikolaeva joined Gorodissky & Partners in 1999 and in 2010 was promoted to partner. She advises clients on all legal aspects of IP issues, including copyright and related rights, patents and know-how, trademarks and brands as well as other IP assets.
She assists clients with IP rights enforcement and anti-piracy, handles all kinds of IP infringement cases before the courts and administrative bodies.
Having been one of the leading litigators at the firm she actively enforces IP rights throughout the jurisdictions of Russia and the CIS countries.
Nikolaeva counsels clients on various IP and technology transfer issues, such as licences, franchises, assignments.
She conducts due diligence and participates in different corporate and commercial transactions associated with the conveyance of IP rights.
