TRADEMARK LEADERS


RUSSIA


Name: Pavel Arievich Position: Legal Director Law firm: DLA Piper

Name: Eugene Arievich Position: Senior Counsel Law firm: Baker McKenzie

Name: Alexander Baranchikov Position: Managing Attorney Law firm: Baranchikov IP & IT Attorneys

Name: Natalia Belozerova Position: Trademark Attorney Law firm: ARS-Patent

Name: Anna Bogdanova Position: Head of Trademark Dept Law firm: ARS-Patent

Name: Elena Buranova Position: Partner Law firm: Kiap

Name: Mark Chizhenok Position: Partner Law firm: Ivanov Makarov & Partners

Name: Alexander Christophoroff Position: Partner Law firm: Gowling WLG LLP

Name: Margarita Divina Position: Partner Law firm: Baker McKenzie

Name: Svetlana Felitsyna Position: Managing Director Law firm: Soyuzpatent

Name: Pavel Gorokhov Position: Partner Law firm: Baker McKenzie

Name: Natalia Gulyaeva Position: Office Managing Partner Law firm: Hogan Lovells

Name: Denis Khabarov Position: Partner Law firm: Baker McKenzie

Name: Dmitry Markanov Position: Managing Partner Law firm: Patentus

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.
Alexey Kratiuk
Position: Partner
Law firm: Gorodissky & Partners
Phone: +7 495 937 6116
Email: kratiuka@gorodissky.com
Website: www.gorodissky.com
Alexey Kratiuk is head of the trademark department and a well-known trademark specialist in Russia and worldwide.
He has more than 20 years of experience in IP and counsels clients on issues relating to trademark strategies in different jurisdictions.
He deals with obtaining of rights for trademarks and appellations of origin of goods, trademark prosecution proceedings in Russia and other countries.
He is intensively involved in invalidation/cancellation proceedings and enforcements of trademark rights using legal actions in Administrative bodies and Courts in Russia.
Kratiuk is an author of numerous publications and a frequent speaker on trademark and design issues.
He is listed among the best Russian trademark specialists in the world’s most respected legal rankings.

Name: Victor Naumov Position: Office Managing Partner Law firm: Dentons

Name: Valentina Orlova Position: Head of IP Practice Law firm: Pepeliaev Group

Name: Maria Ostashenko Position: Partner Law firm: Alrud Law Firm

Name: Pavel Sadovsky Position: Head of IP / TMT Group Law firm: EPAM

Name: Marina Smirnova Position: Patent / Trademark Attorney Law firm: Papula-Nevinpat

Name: Elena Solovyova Position: Senior Partner Law firm: ARS-Patent

Name: Irina Stepanova Position: Counsel Law firm: Dentons (Moscow)

Name: Julianna Tabastajewa Position: Counsel Law firm: DLA Piper

Name: Ekaterina Tilling Position: Head of IP Law firm: Eversheds Sutherland

Name: Vladimir Trey Position: Trademark Attorney Law firm: Gorodissky & Partners

Name: Vladislav Ugryumov Position: Partner Law firm: Gowling WLG LLP

Name: Elena Utkina Position: Deputy Director / Head of Patent Department Law firm: Vakhnina & Partners

Name: Alexey Vakhnin Position: Russian Patent / Trademark Attorney / Eurasian Patent Attorney & Partner Law firm: Vakhnina & Partners

Name: Tatyana Vakhnina Position: Senior Partner Law firm: Vakhnina & Partners

Name: Aleksey Zalesov Position: Managing Partner Law firm: A Zalesov & Partners Patent & Law Firm LLC

Name: Sergey Zuykov Position: Managing Partner Law firm: Zuykov & Partners

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.

Valery Medvedev

Position: Managing Partner

Law firm: Gorodissky & Partners

Phone: +7 495 937 6112

Email: medvedev@gorodissky.com

Website: www.gorodissky.com

Since 1999 Valery Medvedev has been leading the largest IP practice in Russia as managing partner of Gorodissky & Partners.

Medvedev has vast international experience in patents, and one of his primary focuses is prosecution and enforcement of patent rights in mechanics and electrical engineering.

He is also active in trademark proceedings and IP rights infringement issues, supervising the most complicated and important firms’ cases personally.

He is actively involved in IP assets management, technology transfer and licensing.


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