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: Vladimir Biriulin Position: Partner / Russian Patent Attorney / Head of Special Projects Law firm: Gorodissky & Partners
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: Elena Buranova Position: Partner Law firm: Kiap
Name: Mark Chizhenok Position: Partner Law firm: Ivanov Makarov & Partners
Name: Svetlana Felitsyna Position: Managing Director Law firm: Soyuzpatent
Name: Veronica Fridman Position: Associate Professor Law firm: Higher School of Economics
Name: Pavel Gorokhov Position: Partner Law firm: Baker McKenzie
Name: Olga Gribanova Position: Russian and Eurasian Patent Attorney Law firm: Patentica LLC
Name: Natalia Gulyaeva Position: Office Managing Partner Law firm: Hogan Lovells
Name: Denis Khabarov Position: Partner Law firm: Baker McKenzie
Name: Mikhail Khmara Position: Director, Managing Partner, Head of Patent Department Law firm: ARS-Patent
Name: Sergey Lovtsov Position: Founder, Managing Partner Law firm: Patent and Law Firm YUS
Name: Maria Lovtsova Position: Head of Legal Department / Russian Trademark Attorney Law firm: Patent and Law Firm YUS
Name: Dmitry Markanov Position: Managing Partner Law firm: Patentus
Vladimir Biriulin
Position: Partner / Russian Patent Attorney / Head of Special Projects
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.
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: Andrei Svistov Position: Russia Partner , Executive Director Law firm: Patent and Law Firm YUS
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: Yana Tsygankova Position: Principal, Russia Country Manager Law firm: Rouse
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.
