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Timestamp: 2019-04-25 07:45:03+00:00

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Managing partner Dmitry Markanov and associate Tatiana Savinykh on behalf of client have filed an objection against granting of legal protection to the trademark «BAIKAL-EM» (3, 5 classes of The Nice Classification – cleaning products, perfumes and cosmetics; antiseptics) to the RUPTO.
Dmitry Markanov and Tatiana Savinykh achieved a termination of violation of the exclusive rights for the utility model (patent №127240 «Communication cable with a rope» issued in the Russian Federation) and for the invention (patent №2568859 «Communication cable» issued in the Russian Federation) in the Moscow City Commercial Court.
In the October of 2017 INTERTOOLMASH, LLC filed an objection against granting of the legal protection to the trademark «BULAVA» (certificate № 600131 issued in the Russian Federation) to Patent Dispute Chamber. ABSGROUP,LLC is a right holder of this trademark.
PATENTUS is the official sponsor of the Airbus IP seminar, the first seminar focused on the industrial property in the aerospace and defence sector and hosted by Airbus, the prestigious European aircraft manufacturer.
Dmitry Markanov, PATENTUS managing partner, Trademark attorney № 1567 will speak on ‘How to protect your brand’ at the Beauty Franchise Conference. The event, which is part of the InterCHARM beauty congress, will take place on 26 October 2018 from 16:00 to 18:00 at the Crocus Expo exhibition centre.
On 11 October 2018 Dmitry Markanov, PATENTUS managing partner, Trademark attorney № 1567 will speak on ‘Modern technologies: for or against the lawyer?’ at the 2nd international conference ‘Protection of intellectual property rights’ organized by Business Way Forum in Moscow.
This year our IP firm, one of the leaders in IP field in Russia, will be represented by our Partner Dmitry Markanov and Head of Patents Alexey Mikhailov.
PATENTUS experts have achieved that the ‘Russian Post’ trademark is recognized as a well-known trademark in Russia.
PATENTUS is pleased to announce the appointment of Dmitry Markanov as the managing partner, effective immediately.
Alexey Mikhailov has achieved the annulment of the patent on the industrial design №97926. The patent was granted under the application № 2015501809 from 28.05.2015 to the competitor of our client. The patent protected the aesthetics of the table for negotiation cabinet.
Patentus was recommended in the rating IAM Patent 1000 again as «famous and recognized» law firm in Russia in the sphere of intellectual property.
Dmitry Markanov, Alexey Mikhailov and Maria Mescheryakova represented interests of the company “Tehnoservice” (producer of plastic containers) in the Intellectual Property Court.
We are pleased to inform you that our firm representatives will be attending the 2018 INTA’s Annual Meeting in Seattle, from May 19 to May 23.
On 26 of the April, 2018 The Patentus Round Table entitled “The counter of production and spreading of counterfeit goods” took place in the International Day of Intellectual property. The event was organized by The Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Patentus Law Firm within IX International Forum “Intellectual Property – XXI century”.
On April 11, 2018, well-known international edition The Legal 500 published the results of its annual analysis. According to analysis, law firm PATENTUS entered into the third group of leaders (Tier 3) in the category “Intellectual property” for the first time.
On March 28, 2018, Dmitry Markanov and Maria Meshcheryakova represented SHATE-M PLUS, a major auto parts wholesaler, at the Chamber of Patent Disputes where they had defended the registration of the PATRON trademark for items in classes 04, 07, 09, and 11 of the Nice Classification.
The XIX IP Forum for Russia and the CIS took place on March 22–23, 2018. It was organized by Infor-media with the support of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation’s Council on Intellectual Property, and the PATENTUS company.
On March 15, 2018, at one of the sites of Maliy Biznes Moskvy state-funded entity, speaker of PATENTUS Anna Atyakshina met with representatives of small and medium businessesin order to discuss protection of their intellectual property, as well as methods of countering patent trolls.
The PATENTUS legal company would like to invite those interested to a roundtable discussion on “Countering the production and distribution of counterfeit goods” which takes place on April 26, 2018 as part of the annual 21st Century Intellectual Property forum at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation.
Alexey Mikhailov commented to RBC and Vademecum Magazine on the news about the claims by the FAS against AztraZeneca Pharma for holding up prices of its patented medicines in Russia.
On February 28, 2018, the results of the WIPR Leaders rating were declared, recognizing Dmitry Markanov as one of the best lawyers in the field of patent and trademark protection in Russia.
On February 23, 2018, Managing IP published the results of the international rating of law firms engaged in the trademark protection (IP Stars trade mark firm rankings).
On January 8, 2018, the international directory Client Choice declared the results of its research. Dmitry Markanov was recognized the best client-focused lawyer in Russia in the category of Trademarks.
Dmitry Markanov commented on the litigation involving the exclusive right to red sole of the French footwear company Christian Louboutin.
WTR 1000 published the results of a four-month market research based on a number of interviews of lawyers and their clients and information provided by companies.
Dmitry Markanov and Maria Meshcheryakova, representing the interests of Amylco LLC, a largest starch producer, in the Chamber for Patent Disputes, secured cancellation of legal protection for trademark No. 618777.
Dmitry Markanov has commented on the situation with Auchan, the largest retail chain, where counterfeit products bearing FIFA marks were detected. Damage incurred as a result of counterfeit made above half million rubles.
PATENTUS was recognised as one of the top law firms in Russia for intellectual property for 2017 and a leader in the federal rating of Pravo.ru portal.
Dmitry Markanov participated in the annual 8th (23rd) research and application conference that took place in Zarya recreation centre, Moscow Region.
Dmitry Markanov has commented on Louis Vuitton’s multi-million suit that threatens a Russian bar. A Krasnodar bar (Gulyai, Galya) placed a readily recognisable trademark on a wall of its building, so that its clients could make photos against it. The bar management had not had the trademark use approved by the fashion house, which resulted in a law suit warning.
On November 22, 2017, PATENTUS became a member of INTERTY, an international association that brings together intellectual property professionals worldwide. INTERTY membership will enable PATENTUS experts to render services of international registration and protection of intellectual property even more effectively.
On November 23, Dmitry Markanov and Maria Mescheryakova successfully defended the interests of Confectionery Association Lyubimy Krai JSC, a leader of the Russian oatmeal cookies market, in the Chamber for Patent Disputes. The lawyers managed to maintain legal protection for trademark No. 555560.
Dmitry Markanov defended the interests of its client, Ital Tiger LLC, in the Chamber for Patent Disputes by means of challenging the decision of the Russian Agency for Patents and Trademarks (Rospatent) on refusal to register the trademark under Application No. 2016701231 for Class 5 products under the International Classification of Goods and Services (ICGS).
Andrey Akimov, in cooperation with Association of Law Enforcement Bodies and Special Services of the Russian Federation, defended the interests of Pioneer High-Bred International, Inc. (subdivision of DuPont, a global leader in the development and supply of plant genetics solutions for farmers worldwide), the injured party in Criminal Case No. 16363693, in the Novousmansky District Court of the Voronezh Region.
On November 7, 2017, Dmitry Markanov participated in the conference “Effective Management of Intellectual Property Rights in the Current Market Context” organised by Vedomosti newspaper at Kempinski Hotel Moika 22, St Petersburg.
On October 15, Sochi celebrated a solemn opening of the 19th World Festival of Youth and Students, the largest international event aimed at uniting the youth international community, strengthen international ties and increase an interest in Russia. According to the facilitators' assessment, the festival will attract over 30,000 people from 170 countries of the world.
On October 13, 2017 PATENTUS met the representatives of DX Squared, a branding agency whose head office is located in Seoul. PATENTUS managers were offered a research project "GLocal Design Navigator" (GLDN) which is implemented with the assistance of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy of the Republic of Korea.
Andrey Akimov commented on the news concerning a lawsuit filed against Andrey Malakhov's show by the owner of the brand "The Night of the AD Eaters" in Russia. According to the lawyer, "an issue of confusing similarity in this case is rather ambiguous, the main show is called "Live program" and perceived by consumers as that associated with this name but not with any particular episode".
The partner and head of the trademark and dispute settlement department of PATENTUS, Dmitry Markanov, told the participants of the 4th North-West Business Forum about the fact why the Western companies did not reduce their spends on IP legal practice, how to obtain an additional income source with the help of a trademark and why a number of patent applications submitted by the Russian manufacturers decreased.
On September 22, 2017 there was PATENTUS corporate party on the occasion of the 11th anniversary of the company incorporation. The party was held in one of the most beautiful places of Moscow region, Zolotoy Sazan fishing club (Novorizhskoe Highway).
Dmitry Markanov and Tatiana Sergunina succeeded in alienating the MOYA SLADA trademark under Certificate No. 598780 in respect of all Class 30 products under the International Classification of Goods and Services (ICGS) in favour of a PATENTUS client.
Dmitry Markanov and Tatiana Sergunina vindicated the ruling of the court of the first instance dd. July 3, 2017 under Case А40-63446/2016 at the Ninth Arbitration Court of the City of Moscow.
On September 19, 2017, Dmitry Markanov and Tatiana Sergunina protected the interests of Araratsky Vinny Zavod LLC under Case А40-131931/2014 on prohibition to use the ARAGATS trademark (Certificate 285829) and recovery of compensation for its illegal use at the Arbitration Court of the City of Moscow.
On September 14–16, 2017, Andrey Akimov took part in the Fifth International Forum "Anti-Counterfeiting 2017" devoted to the problems of counteracting illegal turnover of industrial products.
Larisa Grudina commented on the news that Rosneft could manufacture meat products under the third-party trademark ("Ot Ivanycha").
On September 7, 2017, at Fashion Factory Business Education School, Dmitry Markanov and Anna Atyakshina delivered a lecture on current issues of intellectual property registration and protection. The audience encompassed first-time entrepreneurs, designers and freelance specialists in the fashion industry.
IP Stars published a list of highly recommended patent specialists in Russia. Based on the rating results, Dmitry Markanov was recognised as the leader in the patent sphere (Patent Star).
On July 23, 2017, an interview with Dmitry Markanov was published, where he defined the intellectual property, described its composition, and explained why it should be registered and protected.
On June 28-30, 2017, Dmitry Markanov participated in the annual research and practice conference, “ST. PETERSBURG COLLEGIAL READINGS 2017”, organized by the Patent Attorney Bar and Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University.
PATENTUS held a business breakfast for the firm partners that was confined to summarizing the Partner Program results.
Dmitry Markanov and Tatiana Sergunina protected the interests of the following clients at the Moscow Arbitration Court: Mega Engineering LLC, a leading supplier of equipment for non-destructive control and technical diagnostics, and O. Y. Bondarev, a founder of Mega Engineering LLC.
On June 15, 2017 Mikhail Shurshilin participated in the 10th anniversary of the International Conference ILASA (International Legal Alliance Summit & Awards).
Early in June 2017 the results of the international ranking IAM Patent 1000 were issued, representing leaders in patenting as well as those who provide high-quality services in the field.
On the 5th of June a meeting was held at firm PATENTUS with the delegation of businessmen from the Kingdom of Thailand. More than 20 representatives of Thai firms visited the office to see the business environment in Russia and to find a reliable business-partner.
On May 29, 2017, the publishing house "Kommersant" published the results of the ranking “Leading lawyers”.
On May 20-24, experts of PATENTUS participated in the 139th Annual Meeting of the International Trademark Association (INTA). This year the event was held in Barcelona (Spain) and hosted more than 10 600 IP experts from over 150 countries in the Fira Grand Via Convention Centre.
PATENTUS lawyers at the Intellectual Property Court achieved the maintenance of the RUPTO’s decision as of 29.11.2016 in relation to the case № CIP-109/2017.
Roscosmos State Space Corporation expressed indignation over MTS (Mobile Telesystems)’s actions. In the State Corporation’s opinion, the “Lift Your Eyes” slogan used by the mobile telecom operator in its advertising is identical per se to the “Lift Your Head” slogan.
Tatiana Sergunina managed to register the trademark “ARIDA” in the RUPTO Chamber for Patent Disputes.
On the 16th of May 2017 became known the results of Leaders League — an international annual ranking of the leading legal firms. PATENTUS joined the list of the best firms (Excellent firm) in Russia in four categories.
Alexey Mikhailov achieved a full nullification of the patent № 161250 for the useful model "Facade insulation panel" in the RUPTO. The patent was issued on the application № 2015135788 as of 24.08.2015 (the Republic of Crimea, Kerch) in favour of our client’s former licensee and related to facade decoration materials for exterior decorative facing and insulation of facades of civil, industrial and other types of buildings.
In the Chamber for Patent Disputes Alexey Mikhailov and Tatiana Sergunina successfully defended the interests of Kazan plant “Europlast” LLC – leading enterprise in Russia, specializing in food products’ packaging production.
Andrey Akimov and Tatiana Sergunina took part in the conference "Protection and commercialization of intellectual property: the balance of interests and the boundaries of the permissible", timed to the World Intellectual Property Day.
April 24-25, 2017 Dmitry Markanov participated in the LESI 2017 annual international conference (Licensing Executive Society International).
PATENTUS held a business breakfast on "Trademarks registration and their protection in the Russian Federation"
On April 19, 2017, PATENTUS jointly with the Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Industry held a business breakfast on the topic: "Registration of trademarks and their protection in the Russian Federation".
On April 18th 2017, Dmitry Markanov and Tatiana Sergunina defended the interests of Ararat Wine Factory Co. Ltd. in the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation in the case №А40-131931/2014 about compensation for illegal use the trademark ARAGATS.
Dmitry Markanov and Tatiana Sergunina defended interest of PATENTUS’s client, TECHNOSERVICE Co Ltd., manufacturing company, producing plastic packaging, in the Court for intellectual property rights. The lawyers achieved retaining RUPTO’s decision dated 13.10.2016 according to which the legal protection of the contested patent № 125181 was fully nullified.
Dmitry Markanov and Tatiana Sergunina achieved recovery of compensation for violation of exclusive rignts for trademarks № 163575, №163576 in favor of their client — “Microbic technologies” Ltd and SityStroy Ltd (Case № 40-167118/16-110-1488).
Dmitry Markanov and Andrey Akimov secured settlement between the firm client, NAMES (“НЕЙМС”) LLC, Moscow, and its opponent, NAMES (“НЭЙМС”) LLC, Ekaterinburg, at the Arbitration Court for Sverdlovsk Region (Case No. А60-63098/2016).
Dmitry Markanov took part in "Siberia Legal 2017"
Dmitry Markanov participated in the 10th Legal Forum of Siberia "Siberia Legal 2017", that was dedicated to the topic: "Management of legal business: today's solutions for tomorrow's clients". The main purpose of the event was to exchange practical experience in order to build and develop a successful law firm. The forum gathered more than 100 specialists on its site from all over Russia and neighboring countries.
Dmitry Markanov successfully defended the clients’ interests — Arida Ltd and its affiliated person Shakhkeldyan A.A. — in the Chamber for Patent Disputes at a hearing considering a legal objection to granting legal protection to the combined trademark No. 588982 in respect of all goods in class 20 and services in class 35 under the NICE classification.
Last week, Alexey Mikhailov’s article “Involuntary Use of Inventions in the Pharmaceutical Industry” was published in the journal of the Court for Intellectual Rights.
Alexey Mikhailov successfully protected the interests of MFK Tehenergoholding, a leading electrotechnical company in Russia, in its dispute with the Kursk Electrical Plant. The subject of the dispute was the client’s patent for utility model No. 157825 (low-voltage circuit breaker with a check unit).
On February 1, 2017 IP Stars published the annual ranking results of the leading firms for trade mark work. For the first time PATENTUS experts participated in the competition and were promptly recognized in both nominations: “trademark contentious” and “trademark prosecution”. IP Stars marked PATENTUS as “Recommended” (Tier 3) in the first nomination and “Notable firm” in the second nomination.
In December 2016 PATENTUS trademark attorneys filed 123 trademark applications with the RUPTO. The previous record in September 2016 was 95 applications.
December 6, 2016 Dmitry Markanov participated in the gala night held by the Pravo. ru-300 to award the leaders of law firms ranking.
December 7, 2016 Dmitry Markanov participated in the Annual International Arbitration Conference «Russia as a dispute resolution place». The event was held by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in the Radisson Royal Hotel.
November 22–25, 2016 Larisa Viktorovna Grudina and Dmitry Markanov participated in the VII (XXII) annual research and practice conference of patent attorneys, held in POTEMKIN hotel in Tsarskoye Selo of Pushkin town. The conference was attended by more than 150 lead experts of Russian and foreign patent firms.
Dmitry Markanov and Tatiana Sergunina have obtained affirmance of the judgment made on the August 29, 2016 in regards of 500 thousand rubles recovery of court expenses for payment of PATENTUS firm’s services in favor of Microbnye Technologii LLC in the Presidium of the Court for Intellectual Property Rights (case № SIP 697/2015).
Alexey Mikhailov has achieved a full nullification of the utility model patent № 157673 at the Chamber for Patent Disputes. It is represented as a valve cap for bottles and is used for pouring, storage and transportation of drinks.
The list of leaders in filing electronic trademark applications in the year 2016 was published on the official RUPTO website. Among 10 announced positions, law firms that provide broad variety of services in the field of IP took 6 places of which PATENTUS stands the second one. Since April, 2016 PATENTUS experts have filed 451 electronic trademark applications.
Anna Atyakshina and Rimma Slemtseva have obtained adjudication of the confectionary’s trademark "Pobeda" (eng. — Victory) as a well-known on the territory of the Russian Federation. The trademark is presented as combined designation, consisted of words "Pobeda" and "Vkusa" (eng. — Taste), that are closed into the polyhedron, and the waving flag above the letter "b".
Andrey Akimov established satisfaction of the court regarding the inconsistency of the recovery claim in the amount of 789 million rubles to our client, LLC PERVIY PITEYNIY ZAVOD.
Alexey Mikhailov has nullified patent №160261 on “container for transportation and storage of liquids with hollow for handle” at the Chamber for Patent Disputes. It will allow our client to produce a comparable product.
Dmitry Markanov and Andrey Akimov defended our client’s right, STROVA-Media LLC, to KUBANA trademarks № 449134 and № 483348 in regards to 32nd class (soft drinks and beer) in the Presidium of the Court for Intellectual Property Rights.
PATENTUS has nullified the utility model patent № 66833 "Automatic switch"
Alexey Mikhailov, Head of Patents at PATENTUS, has represented the client’s interests in the dispute against joint-stock industrial company ELECTROAPPARAT at the Chamber for Patent Disputes.
Dmitry Markanov and Tatiana Sergunina have represented the interests of MOZAIKA-SINTEZ LLC in the Presidium of the Court for Intellectual Property Rights.
September 20-23, 2016 — PATENTUS took part in MARQUES Annual International Conference 2016, which individual sessions took place in the building of the European Union Intellectual Property Office in Alicante, Spain. The conference discussed the current issues of 2016 regarding trademarks, the new provisions of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), regular seminars were also held.
September 16-20, 2016 — Dmitry Markanov and Alexey Mikhailov took part in the AIPPI Annual International Congress 2016 held in Europe’s largest MICo Congress Center in Milan. The conference was attended by more than 2,500 specialists from around the world.
PATENTUS experts delivered reports at the seminar "Registration and Protection of Trademarks for Non-Profit Organizations"
On September 22, 2016 the State Budgetary Institution of Moscow — Moscow House of Public Organizations (Fortunatovskaya Resource Center) held a seminar on "Registration and Protection of Trademarks for Non-Profit Organizations". The event was attended by 30 people — mostly managers and leading specialists of public and non-profit organizations.
Tatiana Sergunina, PATENTUS Lawyer, represented the interests of Modnye Kaminy LLC in Moscow Arbitration Court.
Tatiana Sergunina, PATENTUS Lawyer , represented LLC «Microbnye Technologhii» in the Court for Intellectual Property Rights when considering a claim for the recovery of court costs for payment of the representatives’ services.
On August 08, 2016 in the latest issue of the Journal of the Court for Intellectual Property Rights an article entitled «Claim for Non-Infringement of Exclusive Rights for Removal of Ambiguity of the Exclusive Rights Frontiers of the Patent Holder and Preclusion Against Abuse of Law» written by PATENTUS experts — Alexey Mikhailov, Head of Patent Departmentand and Tatyana Sergunina, Lawyer, was published.
Dmitry Markanov, the Head of Litigation Department of PATENTUS and Tatiana Sergunina, the firm’s lawyer, represented the interests of LLC «Gloss Production» in the Court for Intellectual Property Rights.
Alexey Mikhailov, the Head of Patent Department of PATENTUS has commented on the increase in number of patent applications in Russia in response to a question from "Kommersant FM"
Dmitry Markanov and Alexander Baranchikov achieved a victory in the lawsuit brought up in 2004 against "Tetra Pak" in respect of the production of packaging for KUBANA juices recognized as counterfeit in the judgements issued by the courts of Moscow and Krasnodar.
PATENTUS has won one more patent dispute against "Zavolzhskiy motorny zavod"
Dmitry Markanov, the Head of Litigation Department at PATENTUS and Tatiana Sergunina, the company lawyer, conducted a case of prohibition to use the utility model in the Arbitration Court of the Mari El Republic.
PATENTUS attended the annual Euroreception of the AEB hosted by the Embassy of Poland in Moscow. The European entrepreneurship doing business in Russia was represented by its 300 members.
Dmitry Markanov, the Head of Litigation Department of PATENTUS and Tatiana Sergunina, the firm’s lawyer, represented the auto parts distributor "TANAKI" in the Court for Intellectual Property Rights.
Dmitry Markanov, the Head of Litigation Department of PATENTUS, and Tatiana Sergunina, the firm’s lawyer, represented LLC «MOZAIKA-SINTEZ» in the Court for Intellectual Property Rights.
On June 02 Federal Law No. 47-FZ dated March 02, 2016 "On Amendment of the RF Arbitration Procedure Code" came into force under which, in particular, the obligatory pre-trial dispute settlement procedure was established.
Dmitry Markanov, the Head of Litigation Department of PATENTUS, and Tatiana Sergunina, the lawyer, represented the interests of LLC «Microbnye Technologhii» in the Presidium of the Court for Intellectual Property Rights.
PATENTUS took part in the Conference "Collegial Readings – 2016"
Dmitry Markanov, the Head of Litigation Department, and Tatiana Sergunina, the lawyer of PATENTUS, participated in the annual scientific and practical conference "Collegial Readings — 2016" held by the St. Petersburg College of Trademark and Patent Attorneys in Saint Petersburg on June 22-24, 2016.
Dmitry Markanov, the Head of Litigation Department, and Andrey Akimov, the Lead Lawyer of PATENTUS, managed to sustain the right of the client to use "NAMES" trademark in respect of Class 35 services of the Nice Classification: "promotion of goods [for third parties]", logistic services for third parties [purchasing goods and supplying entrepreneurs with goods] in the Presidium of the Court for Intellectual Property Rights.
PATENTUS participated in the International ECTA (European Communities Trade Mark Association) Conference. The event took place in Dubrovnik (Croatia).
Previously the courts of first and appeal instances ruled to dismiss the claims of the plaintiff in the said cases whose interests were represented by our firm.
Dmitry Markanov, the Head of Litigation Department, and Tatiana Sergunina, the PATENTUS’ lawyer, represented the interests of LLC "Araratsky vinny zavod" and JSC "Firma VASTOM" in the Court for Intellectual Property Rights in respect of the case on recovering compensation for the unlawful use of "ARAGATS" trademark.
Dmitry Markanov attended the hearing of the Sixteenth Arbitration Court of Appeal during which he sustained the ruling of the Arbitration Court for the Kabardino-Balkar Republic (KBR) taken earlier in favor of our client to invalidate the decision of the Office of the Federal Antimonopoly Service for KBR against LLC «Pervy Piteyny Zavod». Alexander Baranchikov represents the client’s interests in this project which also includes a number of related legal and administrative cases.
Dmitry Markanov has commented on the news saying that rock band Led Zeppelin was accused of plagiarism in the USA. Rock band Spirit has accused Led Zeppelin of coping "Stairway to Heaven" song’s tune from their "Taurus" song.
Alexey Mikhailov has commented on the news saying that Russia and China are planning to sign an agreement on joint development of a new heavy-lift helicopter.
Tatiana Sergunina, a lawyer at PATENTUS, represented our client with the approval of the settlement agreement in the case of cancelling «VIVO» trademark due to its non-use.
The lawyers of PATENTUS will be speaking at the annual conference "St. Petersburg Collegial Readings – 2016"
On June 22-24, 2016 St. Petersburg will host the annual scientific and practical conference "St. Petersburg Collegial Readings — 2016".
On May 21-25, 2016 Orlando (USA) hosted the 138th INTA’s (the International Trademark Association) Annual Meeting. This year’s conference attracted a record number of participants — more than 10,000.00 of 149 countries from all over the world.
Anna Atyagshina and Galina Sokolova, IP counsels of the Trademark Department at PATENTUS, and Tatiana Sergunina, the company lawyer, were attending a themed meeting dealing with the appellations of origin of goods organized by Rospatent and hold on May 25, 2016.
The Lawyers of PATENTUS attended the 2016 ITechLaw World Technology Law Conference held by the International Technology World Association in Miami from the 18th to 20th of May, 2016.
Tatiana Sergunina represented the producer of tablets for dishwashers «Vortex» before the Court for Intellectual Property Rights. In August, 2013 the manufacturer filed an application «Vortex» trademark with Rospatent.
From the 21st to the 25th of May in Orlando (USA) there will be held the 138th Annual INTA Meeting. It will be attended by more than 9700 IP specialists as well as the entrepreneurship and government agencies from around the world.
Dmitry Markanov, the Head of Litigation Department at PATENTUS represented a well-known tire manufacturer, the company Cordiant, in a court case to ban the use of the industrial design.
Dmitry Markanov commented on the news saying the Chinese company had evicted the trademark iPhone from Apple company. It is referred to the manufacturer of leather accessories Xintong Tiandi Technology. It has been producing bags and cases for gadgets under the iPhone brand since 2007.
On April 29, 2016 the Court for Intellectual Property Rights was holding a conference in the framework of the Ninth International Forum on the topic of «Intellectual Property — the 21st Century» in the Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
On April 25, 2016 in the framework of the IX International Forum on “Intellectual Property – XXI” there was a roundtable discussion held regarding “Matching of foreign companies’ rights to intellectual property with the interests of Russian consumers”.
What is a famous trademark?
It is a separate IP subject matter. In Russia there are two detached registers: one for regular trademarks and another for famous ones.
Dmitry Markanov and Tatiana Sergunina have challenged the Rospatent decision on the trademark «ARAGATS» in the Court of Intellectual Property Rights.
Today the registration for the round table on "Perspectives of matching of foreign companies’ rights to intellectual property with the interests of Russian consumers" (parallel imports and compulsory licensing — the pros and cons) has opened. The round table is being held by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation involving our company within the framework of the Ninth International Forum "Intellectual Property — 21st century".
Unfair competition matters are handled in Russia by the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) and Arbitrazh (commercial) courts which are official judicial bodies, not to be confused with arbitration (private) courts.
As of the end of July 2015 the denomination «Scotch Whisky» lacks legal protection in the Russian Federation.
Dmitry Markanov made comments in response to a question from the newspaper "Kommersant"
Dmitry Markanov, Head of Trademark and Litigation Department at PATENTUS, made comments in response to a question from "Kommersant" newspaper regarding a court action brought by a world-known football player Pele against Samsung company.
IP in Russia is governed by the 4th Part of the Civil Code. In 2014 there was a set of amendments thereto highlighted below. Also, in 2016 the Arbitrazh Procedural Code was modified in order to introduce the mandatory pre-judicial procedures. Arbitrazh (commercial) courts are official judicial bodies where disputes related to commercial activities are adjudicated, not to be confused with arbitration (private) courts.
Tatiana Sergunina, a lawyer of the Litigation Department at PATENTUS, represented the client "Araratsky vinny zavod" (winery) in the Nineteenth Arbitration Court of Appeal in respect of the case on recovering compensation for the unlawful use of the trademark "ARAGATS".
On March 16, 2016 PATENTUS was attending the International Conference Global IP Confex 2016, an annual event organized by the GOAL (Global Outsourcing Association of Lawyers). The conference took place in Queen Elizabeth II Convention Center in London (near the Westminster Palace).
Dmitry Markanov, the Head of Trademark and Litigation Department at PATENTUS, and Tatiana Sergunina, the company lawyer, represented their client in the Court for Intellectual Property Rights.
Dmitry Markanov represented the company «Pervy piteiny zavod» in the cassation hearing of the Presidium of the Court for Intellectual Property Rights which earlier ruled to prematurely terminate the legal protection of the vodka bottle Khortytsya trademark.
Alexei Mikhailov, the Head of Patent Practice at PATENTUS, represented a Russian manufacturer in the Chamber for Patent Disputes in a dispute with the Finnish company "Ensto Finland Oy".
Dmitry Markanov, Head of Trademark and Litigation Department at PATENTUS, and Tatiana Sergunina, the company lawyer, represented their client in the Chamber for Patent Disputes at Rospatent.
Dmitry Markanov, Head of Trademark and Litigation Department at PATENTUS represented “TANAKI” auto parts distributor in the First Arbitration Court of Appeal (the town of Vladimir).
Dmitry Markanov, Head of Trademark and Litigation Department at PATENTUS, made a comment in response to a question fromr «Izvestia» newspaper upon a decision of «Metrium» realtor to apply for the registration of a trademark Uber.
Alexey Mikhailov, Head of Patent Department at PATENTUS, in the Chamber for Patent Disputes produced arguments to support an opposition against grant of protection for invention No. 2244631 “Image print method and ink for the implementation of this method”.
Alexey Mikhailov, Head of Patent Department at PATENTUS, in the Chamber for Patent Disputes produced arguments to support an opposition against grant of protection for utility model No. 147575 “Photo printing terminal”.
Dmitry Markanov, Head of Trademark and Litigation Department at PATENTUS, made a comment in response to a question from Profibeer portal regarding a proposition of Deputy of the State Duma Mikhail Degtyarev to prohibit foreign companies manufacture products under the name of “Vodka”.
Dmitry Markanov, Head of Litigation Department at PATENTUS, represented the companies ООО “Araratsky vinny zavod” (winery) and ZAO “FIRMA VASTOM” in the Ninth Arbitration Court of Appeal in respect of the case on compensation recovery for the unlawful use of the trademark “ARAGATS”.
Tatiana Sergunina, lawyer at PATENTUS, represented the owner of multibrand boutiques network SOHO in the case of their mark cancellation on a non-use basis.
Tatiana Sergunina, lawyer at PATENTUS represented a well-known manufacturer of interior doors «KRONA» in the Chamber of Patent Disputes when considering the opposition against Rospatent decision on the refusal to register the client’s trademark.
The 3rd International Forum “Antikontrafakt-2015” took place in Minsk from December 16th through December 18th, 2015.
The company lawyer Tatiana Sergunina represented the “Araratsky vinny zavod” (Ararat winery) in the case of illegal use of a trademark (Case No. A48-3442 / 2014).
Dmitry Markanov and Tatyana Sergunina represented PATENTUS client – a large cable product manufacturing plant in the Ninth Arbitration Court of Appeal.
The ceremony was held in the Rooftop hospitality room of St. Regis Nikolskaya Hotel on December 3, 2015. The event was attended by around 250 representatives of the nominated law firms. Our company was represented by Dmitry Markanov - Partner, Head of Trademark and Litigation Department at PATENTUS.
Dmitry Markanov, partner and Head of Trademarks and Litigation Department at PATENTUS, spoke on “The manner of proving similarity of designations in courts” at the VI (XXI) Research and Practical Conference of Patent Attorneys annually held by the Chamber of Patent Attorneys.
On November 25 Director General of our company Mikhail Shurshilin and Marketing Director Natalia Andreeva attended the Third Business Fair, organized by the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in DI Telegraph.
The lawyers of PATENTUS Dmitry Markanov and Tatiana Sergunina secured a settlement agreement and payment of compensation for their client – the company “Kholod Slavmo” in the amount of 1,000, 000.00 rubles in the case of illegal use of trademarks owned by ZAO “Kholod Slavmo”.
Dmitry Markanov and Alexander Baranchikov filed a lawsuit on the early termination of the legal protection for the trademark (image of bottle) which previously had been unfairly used in prejudice of our client, producer of “Distarka Khrustalnaya” vodka.
Alexander Baranchikov represented “STROVA-Media” company, the organizer of KUBANA rock festival, in the Arbitration Court of Krasnodar Region during the retrial of the case on illegal use of the trademark “KUBANA”. The complexity of the case was apparent in the fact that 12 court hearings had been held taking into account adjournments between the hearings in the new trial.
Lawyers PATENTUS at retrial have a complete denial of the claim to the LLC "Mozaika-Sintez"
As we reported earlier, in December, 2014 the company “Mozaika-Sintez” lost the case to ban the use of the patent for the invention "Method of imaging and printing ink for the implementation of the method" (case No. A40-32115/2014) in the first instance.
Michael Shurshilin and Dmitry Markanov attended the business program conducted by Brian Tracy, expert No. 1 in the world in respect of the system-based business development.
A well-known alcohol producer “Ararat vinny zavod” (Ararat winery) The company's customers are PATENTUS Ltd. And the company JSC “Firma VASTOM” (importer) are PATENTUS clients.
Among our clients is one of the largest developers of the Urals and Siberia, a real estate development association “BRUSNIKA”.
Renault has got view for “Moskvich” car factory. The French company could revive “Moskvich” as a budget brand which will be used for manufacturing cars to keep with Duster, Sandero, Logan.
A client of our company is the owner of the chain of boutiques SOHO, representing global brands of luxury clothing.
Tatiana Sergunina, lawyer at PATENTUS, succeeded in challenging a decision on refusal of the state registration for the trademark “ASPEСT” under application No. 2013722554 in the name of the banking corporation “ASPEСT”.
Dmitry Markanov for the first time attended the event organized by AmCham Russia in the capacity of representatives of PATENTUS as a member of AmCham Russia.
Our client, a world-known Slovak manufacturer of confectionary and dietary products, the company I.D.C. Holding have been selling its goods in Russia since the early 2000s. The company is mostly famous for its muesli-bars EGO.
Dmitry Markanov, Head of Litigation Deartment at Patentus, succeeded in safeguarding the interests of the auto parts distributor “TANAKI” (Case No. A43-19326/2014) in the hearing (lasting more than six hours) at the Arbitration Court of Nizhny Novgorod Region.
Dmitry Markanov, Head of litigation Department at PATENTUS attended the 9th research and practice conference on the subject “Intellectual Property: history and current trends” dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Russian Patent and Trademark Office – Rospatent.
After several hearings at the Moscow Arbitration Court Alexander Baranchikov and Tatiana Sergunina, lawyers at PATENTUS, secured a decision according to which the court found the recourse claims of our client (the products supplier) against the products manufacturer reasoned.
Alexander Baranchikov attended a hearing at the Court for Intellectual Property Rights which ruled to uphold the decision of the first court instance as well as the appeal court resolution issued in favor of the company “Ministers Media”, the organizer of one of the most famous international music festivals KUBANA.
In the Court for Intellectual Property Rights the company lawyer at PAТENTUS Tatiana Sergunina caused the retrial of case No. А40-32115/2014 on the infringement of patent for coloring books in favour of the publishing house “Mozaika Sintez”.
The patent and trademark attorneys of PATENTUS Larisa V. Grudina, Svetlana V. Krotova and Alexander Baranchikov attended a meeting with the authorities of the Federal Service for Intellectual Property and the Federal Institute of Industrial Property (FIIP) headed by Mr. Ivlev who has recently taken over the office.
In November 2014 “Polimet” independently applied to the Moscow Arbitration Court with a lawsuit against a closed joint stock company “SUPR” to ban the use of the utility model in the sales of cable products. “SUPR” claimed in return against “Polimet” on the establishment of the right of prior use of no less than 750 kilometers of cable per year.
Being representatives of the company “Kholod Slavmo” on previously won case No. A56-9300/ 2012 on the protection of exclusive rights to the trademarks, PATENTUS lawyers appealed to the court for the recovery of legal costs.
The company “STROVA-Media”, the organizer of the famous music festival KUBANA, in July, 2013 filed a lawsuit against the company “Tetra Pak” on the prohibition of illegal use of trademarks and recovery of compensation. The courts of first instance and appeal did not satisfied the claim.
Our client, the company I.D.C. Holding, is the owner of international trademark No. 773792 “ALTER EGO” registered in respect of the goods in class 30 under the Nice Classification. In June 2014 I.D.C. Holding filed a word & device trademark application No. 2014720916 «EGO» for the goods in class 30 under the Nice Classification.
In January 2015 a company "Biokhimprom" applied to Rospatent with an objection to the provision of legal protection for trademarks “DEVOUROIL” in Cyrillic No. 163575 and “DEVOUROIL” in Latin No. 163576 owned by a company “Microbnye Technologhii”.
Alexander Baranchikov, Russian patent attorney No. 1719, challenged the decision on refusal of the registration of a trademark in the Chamber for Patent Disputes.
Our client, a Slovak manufacturer of confectionary and dietary products, the company I.D.C. Holding have been selling its goods in Russia since the early 2000s. The company is mostly famous for its muesli-bars EGO.
Tatiana Sergunina, lawyer at the company Litigation Department, told the court that the expiration of the exclusive trademark rights at the time of the case consideration by the court of first instance had not led to awarding a wrong judgement because the trademark owner had expressed his intention to extend the term of protection of the trademark (supported by a petition filed with the Rospatent), which was duly appraised by the court.
Head of Litigation Department Dmitry Markanov represented the company “Kholod Slavmo” in respect of case No. A56-69678/2011 on the recovery of compensation for illegal use of trademarks “Troubochka sakharnaya”(previously won cases Nos. A56-9300/2012 and A56-69702/2011).
After the courts of three instances issued judgements based on the facts of counterfeit ice cream (“Troubochka sakharnaya”/sugar roll) sales in favor of our client (the company “Kholod-Slavmo"), the defendant “Gazpromneft North-West” filed an application for the case review upon discovery of new facts.
In May, 2015 PATENTUS first took part in the ranking Chambers Europe conducted by Chambers and Partners and was designated as a recognized practitioner in the field of intellectual property.
Mikhail Shurshilin (Director General at Patentus) and Dmitry Markanov (Head of the company Litigation Department) attended the 137th Annual Meeting organized by the INTA (International Trademark Association) in San Diego, on May 2-6, 2015.
In the summer of 2013 the banking corporation “ASPECT” applied to Rospatent for the registration of their logo “ASPECT” as a trademark for the services in class 36 under the Nice Classification.
Tatiana Sergunina, the lawyer of the Litigation Department at Patentus represented the interests of the owner of the trademark “СОСОСНОСО КОКОШОКО” (No. 476718), whose rights were violated by the owners of the websites cocochocoshop.ru, egoictka.ru and justbelle.ru.
In the autumn of 2014 the lawyers of PATENTUS, representing the interests of the company “Logistic Group”, applied to the Court for Intellectual Property Rights with a claim for the recognition of the legal protection for trademark No. 248654 “Avtomobli” (Cars) null and void due to its non-use in relation to the services in class 42 under the Nice Classification (sale of goods, sale of printed materials).
Today, as part of a charitable contribution, lead expert of our company Larisa V. Grudina carried out a free consultation at the office of the charity fund of social care for children “Spread Your Wings!”.
In 2014, the company’s lawyers handled more than 90 different IP-related litigations. Currently, up to 50 IP-related cases are concurrently pending in Russian courts. We succeed in about 80% of all cases.
The company “Tanaki Limited” appealed to the Court for Intellectual Property Rights with a claim on the early termination of legal protection for device trademark No. 301880, owned by LLC “F.A. Logistic” in respect of all goods in class 12 and services in classes, 35, 37, 39, 42 under the Nice Classification.
In 2012 the company “Kholod Slavmo” took a legal action at the Arbitration Court of St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region claiming against a number of companies: ZAO “Gazpromneft North-West”, OOO “OOO Shell AZS”, OOO “Prodopttorg” on recovering compensation for infringement of the exclusive trademark rights in the amount of RUB 200,000.00 from each company.
Since 2003 there have been legal proceedings between the manufacturers of ice cream “Kholod Slavmo” and “Khladokombinat No. 1” related to the rights to use the design of packaging for ice cream “Sugar roll”.
“STROVA-Media” company is the organizer of the festival “KUBANA”| - one of the biggest music festivals in Europe. “STROVA-Media” owns exclusive rights to a series of trademarks with the word element “KUBANA”.
“Ekstabilitis” company is the owner of trademark COCOCHOCO K КОКОШОКО No. 476718 registered among others in respect of goods in class 3 of the Nice Classification.
“Karkas Lab” is a developer of software for the automation of inventory control and retail trade. The company owns the copyright to the logo “Stylized letter “K” and the layout of website karkas-lab.ru.
“OSCAR Collezioni” is an Irkutsk network of clothing salons in which offers its customers a collection of men's and women's clothing, shoes and accessories of leading French, German and Italian brands.
Our company client – “Brusnika” development group acting properly in Russia and abroad and using the mark “Brusnika” for the services in class 37 of the Nice Classification (construction, repair and installation of equipment).
Dmitry Markanov made a presentation regarding "Protection of trademarks"
Dmitry Markanov made a presentation regarding "Protection of trademarks. Recordal of trademarks in the Customs Register of Intellectual Property Assets (CRIPA)" at the Congress on Intellectual Property “Expopriority'2014”, held in the framework of the International Forum "Intellectual Property – the XXI Century".
Our client the company ZAO "Angara" (Irkutsk Region) has been engaged in manufacturing alcoholic products under the brand name "Angara" since 2004. Unfortunately, only in 2012 the company filed two applications with the Rospatent for the registration of its trademarks containing the wording "Angara".
The newspaper "Rossiyskaya Gazeta" published an article written by Tatiana Sergunina, legal counsel of the Litigation Department in PATENTUS LLC — "Bound for the patent: The accession of the Crimea to the Russian Federation poses new challenges in business".
VII Legal Forum of the Southern Urals "New conditions: the laws for business-2014"
On March 28, 2014 in the city of Chelyabinsk Head of Litigation Department of PATENTUS LLC Dmitry Markanov spoke at the VII Legal Forum of the Southern Urals "New conditions: the laws for business-2014".
In 2013 OOO "Collage", the holding company of one of the largest retail and entertainment complexes in the city of Irkutsk filed an application for registration of the trademark "Modny Kvartal" with the Rospatent.
Let us remind you that earlier, namely, on February 20, 2014 the patent attorneys of PATENTUS LLC succeeded in invalidating Patent No. 91472 which blocked the sales of bulbs Uniel in Russia.
On March 4, 2014 the Board of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS of Russia) found that the actions of OOO «Torgovy Dom Vermont» connected with the purchase and use of exclusive rights to the word and device trademark under Certificate No. 407110 owned by Vermont Flowers EPZ Limited were unfair competition.
The patent attorneys PATENTUS LLC succeeded in the upholding of interests of the company "VKT-Trade", a high roller in the packaging market, belonging to the same group with the company "VP" being an official distributor of the company "Shell Neft"
The company "VKT-Trade" is the holder of the utility model patent No. 124667 "Packaging material, bag, packaging container and stackable container " issued earlier with the help of the patent attorneys of PATENTUS LLC.
The company «Uniel», a client of PATENTUS LLC, is known in Russia as a manufacturer and importer of lighting products.
On September 24, 2013 Sole Proprietor Polozov V.A. appealed to Rospatent with an objection against granting legal protection to the trademark "Яркая ночка" (Yarkaya nochka) due to the fact that it was confusingly similar to his trademark "Ночка" ("Nochka").
The lawyers of PATENTUS LLC succeeded in appealing against the court decision regarding case No. A70-9176/2013 to prohibit the use of the trademark "COCOCHOCO КОКОШОКО"
On August 26, 2013 our company client OOO "Ekstabilitis" applied to the Arbitration Court of Tyumen Region with a claim to Individual Entrepreneur Mishina N.V. to prohibit the use of trademark No. 476718 "COCOCHOCO КОКОШОКО" and seek the compensation in the amount of RUB 500,000.00.
At the Court for Intellectual Property Rights the lawyers of PATENTUS LLC cancelled the decision of the Arbitration Court of St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region dated 01.04.2013 by the rule of this court as well as the decision of the Thirteenth Arbitration Court of Appeal dated 02.08.2013 on case No. A56-69678/2011 to prohibit the use of the trademark owned by the company «Kholod Slavmo» on the packaging of ice cream «Sakharnaya troubochka» (Sugar roll). The case was remanded for a new trial in the court of first instance.
The company PATENTUS joined the Annual Industry Sector ranking "Pravo.Ru -300" among the best Russian and international IP law firms. The ranking "Pravo.Ru -300" is an annual full-scale study of the Russian legal market covering 200 law firms.
On June 26, 2013 the Federal Service for Intellectual Property at the Rospatent refused to register the trademark "Автомобили" (Cars) filed under No. 2011728961/50 by OOO "Logistic Group" on September 5, 2011.
The lawyers of PATENTUS LLC won the case on the protection of the right to the trademark "PATENTUS"
PATENTUS LLC company is one of the leaders in the Russian market in the field of intellectual property protection. The company owns the rights to the brand name as well as the series of trademarks including the term "PATENTUS" as a common component.
As written before on our site, on July 8, 2013 the lawyers of PATENTUS LLC took part in the hearing on the opposition against the trademark "Discotheque of the nineties".
The patent attorneys of PATENTUS LLC took part in the annual conference of the "Chamber of Patent Attorneys"
Within November 26-29, 2013 the holiday center "Zarya" (Moscow Region) hosted the 4th (19th) Annual Scientific Practical Conference , which was attended by 99 patent and trademark attorneys from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and the United States.

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