INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Verkhovodko & Partners offers a broad range of services related to registration of the intellectual property rights, drafting different agreements, complex advice on protection of copyright and other aspects of intellectual property.

We provide a comprehensive set of legal services to the right holders and other involved parties, including, but not limited to:

  • complex advice on all matters related to intellectual property, including, customs clearance, bookkeeping, taxation, cross border transactions, corporate rules and policies, commercial secrets;
  • drafting and legal assistance with respect to contracts and agreements including copyright, license agreements, assignment contracts,  including know how, agreements on creation, use and protection of the intellectual property (trademarks, inter alia), research and development, software development, franchising;
  • assisting the registration of the rights, trademarks and other intellectual property objects;
  • protection of copyright and associated intellectual property rights, representing clients in state authorities and bodies, as well as in courts.

Projects:

  • BSA (Business Software Alliance) — advising with respect to protection of the rights of the members of the alliance with respect to intellectual property, legal supervision over the projects and day-to-day activities, representing the client in courts;
  • Microsoft Corporation — advising on the matters arising in connection with Informational Technology, legal supervision over the projects and day-to-day activities, consulting on protection of the intellectual property rights, representing the client in courts, in particular, a successful representation in the litigation proceedings in arbitration courts of the Russian Federation regarding the transfer of «windows.ru» domain;
  • Gazprom transgaz Belarus — advising on the assignment of intellectual property rights;
  • YO-mobile — engaged as a project advisor in the ground-breaking project on creating a first Russian automobile with hybrid engine «YO-mobile» (in Russian «Ё-МОБИЛЬ») and construction of the pilot plant in St. Petersburg. Implementation of the initial stage, including the construction of the pilot plant was estimated at approximately EUR 150 million;
  • EPAM Systems, Inc. — day-to-day advising regarding the Informational Technology, intellectual property, taxation and other legal aspects;
  • Day-to-day advice on issues arising in connection with establishment, use, protection, assignment and transfer of the intellectual property rights.

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