"Gorodissky & Partners", the premier intellectual property firm in Russia, was founded by patent attorneys and lawyers who began their professional careers in 1959. The founding Partner of the firm was Dr. Mikhail L. Gorodissky.

We have branch offices in St. Petersburg, N. Novgorod, Krasnodar, Samara, Ekaterinburg, Kazan (Russia) and Kiev (Ukraine).

Over 300 employees, including 120 patent/trademark attorneys and lawyers, 16 eurasian patent attorneys work for the firm. They provide clients and associates with professional and cost effective and legal services relating to all IP matters including inventions, trademarks, designs, utility models, copyright, computer programs, domain names, litigation, licensing, IP valuation, etc.

Our firm has extensive national and worldwide experience in IP issues, including those, which arise on the post Soviet territory (CIS countries and Baltic states).

The clients of "Gorodissky & Partners" range from major domestic, foreign and international companies to small and medium size business and individuals.

"Gorodissky & Partners" lawyers and patent/trademark professionals have significant experience in litigating intellectual property matters in civil courts and in arbitration proceedings. They have successfully represented foreign and domestic clients, both plaintiffs and defendants in a number of landmark cases connected with infringement of patent and trademark owners' rights in Russia and abroad.

Many of the firm's lawyers and patent/trademark attorneys have advanced technical and legal degrees and speak a variety of foreign languages. They regularly attend courses in IP and law firms in the USA, Germany, Great Britain, France, and other countries.

Our patent/trademark attorneys and lawyers are members of AIPPI, FICPI, LESI, INTA, MARQUES, ECTA, PTMG, AIPLA, ABA , The Association of Russian Patent Attorneys and Guild of IP Companies at the Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

"Gorodissky & Partners" sponsor two scholarships for law students at the Russian State Institute of Intellectual Property.

According to the annual survey of intellectual property professionals worldwide conducted by Managing Intellectual Property Magazine, "Gorodissky & Partners" has been consistently ranked Russia's No.1 firm in patents and trademarks since 1998.