SERVICES/ PATENT SEARCHES

"Gorodissky & Partners"
B. Spasskaya Str., 25, bldg 3,
Moscow 129090, Russia
Phone: 7 (495) 937-6116 / 6109,
Fax: 7 (495) 937-6104 / 6123
E-mail: pat@gorodissky.ru,
http://www.gorodissky.com

IP boutique Gorodissky & Partners’s standing in the market is such that it prompted one industry specialist to hail it as ‘ the most famous IP firm in Russia’. Managing partner Valery Medvedev presides over the country’s largest and most voluminous patent practice, with its 120 patent and trade mark attorneys handling almost unbelievable volumes of filing and prosecution work. Recent highlights include advice to Dolce&Gabbana, Yves Saint-Laurent, Citizen and Lacoste on anti-counterfeiting matters. The firm continues to develop its trade mark offering, while it is also active in contentious IP.
The LEGAL 500

he firm's experts conduct novelty and infringement searches in patent depositories and libraries across Russia and other countries, covering scientific-technical publications. They provide opinions on patentability, as well as on patent infringement. "Gorodissky & Partners" has access to electronic databases of the European Patent Office, the US Patent and Trademark Office, the Russian PTO, "Derwent" and other organizations.