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"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 trademark attorneys of "Gorodissky & Partners" help clients develop trademark acquisittion and enforcement strategies. The team conducts searches, files and prosecutes applications for trademarks before the Russian PTO and in foreign countries, protests against the registration of trademarks, registers licensing agreements and concession contracts, as well as extends the term of validity of trademark registration certificates.

In the area of anti-counterfeiting stratigies, "Gorodissky & Partners" provides assistance in detecting the unauthorized use of registered trademarks in the Russian Federation and in other countries.

Together with the firm's lawyers, trademark attorneys advise clients on how best defend a brand from infringement and unfair competition in Russia.