Gorodissky & Partners IP experts told the entrepreneurs of Irkutsk about the nuances of trademark protection and the basics of patenting

Yury Kuznetsov, Partner, Russian Patent Attorney, Eurasian Patent & Design Attorney, Head of Patent Practice, Vladimir Bashkirov, Russian Patent Attorney, Eurasian Design Attorney, Head of Patent Research Department, Inna Rybchak, Trademark Attorney (all – “Gorodissky & Partners”, Moscow), Natalia Nikolaeva, Partner, Trademark Attorney, Regional Director of Novosibirsk branch, Nikolay Ptitsyn, Trademark Attorney, Regional Director of Vladivostok office and Dmitry Yakovlev, Russian and Eurasian Patent Attorney (“Gorodissky & Partners”, Saint Petersburg) participated in the forum "Business in the Modern Environment" in Irkutsk, organized by "My Business" center with the support of the public association "Opora Rossii", and dedicated to the Day of Russian Business.

Two seminars were held within the framework of the forum for the entrepreneurs of Irkutsk region:

• "Trademarks: what do we get when we register them?" - about the nuances of selection and registration of trademarks that can become a real market tool.
• "Basics of patenting", where was it told about the intricacies of the patenting process, various approaches and strategies, and were raised issues of reverse engineering legality and disposition of intellectual property rights in the current environment.

The event aroused great interest among top managers, who are responsible for the development of enterprises, small and medium-sized businesses that own or are going to buy the object of intellectual property, as well as entrepreneurs in the field of innovation.