Seminar “EURASIA: New IP Horizons”

Gorodissky and Partners hosted the international seminar “EURASIA: New IP Horizons” in Dubai.

The first day of the seminar was opened by Grigory Ivliev, President of the Eurasian Patent Office (EAPO) of the Eurasian Patent Organization and Valery Medvedev, Managing Partner, Patent & Trademark Attorney (“Gorodissky & Partners” Moscow) who welcomed the participants of the seminar. Valery Medvedev continued with presentation «Is it Worth Being Afraid of Sanctions Towards IP?». During the round table «A Thorny Way to Regionalization» moderated by Yury Kuznetsov, Partner, Head of Patent Practice, Patent Attorney (Gorodissky & Partners, Moscow), IP experts from different countries - Prof. Grigory Ivliev, President, Eurasian Patent Office (EAPO), Dr. Andreas Peters, Senior and Equity Partner, European Patent Attorney, European Patent Litigator, Hannke Bittner & Partner, Dr. Shalva Gvaramadze, Georgian Patent and Trademark Attorney, Head of Gvaramadze Patent Bureau, Ravi Bhola, Managing Partner, Patent Attorney, K&S Partners and more recognized intellectual property experts from Europe recalled the origins and prerequisites of the European and Eurasian patent systems, discussed their similarities and differences, as well as opportunities for further development and expansion.

During a session «Eurasian or National Patent Office – How to Make a Right Choice?» Yury Kuznetsov, Partner, Head of Patent Practice, Patent Attorney, Elena Nazina, Partner, Head of Сhemical & Life Sciences Department, Patent Attorney and Ekaterina Mosina, Patent Attorney (all – Gorodissky and Partners, Moscow) and Dr. Andreas Peters, Senior and Equity Partner, European Patent Attorney, European Patent Litigator, Hannke Bittner & Partner, Andrey Inshakov, Patent Attorney, Head of Patent Department "Yandex", Maria Bogomolova, Head of IP Practice "SIBUR" discussed the difference in approaches to examination of applications in the European and Eurasian Regional Patent Offices and in the National Patent Offices of Russia, USA and India, using the example of patent protection of crystal forms, selection inventions and inventions characterized by ranges, as well as computer-implemented inventions. At the end of the discussion, the business representatives shared practical recommendations on how to choose a patenting strategy from business perspectives .

The second day of the seminar started with the opening address by Dr. Oleg Neretin, Director, and Sergey Renzhin, Head of Trademark and Industrial Designs Department (both - The Federal Institute of Industrial Property of the Russian PTO).

In frame of the session devoted to trademarks, designs and legal aspects moderated by Evgeny Alexandrov, Ph.D., Partner, Head of Legal, Trademark & Design Practice, the IP professionals: Alexey Kratiuk, Partner, Head of Trademark Department, Trademark & Design Attorney, Viacheslav Rybchak, Partner, Head of Design Department, Trademark & Design Attorney, Sergey Vasiliev, Ph.D., Partner (all - Gorodissky and Partners, Moscow), Kirill Kukshev, Counsel (Gorodissky and Partners, Dubai) and Sergey Medvedev, Ph.D., LL.M., Partner (Gorodissky and Partners, Moscow, Dubai) discussed the following topics:

• «Impact of International Sanctions and Counter-Sanctions on Global Trade»
• «Eurasian Protection Systems for Designs and Trademarks»
• «Strategies for Trademark Enforcement against Parallel Imports and Counterfeits Offline and Online: Legal Environment and Best Practices»
• «Licensing and Franchising - Are There New Opportunities for Businesses?»

The seminar aroused great interest and discussion among the participants from Italy, India, Germany, Turkey, Egypt, UAE and other countries.