Alexey Kratiuk

• “Brands in crosshairs of trademark squatters” (The Trademark Lawyer by CTC Legal Media, issue 2, May 2023)
• “Trademarks with a geographical element: features of registration” (The Patent Attorney magazine, January-March 2023)
• “Threats and risks for trademarks in Russia” (The Trademark Lawyer by CTC Legal Media, issue 4, September 2022)
• “IP experts advise on protection of a word element in a trademark” (Kommersant-Ufa, August 2022)
• “New regional systems for protection of trademarks and designs in the Eurasian Economic Union states” (The Trademark Lawyer by CTC Legal Media, issue 3, 2021)
• “Securing well-known status: if at first you don’t succeed, conduct market research” (“World Trademark Review”, № 83, Spring 2020)
• “Brand creation and protection: out with the old”(Roundtable Co-Published Editorial) (“World Trademark Review”, № 83, Spring 2020)
• “Well-known trademarks in Russia” (The Trademark Lawyer by CTC Legal Media, Issue 3 2018)
• “Choosing the right protection” (“World Trademark Review”, № 67, 2017)
• “Trade Marks 2015 (Chapter on Russia)” (“International Comparative Legal Guides” (ICLG)
• “Trademark protection strategies in Russia” (“US-China Law Review”, № 12, 2014)
• “Lift off” (The Trademark Lawyer by CTC Legal Media, 2014)
• “Garlic Smell Refused Trademark Protection” (“World Trademark Review Daily”, July 01, 2013)
• “Trademark prosecution and registration strategies” (“World Trademark Review”, № 42, 2012)
• “Design & trade dress” (“World Trademark Review”, № 38, 2012)

Presentations

• “Trademarks with geographical element: peculiarities of legal protection” (21th Gorodissky annual seminar “IP Protection Strategies for Successful Company Development”, Moscow, September 2023)
• “Individualization of business as the key element of a development strategy” (20th Gorodissky annual seminar “IP Protection Strategies for Successful Company Development”, Moscow, June 2022)
• “New regional systems of trademarks and designs protection in the Eurasian states” (19th Gorodissky annual seminar “IP Protection Strategies for Successful Company Development”, Moscow, November 2021)
• “New Regional Systems: Protecting Trademarks and Designs in the Eurasian States” (Lexology webinar “New Regional Systems: Protecting Trademarks and Designs in the Eurasian States”, Moscow, November 2021)
• “New regional system for protection of trademarks and designs in the Eurasian Economic Union states” (Gorodissky seminar “Expansion of IP Horizons in Eurasia”, Moscow, April 2021)
• “Comprehensive approach to the legal protection of hardware and software solutions” (EAPO online training “Features of examination of inventions implemented using a computer, including inventions in the field of artificial intelligence”, Moscow, March 2021)
• “Protecting a design as a trademark” (18th Gorodissky annual seminar “IP Protection Strategies for Successful Company Development”, Moscow, October 2020)
• “Brand promotion Strategy from the Legal Perspective” (Seminar “Obtaining and Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Russia”, Moscow, September 2019)
• «Features of protection of design as a trademark» (Round table «Protection and use of intellectual property rights to design objects», Moscow, April 2019)
• “Trademarks Outside the Latin Alphabet”, “Well-known Trademarks”, “Current protection of Geographical Indications”, “Aesthetically Done” (BRICS IP Forum 2017, Paris, October 2017)
• “Trademark protection strategy in Russia and scope of protection of marks taking note of their color and script” (BRICS IP Forum, London, November 2016)
• “Trademark as a legal remedy of packaging” (14th annual seminar “IP protection strategies for successful company development”, Moscow, April 2016)
• “Misleading as a reason for contestation and cancellation of a trademark registration " (the 13th annual seminar “IP protection strategies for successful company’s development”, Moscow, April 2015)
• “Trademark protection strategies in Russia” (“LESI 2014 Moscow Conference”, Moscow, May 2014)
• “The registration of Packaging as a Trademark in Russia” (“AIPPI Group seminar”, Istanbul, Turkey, April 2014)
• “3D trademarks” (12th annual seminar “IP protection strategies for successful company’s development”, Moscow, April 2014)
• “Trademark Prosecution and Registration Strategies in Russia” (BRICS IP Forum (BIPF), Chicago, USA, May 2013)
• “Trade dress — how to protect in Russia” (8th annual seminar “Obtaining and Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Russia”, Moscow, September 2012)
• “How to prove a trademark use in the Chamber of patent disputes and arbitral courts” (9th annual seminar “IP protection strategies for successful company’s development”, Moscow, April 2011)
• “Trademarks in Russia” (BRICS IP Forum (BIPF), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, December 2010)
• “How to oppose registration of a trademark. Grounds to consider” (7th annual seminar “Obtaining and Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Russia”, Moscow, August 2010)
• “Evidence of a trademark use in the Chamber of patent disputes and Russian arbitral courts” (8th annual seminar “IP protection strategies for successful company’s development”, Moscow, April 2010)
• “The Chamber of patent disputes: new legislation and traditional approaches” (7th annual seminar “IP protection strategies for successful company’s development”, Moscow, April 2009)
• “Opposing trademarks: new opportunities” (5th annual seminar “Obtaining and Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Russia”, Saint Petersburg, August 2008)
• “Trademarks and industrial designs — advantages and shortcomings” (4th annual seminar “Obtaining and Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Russia”, Kiev, Ukraine, August 2007 (co-speaker A.Vasilets))
• “Appealing against Examiners Decisions and Filing Objections against Validity of Trademarks on Absolute Grounds” (1st annual seminar “Obtaining and Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Russia”, Moscow, September 2004 (co-speaker v. Rybchak))

• Advising a well-known Australian wine company on a defense strategy against the charge of trademark infringement and multimillion compensation demand
• Consulting a large German company on a trademark protection strategy against former distributor, who illegally registered it in his name
• Successful consulting and protecting trademark rights owned by a large international sports organization.
• Successful consulting, prosecution and recognition of trademarks as well-known for large oil and gas corporations.