GORODISSKY & PARTNERS Patent & Trademark Attorneys IP Lawyers Practicing since 1959 Moscow-St.Petersburg-Ekaterinburg-Samara-N.Novgorod-Kazan-Perm-Krasnodar-Sarov-Vladivostok-Kiev
FIRM S HISTORY December, 1959 October, 1964 January, 1999 Igor Rabkovsky, Lawyer, joined Patent Department of the USSR Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) Mikhail Gorodissky, PhD, Lawyer, headed Patent Department of the CCI, later reorganized in «Sojuzpatent» Mikhail Gorodissky (1927 2002), Russian Federation Honored Lawyer, Russian Patent/Trademark Attorney, Eurasian Patent Attorney, Igor Rabkovsky, Lawyer, together with 135 ex-employees of «Sojuzpatent» founded IP Law Firm «Gorodissky & Partners» 1959 1964 1999 2016 2
FIRM S SERVICES Representation before the Patent Offices and Administrative Bodies Litigation and dispute resolution IP enforcement and counterfeiting Licensing Strategic IP consulting IP due diligence IP portfolio management IP valuation Patent and Trademark Searches Inventions Trademarks Utility models Industrial designs Computer programs Data bases Topographies Copyrights Franchising Translations Domain names 3
OUR TEAM Russian Patent/TM Attorneys (21 PhDs) 102 34 Russian/Ukrainian Lawyers/Attorneys at Law (6 PhDs, 2 LLM) Eurasian Patent Attorneys 41 Ukrainian Patent/TM Attorneys 7 450 specialists 1 US Lawyer 27 Partners Japanese Patent Attorney 1 2 Certified Russian IP Valuators (2 PhDs) 4
OUR IP ATTORNEYS AND LAWYERS Age, years 60-69 50-59 40-49 30-39 25-29 0 10 20 30 40 50 Quantity Gorodissky, years with 40-44 25-39 15-24 5-14 1-5 0 20 40 60 80 Quantity 5
FIRM S STRUCTURE MANAGING PARTNER BOARD OF PARTNERS Head of Patent Practice Head of Trademark&Design Practice Head of Legal Practice Heads of Branch Offices Mechanics Department Trademark Department Legal Department St. Petersburg Krasnodar Electronics Department Design Department Counsels Department N.Novgorod Life Sciences Department IP Valuation Department Samara Kazan Search Department Annuities and Renewals Department Ekaterinburg Perm Tekhnopark Sarov Vladivostok Kiev 6
FIRM S BRANCH OFFICES St. Petersburg Kiev Moscow N. Novgorod Tekhnopark Sarov" Krasnodar Kazan Samara Perm Ekaterinburg Vladivostok 7
FIRM S SUBSIDIARIES TECHNOPOL MOSCOW (IP Brokering) RUSINPRO (IP Auction house) 8
OUR PROFESSIONAL PRINCIPLES Quality Professionalism Liability Efficiency Proactivity Integrity 9
FIRM S SHARE* ON THE RUSSIAN MARKET IN 2015 50% 35% 19% 39% 22% RU patent applications Eurasian patent applications RU utility model applications RU design applications RU trademark applications *New cases of foreign applicants clients of Gorodissky & Partners 10
NEW IP CASES* OF THE FIRM RUSSIA UKRAINE 9 800 applications for inventions and utility models 3 200 applications for trademarks 1 200 applications for designs 646 applications for patents and utility models 208 applications for trademarks 25 applications for designs *Russian, ukrainian and foreign applicants clients of Gorodissky & Partners 11
NEW LEGAL CASES* OF THE FIRM IN 2015 RUSSIA UKRAINE 240 IP cases in courts of general jurisdiction, commercial courts, IP court and Supreme court 1029 IP disposal agreements (licenses, franchises, security agreements) 19 IP cases in courts of general jurisdiction and commercial courts 5 IP disposal agreements (licenses, distribution) *Russian, ukrainian and foreign clients of Gorodissky & Partners 12
FIRM S MAJOR CLIENTS Over 10 000 Russian and foreign clients have trusted in us for decades 13
OUR RANKS Ranked 1 law firm in Russia for patents and trademarks in 1998-2016 (MIP, Great Britain) Russia IP Firm of the Year in 2011 and 2015 (MIP, Great Britain) Listed among the best IP firms in Ukraine on patents and trademarks in 2010-2016 (MIP, Great Britain) Listed among the recommended IP firms in Russia in 2012-2015 (Legal-500) Recommended IP law firm in Russia in 2014-2015 (LMG Life Science Europe) Top Russian IP firm in patent filings in 2014-2015 (Chambers & Partners, Europe) Highly recommended (Gold band) for trademark cases prosecution and strategy and listed among the recommended (Silver band) for enforcement and litigation in Russia and Ukraine (WTR-1000, Great Britain, 2011-2015) Highly recommended law firm for patent prosecution in Russia and is listed among the best in litigation and transactions (IAM- 1000, Great Britain, 2012-2015) 15 attorneys and lawyers are included in the 2015 edition of The Best Lawyers in the practice area of IP Law in 2011-2015 (The Best Lawyers, USA) PCT Filer 1 in Russia in 2015 (MIP, Great Britain) 14
FIRM S CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS Co-organizers of the BRICS IP Forum (BIPF), Kiev Annual IP training seminars for foreign clients in Moscow Annual IP training seminars for russian clients in Moscow July 2013 July 2014 October 2015 August 2007 August 2010 April 2012 Annual IP regional conferences in Kazan Co-organizers of the joint IP seminars with JETRO, Tokyo Annual IP regional conferences in Ekaterinburg 15
OUR PUBLICATIONS 16
FIRM S MEMBERSHIP Russian Franchise Association 17
FIRM S HEADQUATERS Moscow, B. Spasskaya str., 25, bldg. 3 +7 (495) 937 6116 +7 (495) 937 6104 / 6123 pat@gorodissky.ru 18
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