Corporate clients

As one of the biggest, leading dispute resolution practices on the Russian market, we provide comprehensive legal support in protecting rights to intellectual products. BGP Litigation lawyers help develop effective strategies for defence and support for litigation over protection of rights to trade marks and corporate names, domain names, copyright and neighbouring rights (including to software), and patent disputes. We act for clients at Rospatent, the Intellectual Rights Court, commercial and general jurisdiction courts. As professional mediators, BGP Litigation advocates are experienced in settling disputes before they go to court.

We accompany court cases at the intersection between IP regulation, legislation on protection of competition and labour law thanks to our team’s recognised experts in these fields. BGP Litigation has successful experience of defending clients against unfair competition and inappropriate advertising, and of protecting exclusive rights to works for hire. The Russian market’s biggest healthcare and technology practice has the profound expertise in the field needed for developing a winning defence strategy in pharmaceutical and technological patent disputes. We also represent companies in litigation in the spheres of industry, construction, art, the media and entertainment, FMCG and more.

Our services include:

• Comprehensive support for pretrial dispute settlement, including developing a position, drawing up claims and participating in negotiations
• Analysis of dispute prospects, preparation of a comprehensive strategy and risk minimisation recommendations
• Support for disputes over violation of rights to IP products and recovery of compensation with respect to trade marks, inventions and utility models, software and works
• Support for domain name disputes
• Advice on disputes over early termination of trade mark protection
• Challenges to Rospatent decisions, including refusals to register IP products and registration of products infringing on company rights
• Representation in the Intellectual Rights Court, commercial and general jurisdiction courts, the Patent Dispute Chamber and the Federal Antimonopoly Service
• Representation before the Federal Customs Service on administrative disputes over importation of counterfeit goods
• Representation before the Federal Antimonopoly Service on administrative disputes over unfair competition