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Our article in WIPR: Russia jurisdiction report – The rules on patent opposition

1.10.2018

The Patent Disputes Chamber which is a department of the Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Rospatent) receives about 100 patent oppositions a year. Read more about the rules.

Startup, remember to involve an IP expert already in the product development phase – Case Kelosound

21.9.2018

Protecting your ideas should start already in the product development phase. Read the story of our customer Kirsi Ihalainen, CEO of Kelosound Oy, who created a product of naturally dried wood that plays different sounds.

Changes to Kazakhstan’s IP legislation

12.9.2018

We have listed the six major changes that came into force on 3 July 2018. The objective of the amendments is to modernize the existing legislation, and to simplify the trademark registration process.

Article in WIPR: Common procedures for IP disputes

12.6.2018

The IP rights environment has become very internationally-focused lately. IP owners have many opportunities to protect their IP rights globally, but enforcement of IP rights is still mainly based on national requirements and processes with country specifics and peculiarities. This is also the case in Russia.

We protect your IP rights with more than 150 experts

  • Annikki Hämäläinen is currently responsible for foreign trademark registrations, international trademarks, infringement cases, agreements, disputes, oppositions, appeals and counterfeit cases in Russia and CIS countries.

    HÄMÄLÄINEN ANNIKKI
    Trademark Attorney

  • Mikko Piironen is a European Patent Attorney at Papula-Nevinpat. His patent experience includes identifying and handling inventions, drafting and prosecuting patent applications.

    PIIRONEN MIKKO
    European Patent Attorney

  • Anna Vainio works for Papula-Nevinpat as a patent specialist. Anna´s work includes patent application drafting and handling the patent prosecution process.

    VAINIO ANNA
    Patent Specialist

  • Heidi Mikkola has twenty years of experience in trademark protection, registration processes and infringement cases in Finland and the Western Countries (EU and USA). In addition, Heidi is profoundly familiar with the trademark legislation and practices of Russia and the CIS countries.

    MIKKOLA HEIDI
    Director (Trademark Department), European Trademark Attorney

  • Irina So has worked at the Saint-Petersburg Television Research and Development Institute. She has authored and co-authored a number of scientific articles in the fields of television, optics and mathematical physics and one patent. Irina has been working at Papula-Nevinpat since 2010.

    SO IRINA
    Patent Attorney, Eurasian Patent Attorney

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