IP evaluation, searches and strategic advice

IP applications and registrations

IP watching, use and conflicts

Your ideas need protecting

We are experts in IP protection with over 40 years experience, including a strong history of more than 20 years in Russia and Eurasia. We were the first foreign IP company in Russia and continue to be one of the biggest foreign IP operator there.
We are your portal to the Russia-Eurasia region.

News

New regulations for including IP rights in the Eurasian Customs Union

13.4.2018

As from now on it should be possible to make only one customs application instead of 5. This brings financial benefits to intellectual property owners.

Leds are reshaping the future of lightning – and intellectual property rights

14.3.2018

The trust that the entire patent system enjoys is dependent on how fair do the companies see the way patents benefit their owners. The lighting industry should now keep the business hot while maintaining a cool head, especially when it comes to IP.

Celebrating our global IP network at an Evening of Elegance with Laura Mikkola in Seattle during INTA

13.3.2018

On 19 May 2018 in Seattle in connection with INTA’s 140th Annual Meeting, we will host an Evening of Elegance with the Finnish pianist Laura Mikkola at the spectacular Benaroya Hall in Seattle.

Folke Johansson, Markku Simmelvuo and Marina Smirnova selected WIPR Leaders 2018

16.2.2018

The results are based on nominations from industry peers. WIPR Leaders ranks the leading IP practitioners in the world, listing over 1,700 lawyers.

We protect your IP rights with more than 150 experts

  • Marina Smirnova is a Patent and Trademark Attorney and a partner at Nevinpat, St. Petersburg. She has worked with patents and trademarks since 1985, and regularly participates in international conferences such as AIPPI, INTA, PTMG, ECTA, Marques.

    SMIRNOVA MARINA
    Patent and Trademark Attorney

  • Dmitry Cherkas works at Russian office since 2008 when he joined Papula-Nevinpat as a patent specialist. His patent experience includes prosecuting patent applications in Russia and the Eurasian countries.

    CHERKAS DMITRY
    Patent Attorney (Russian and Eurasian)

  • Irmeli Nokkanen joined Papula-Nevinpat in 2007 as Design Attorney and she is responsible for design protection issues. Irmeli lectures and speaks at conferences especially about EU and RU design protection systems, different ways to protect new designs, design portfolio management, global design protection strategies and enforcement.

    NOKKANEN IRMELI
    European Design Attorney

  • Dmitri Popov has worked as a professor of Physics at the State University of New York (1999-2005) and as a research physicist at Ioffe Physical Technical Institute (1990-1995). Dmitri has been working at Papula-Nevinpat since 2005.

    POPOV DMITRIY I.
    Patent Attorney

  • Markku is an active contributor to Finnish as well as international IP organizations in order to develop and promote the Finnish patent expertise and the entire IP field. Markku is currently president of the Association of Finnish Patent Attorneys, and a member of the Board of the Finnish AIPPI Group. He is also a member of the Finnish Industrial Property Group, organized by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment.

    SIMMELVUO MARKKU
    Managing Director, European Patent Attorney

“We value the competence and speed that comes with doing business at Papula-Nevinpat and their readiness to respond in a clear and straightforward way.”

CASE Ensto

5
offices in Russia
and Eurasia

95%
of customers
recommend us

4000+
cases in Russia
and Eurasia in 2016

40
years in
IP services