IP Seminar in Vladivostok

On October 12, 2018, Seminar “IP Protection in China” was held at the Primorsky Territory Administration. The Seminar was organized by Gorodissky & Partners law firm with the support of the Primorsky Territory Export Development Center of the Primorsky Territory Enterprise Support Center.

Vladimir Trey, Partner, Russian Patent Attorney (Gorodissky & Partners, Moscow), spoke on "Choosing a trademark registration strategy. Design protection design in China". Evgeny Alexandrov, Partner, Head of Legal (Gorodissky & Partners, Moscow), made presentation on “Monitoring and eliminating trademark infringement on the Internet”.

Nikolay Ptitsyn, Regional Director, Russian Patent Attorney (Gorodissky & Partners, Vladivostok), presented an overview of the problem situation that occurred with a local manufacturer of goods during the registration of a trademark in China, and Irina Gurtovaya (Vladivostok division of the Russian Export Center) elaborated on the specifics of state subsidies for registrating trademarks and patenting in China.

Foreign colleagues were invited to participate in the seminar. Masashi Kurose, Japanese Patent Attorney, Counsel (Gorodissky & Partners, Vladivostok), devoted his presentation to issues relating to protection of intellectual property when Japanese companies conducted business in China. Wei Wei, Deputy Secretary General, Chinese Innovation Strategic Alliance to Combat Intellectual Property Violations and Counterfeit Goods Circulation, described the activities of the Alliance.

The seminar gathered over 30 attendees - representatives of small and medium business of the Primorsky Territory. The presentations aroused great interest and active discussion.