Experience

Trademarks

Information search by trademarks. Information trademark search of a foreign company producing food products, national media companies, a Polish company producing toys, the national association of alcoholic producers, a national mobile operator, foreign pharmaceutical companies, national manufacturers of alcoholic and soft drinks, national toy-stores, a chain of clothing stores, a chain of stores selling office equipment, a Kazakh bank, foreign cosmetic companies, an international hotel chain, a foreign confectionery, Iranian companies producing paints and varnishes, a national company that supplies medical equipment, a foreign chain of groceries of wholesale and retail sales, a national film studio, foreign scientific and industrial firms, foreign firms for the production of sportswear, a national trucking company, a national bookmaker company, a national company for the lottery draw, a national company that produces batteries, a company producing clothing, a foreign bank, and a national food company, national advertising and exhibition company, for veterinary clinics, for a foreign consulting company, for a national real estate agency, national advertising company, a foreign bank.

National registration of trademarks. Rebranding of a Kazakh bank, the registration of trademarks of a Polish toy company, the association of alcoholic beverages producers, a national mobile operator, foreign pharmaceutical companies, national manufacturers of alcoholic and soft drinks, a national toy-store, a national clothing stores chain, a national bank, a chain of stores selling office equipment, an international hotel chain, a foreign confectionery, a foreign tire company, an international trucking company, a foreign cosmetic company, a national oil company, national media companies, companies from Saudi Arabia producing of non-alcoholic drinks, an Iranian company producing paint products, a national provider of medical equipment, a foreign company for the construction of pipelines, a foreign chain of groceries of wholesale and retail sales, a national film studio, foreign scientific and industrial firms, national trucking companies, a national bookmaker company, a national company for the lottery draw, a foreign food company, a national company producing batteries, a foreign bank, and a national food company.

International registration under the Madrid System. International registration of trademarks of a Kazakh bank, a national chain of clothing stores, a national mobile operator, and an Iranian company producing paints and varnishes.

Registration of a trademark abroad. Trademark registration for a Kazakh bank in Japan, for companies from Saudi Arabia producing soft drinks in Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Tajikistan, Russia, Kyrgyzstan and Armenia.

Legal Opinions:

• for foreign companies producing alcoholic beverages on the abolition of the illegal registration of trademarks;
• for a media holding on the issue of the abolition of a trademark registration;
• for a foreign food company on the appeal of a bad-faith registration of a trademark;
• for a foreign food company on the bad-faith registration of a trademark;
• for a foreign company-manufacturer of building materials and household products on the violation of trademark rights;
• for a national company-manufacturer of alcoholic products on the use of a trademark which is confusingly similar to the registered trademark.

Pre-trial

Preparation and giving of objections to the Appeal Board of an authorised body on the following grounds:

• illegal registration of a trademark due to a confusing similarity with a trademark of a foreign pharmaceutical company;
• disclaimer of a foreign pharmaceutical company;
• illegal issue of a provisional patent to a national company producing cable boxes;
• refusal in registration of a trademark on the basis of confusing similarity with trademarks of the foreign pharmaceutical companies, the national company producing aroma and phyto-oils, national processing  company, the national company producing foods, the Iranian company producing  paint and varnish products, the foreign company producing storage batteries, the foreign company producing bakery products;
• other reasons.

International Registration of a Trademark

Informational Search for Trademarks.  Informational search for trademarks for a foreign food manufacturer.  

International Registration of a Trademark. The international registration of trademarks for Kazakhstani bank, national net of clothing stores, national mobile operator, Irani paints manufacturer.

Copyright

• registration of copyright in computer programs, databases, literature and stage pieces of national authors.

Due Diligence of Intellectual Property

• conducting due diligence with respect to intellectual property and information technology to foreign banks, Kazakh banks, construction companies, a telecommunications holding company, an international engineering company, an international investment company, a foreign telecommunications company, a foreign company, which is the world leader in food and household chemical goods, and a foreign construction company.

Commercialisation of Intellectual Property

Drafting and registration of licence agreements and amendments thereto for a foreign company producing household chemicals, cosmetics and hygiene products, for a national company producing alcoholic and soft drinks, for pharmaceutical companies, for a foreign company producing sportswear, for large national companies that are food manufacturers, for a foreign investment company, for a foreign manufacturer of household appliances, for a foreign catering company, for a national company producing alcoholic beverages, and for a national company that produces locking and sealing devices.

Verification of the compliance of licenses, franchising agreements, and agreements for the transfer of rights to software with the legislation on intellectual property for a foreign company producing sportswear, for international IT companies, for foreign companies producing medical equipment, for a foreign company producing parking equipment, for a foreign bank, for a foreign producer of alcoholic beverages, for construction companies, and for a clothing company.

Drafting and registration of foreign sub-licence agreements for a foreign cookware producer.

Drafting and registration of contracts of assignment for a national seller of mobile phone payment cards, and for a national producer of locking and sealing devices.

Legal opinions:

• for the supply of licensed software for a mobile operator under a supply agreement;
• for franchising in the hotel business for clients of a foreign law firm;
• a legal opinion for a foreign household appliances producer, as well as for a foreign company which is the global seller of consumer goods, on the requirement to register license/sub-licence agreements.

Pre-Trial Protection of IP Rights

• preparation of warning letters from foreign and domestic companies to violators of their IP rights;
• supporting the project for the protection of IP rights for foreign companies producing cosmetic products by identifying and bringing the violators to liability.

Representation in Courts

• illegal use of the invention of a national producer of plastic products;
• illegal disclaimer of the trademarks of foreign pharmaceutical companies;
• illegal use of the trademarks of national pharmaceutical companies;
• appealing a claim for the unlawful use of a Eurasian patent by a national producer of locking and sealing devices;
• invalidation of a Eurasian patent in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan of a national producer of locking and sealing devices;
• cancellation of the decision not to use a trademark by a foreign pharmaceutical company.

Protection of Intellectual Property at the Border

• a legal opinion for a client of a foreign law firm on protective measures for intellectual property at the border;
• a legal opinion for a foreign producer of machines on grey import issues;
• a legal opinion for a global manufacturer of chocolate and coffee products on the legality of banning the import of goods.