Dispute Resolution/ International Arbitration
Intellectual Property
Trademarks, Industrial Designs, Computer Programs and Data Bases
Nikolai Uzhegov is a Lawyer and Patent Attorney of Intellectual Property Practice group at Andrey Gorodissky & Partners Law Firm.
Nikolai specializes in the protection of rights to intellectual properties and means of individualization before the Chamber for Patent Disputes, Intellectual Property Court and arbitrazh (commercial) courts.
Nikolai handles procedures for registration of various intellectual properties, including trademarks in the RF and abroad, in particular in Asian and African countries, inventions, computer programs, industrial designs, software in the register of domestic software and participates in due diligences of intellectual property and audits of compliance with personal data laws, contributes to projects involving the development of trade secret regime.
Nikolai also has experience in handling matters before the Federal Antimonopoly Service under antitrust unfair competition laws in connection with unlawful use of results of intellectual activity, and in drafting agreements on author’s and related rights.
Represented a client in a lawsuit for non-use cancellation of legal protection of a family of trademarks owned by a “patent troll”.
Represented a large Russian pharmaceutical company in its dispute with the Russian Patent and Trademark Office (Rospatent) in connection with the refusal to register a trademark because of the existence of a similar trademark owned by a foreign pharmaceutical company.
Represented a German company in connection with recovery through court of compensation for unlawful use of a data base.