On December 11-13, 2024, the XIV (XXIX) annual research-to-practice conference «Current issues of intellectual property rights protection» organized by the interregional public organization for the contribution to patent attorneys activities «Chamber of Patent Attorneys» took place in Tula.
Patent attorneys from Russia and Belarus discussed current issues of obtaining protection for intellectual property in Russia and abroad. Patent attorneys of «A.Zalesov & Partners» Patent & Law Firm - Aleksey Zalesov, Irina Ozolina, Maria Makhlina and Ivan Istomin - took part in the event.
Managing partner Aleksey Zalesov acted as the moderator of the «Inventions» section, where the following issues were discussed: the latest trends in patent examination by the RU PTO in the field of chemistry and pharmaceuticals, as well as in the field of IT; the practice of «evergreen patents»; collection of large compensations for patent infringement; current issues of legal protection of utility models.
Aleksey Zalesov spoke within the section with a report on the topic of «Current practice of patent disputes resolved through protection from unfair competition», and Senior partner Irina Ozolina highlighted the problem of disputes on recognizing a patent as invalid due to incorrect indication of the applicant/author.
In the final part of the conference, experts took part in the business game «Court hearing in the IP Court». Irina Ozolina and Maria Makhlina - partner of «A.Zalesov & Partners» - were among the main participants of the activity.