AVERYANOV, RUSSIAN AND EURASIAN PATENT ATTORNEY

RUSSIAN PATENT The right to an invention or utility models shall be protected by the law and certified by a patent for invention or utility model. The scope of legal protection conferred by a patent for invention or utility model shall be defined by claims. A patent shall certify priority, right of inventorship of an invention or utility model and the exclusive right to use them. A patent owner shall enjoy the exclusive right to use the patented invention or utility model at his discretion. An infringement of the exclusive right of a patent owner shall be a non-authorized manufacture, use, importation, offer for sale, sale, other commercial introduction or storage for this purpose of a product containing a patented invention or utility model. At the request of the patent owner the patent infringement must be stopped and the natural person or legal entity guilty of patent infringement shall be liable to pay damage to the patent owner in accordance with legislation of the Russia.

RUSSIAN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN The right to an invention or utility models shall be protected by the law and certified by a patent for industrial design. The scope of legal protection conferred by a patent for industrial design shall be defined by product appearance images. A patent shall certify priority, right of inventorship of an industrial design and the exclusive right to use them. A patent owner shall enjoy the exclusive right to use the patented industrial design at his discretion. An infringement of the exclusive right of a patent owner shall be a non-authorized manufacture, use, importation, offer for sale, sale, other commercial introduction or storage for this purpose of a product containing a patented invention or utility model. At the request of the patent owner the patent infringement must be stopped and the natural person or legal entity guilty of patent infringement shall be liable to pay damage to the patent owner in accordance with the civil legislation of the Russia.

RUSSIAN TRADEMARK Trademarks are signs capable of distinguishing goods and services, respectively, of a certain person or legal entity from similar goods and services of other natural persons or legal entities. Owner of a trademark shall have the exclusive right to use and dispose of the trademark and to prevent others from using the trademark. Any use of a sign or a name similar to a trademark for similar shall entail civil or criminal responsibility under the law of the Russian Federation. Word, figurative, three-dimensional, or other signs or their combinations may be registered as trademark. Trademark may be registered in any color or combination of colors.