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Ilya Liapunov
Russian and Eurasian Patent Attorney
Ilya Liapunov is a Russian Federation Patent and Trademark Attorney No. 341 specializing in trademarks and industrial designs since 1995.
He graduated from the Financial and Economic Institute named after Voznesensky in 1994 and studied at the Faculty of Law of Saint Petersburg State University. Since 1994, Ilya has been actively working in the field of intellectual property and managing Liapunov & Reznichenko.
Ilya possesses deep knowledge and extensive experience in protecting intellectual property rights, including patents, trademarks, and copyrights. To this day, he still advises clients on intellectual property protection strategies and portfolio management. Clients highly value Ilya for his professionalism, strategic thinking, and dedication.
Over the years, Ilya has ensured the company's steady development and success, making him an indispensable member of our team.
Languages: Russian, English
Team of experts
Ekaterina Atuchina
Attorney Assistant
Ekaterina Atuchina
Attorney Assistant
Graduated from the Institute of Philology, Foreign Languages and Media Communications of Kemerovo State University in 2018. Ekaterina joined Liapunov & Reznichenko in 2023. She’s mainly in charge of assisting with different organizational issues, managing control of document flow with...
Vasilina Chekhorduna
Assistant Trademark Attorney
Vasilina Chekhorduna
Assistant Trademark Attorney
Ms. Chekhorduna has been working for Liapunov & Reznichenko since 2021 and assists Trademark Attorneys in preparing and filing trademark applications, submitting the requests of renewal, recordal of changes and assignment in respect of trademark registrations.
Tatyana Chervina
Patent Attorney Assistant
Tatyana Chervina
Patent Attorney Assistant
She handles patent, utility model and design applications before the Russian and Eurasian Patent Offices as well as abroad. She carries out work on preparing and filing applications, maintains the document workflow during application proceedings, prepares and files documents for registration of the disposal of the exclusive rights.
Victoria Peneva
Trademark Attorney
Victoria Peneva
Trademark Attorney
Victoria has been working with Liapunov & Reznichenko since 2006 and is the head of the trademark department. She has extensive experience in issues related to the preparing of the documents for filing applications for registration of trademarks, including the international procedure via Madrid system, to preparing of the documents for registration of disposal of the exclusive right to trademarks on the basis of licensing agreements, franchise agreements, pledge and assignment agreements.
Anna Reznichenko
Trademark Attorney
Anna Reznichenko
Trademark Attorney
Anna provides a wide range of services related to trademark protection, domain names, and copyright objects, and advises on customs regulation. Clients from many countries highly value her professional experience, unconventional thinking, and involvement in solving all issues.
Vera Rubanova
Trademark Attorney
Vera Rubanova
Trademark Attorney
Vera has been with Liapunov & Reznichenko since 2006 and since 2013 as a trademark attorney.
Vera deals with conducting trademark searches and provides advice to clients on possible risks of trademark registration and use. She has extensive experience in preparing and filing both national trademark applications and international trademark applications and further handling registration procedure until obtaining a Registration Certificate or statement of grant of protection.
Sofya Sazonova
Patent Attorney Assistant
Sofya Sazonova
Patent Attorney Assistant
She handles patent applications and utility model applications before the Russian and Eurasian Patent Offices. She is also responsible for annual fees payments and patent restoration procedures in Russia, Eurasia as well as abroad.
Margarita Shavrygina
Russian and Eurasian Design Patent attorney
Margarita Shavrygina
Russian and Eurasian Design Patent attorney
Margarita has a master’s degree in Saint Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics (ITMO). Margarita joined Liapunov & Reznichenko in 2016.
Elena Shevchenko
Trademark Attorney
Elena Shevchenko
Trademark Attorney
Elena has been with Liapunov & Reznichenko since 2008 and since 2012 as a trademark attorney.
Elena deals with preparing and filing the applications for state registration of trademarks and service marks, including the ones according to the international procedure, preparing and filing responses to the examiner's requests and office actions, preparing and filing of oppositions, appeals and responses thereto with the Chamber of Patent Disputes, participating in the hearings of the Chamber of Patent Disputes, as well as preparing and filing the requests for state registration of amendments, transfer of rights, granting the right to use trademarks and service marks, renewal of the exclusive rights to trademarks and service marks, and conducting searches.
Galina Shirokova
Head of the Records and Document Management Department
Galina Shirokova
Head of the Records and Document Management Department
Joined Liapunov & Reznichenko in 2008, has been working as the head of department since 2014.
Specializes in protection of IP rights and disposal of exclusive right to inventions, utility models and designs at the Russian, Eurasian Patent Offices and abroad.
Alina Sidorenko
Attorney-at-law
Alina Sidorenko
Attorney-at-law
Alina Sidorenko specializes in issues related to the legal protection of trademarks, including responses to notifications and examination requests, preparation of objections to the Chamber of Patent Disputes. Alina has successful experiendunce in cocting administrative cases and she is engaged in the development and preparation of expert opinions on the protection of trademark rights in court. Alina also has successful experience in conducting cases to protect trademark rights in the Intellectual Property Rights Court.
Yuri Torshin
Russian Federation Trademark Attorney
Yuri Torshin
Russian Federation Trademark Attorney
He started his professional journey at Liapunov & Reznichenko in 2006.
In the field of legal protection of trademarks and service marks, he provides a full range of services, including the preparation and filing of applications, analysis and development of licensing and concession agreements, as well as agreements on the alienation of exclusive rights.
Darya Zamotina
Trademark Attorney
Darya Zamotina
Trademark Attorney
Darya has been with Liapunov & Reznichenko since 2008, qualified as a trademark attorney in 2015.
Darya is working in the trademark department, the main activity is protection of the exclusive rights to the trademarks from the unlawful import and realization of the counterfeit goods by means of the Customs regulation, namely including of intellectual property objects into the Customs IP Registers of the Russian Federation and CIS countries.
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