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Practice areas
Our Agency was one of the first firms in Kazakhstan to develop an intellectual property practice. During many years of its operation, the Agency has developed a profound knowledge base in all aspects of intellectual property protection. Today, we represent clients in their most challenging and complex intellectual property matters.
We prosecute and litigate complex IP matters and assist our clients in protecting their intellectual property rights from infringement, misappropriation and unfair competition.
Our clients turn to us for guidance in connection with various IP matters relating, inter alia, to:
- Patents
- Designs
- Trademarks
- Copyrights
- Licensing
- Service marks
- Integrated circuits
- Plant varieties
- Unfair competition.
Our patent attorneys have an impressive range of litigation experience and they have a proven track record at the court level. In addition to our court practice, we have substantial experience representing clients in proceedings before the Board of Appeals (a department of the Intellectual Property Rights Committee).
Patent Practice
Our patent practice includes, among others, the following:
- conducting preliminary and other searches;
- filing and prosecuting patent applications;
- verification of the validity of a patent;
- maintaining patents;
- recording any amendments in patent applications and patents;
- providing legal services related to licensing and assignment;
- negotiating settlement of any disputes; and opposing against refusals of protection.
Design Practice
Our design practice includes, among others, the following:
- filing and prosecuting design applications;
- conducting preliminary and other searches;
- verification of the validity of a patent;
- maintaining design patents;
- recording any amendments in design applications and patents;
- providing legal services related to licensing and assignment;
- negotiating settlement of any disputes; and
- opposing against refusals of protection.
Trademark Practice
Our trademark practice includes, among others, the following:
- conducting availability and identity searches and advising in respect of registrability of a trademark;
- filing and prosecuting trade and service mark applications;
- carrying out trademark validity searches;
- recording amendments in registrations;
- providing legal services related to licensing and assignment;
- negotiating settlement of any trade or service mark disputes;
- opposing against refusals of protection for international and national trademark applications; and enforcement of trademark owner's rights.
Copyright Practice:
Our copyright practice includes, among others, the following:
- filing and prosecuting applications for registration of copyright and/or related rights;
- protection of the author's copyright in the product of his/her work; and
- drafting and/or registering any copyright use agreements.
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