IP Projects of Capital Legal Services include:

• Advice on documents related to civil aviation software and hardware for a leading US company in the aerospace industry;

• Advice and formal opinions on issues pertaining to the possession of IP rights arising in the course of performing work financed from the state budget on developing aircraft technology systems under a strategic program to develop civil aviation in Russia for a major US corporation;

• Advice on risks related to the transfer of IP rights, including rights to construction documentation, as part of a legal audit of a highway construction project.

• Analysis of existing contracts, and preparation of an R&D agreement and a confidentiality agreement between a Russian science research institute and a US leader in the production and processing of forestry chemical products;

• Legal support in contracts for, and the registration of rights to trademarks of a major Russian network of shopping centers;

• Support in development of trademarks for new product lines of Russian food industry companies, including assessments of whether registration would be possible, the carrying out of searches, and advice on issues related to the use of trademarks, and support in the registration of trademarks;

• Analysis of, and bringing into compliance with Russian law, a client’s existing franchising agreements, including a master franchise agreement and a subfranchise agreement; development of a set of additional contracts and agreements on commercial activities in Russia under a franchise; analysis of a client’s existing intangible assets and recommendations on ensuring their security;

• Protection of the interests of a Russian company rendering services in the field of entertainment, advertising and PR, including registration of trademarks, preparation of license agreements for copyrighted items, preparation of responses to requests from antitrust authorities, legal support in administrative cases on violation of competition laws by third parties, alternative dispute resolution, including preparation of claim letters and negotiations with violators of IP rights, and court cases pertaining to the unfair use of a company’s trademarks.