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Legal protection
of unique products

ALEKSEI KALINICHENKO

Patents, trademarks, software copyright
In IT and other fields
Business and entrepreneurs
01
ENGINEERS, SCIENTISTS, R&D CENTERS
02
INVESTORS
03
LAWYERS
04
COURTS
05
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
06

Not just inventors

01 // Clients

I help make intellectual property part of a business strategy that generates revenue.
I protect engineering rights and help monetize your creativity while you invent algorithms and innovate.
I conduct a full audit of the company's intellectual property and give recommendations on intangible assets.
I share my experience in the field of intellectual property rights with colleagues from other fields.
Support in disputes in the field of intellectual property rights and conduct judicial / extrajudicial examination of the use of patents and trademarks.
I teach an authored course on patenting. I coach on how to convert technical innovations into valuable and rewarding assets.

02 // Services

Not just patents

Patenting inventions and utility models
International patenting
Programs and databases registration in rospatent
Trademark registration
Patent research
Design patenting
IP transfer deals
Audit and expertise of the IP
Forensic patent examination
Patent disputes
Litigation
Teaching in IP field

Patenting inventions and utility models

APPLICATION PREPARATION
OFFICE PROCEDURES
from 3 weeks
from 2 to 12 months
I help protect new technologies in Russia, member states of the Eurasian Patent Convention and other states.
Drafting entire application from scratch
Support in preparing drawings
Full management of the procedure
Drafting responses to office requests
Challenging refusals in the Board of Appeals
International patenting
Patentability check (on request)
Discount on state fees from 30% and higher
Patent maintenance
Consultation
Consultation

INTERNATIONAL PATENTING

I help choose the most beneficial procedures and territories for you, local patent attorneys, guide correspondence and substantive examination.
Drafting the application from scratch
Any state or region (EPO, EAPO, and others)
Planning the international patenting procedure and its expenses
Paris Convention and PCT procedures
Drafting all necessary documents
Application translation
Selecting representatives in other states
Monitoring the representatives' actions
Drafting responses to official requests and refusals
I fully supervise the patenting of inventions abroad under the procedures of the Paris Convention and the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
consultation
consultation

programs and databases registration in rospatent

Preparation of materials
The office process
A week
1 to 8 weeks
I prepare a complete set of documents for the registration of computer programs, databases and integrated circuit topologies. I supervise the whole procedure until the certificate issuance.
Preparation of all application materials
Legal purity check
Help with fees
Filing and supervising the procedure
Integrated circuit topologies registration
consultation
consultation

TRADEMARK REGISTRATION

Application drafting



OFFICE EXAMINATION
2-3 days
1 to 9 months
I fully handle the trademark registration in Russia and abroad. I carry out preliminary check, based on the results of which I evaluate the chances of success.
Preliminary check
Recommendations for the best protection
Drafting the list of goods and services



International trademark registration
Speeding up the procedure
Discount on state fees from 30% and higher
Предварительная проверка
2-3 days
CONSULTATION
consultation

PATENT RESEARCH

With the GOST report
Without a GOST report
from 3 weeks
from 1 week
My patent research reports have successfully passed probably all possible inspection organization. But if the reviewers have comments, I correct the report at no extra cost.



Patent landscapes
Patentability
Technical level
Freedom To Operate
GOST R 15.011-2022
Surveys with non-standard tasks
Scientific approach to applied research



Support during the report approval process
A unique methodology for building patent landscapes
CONSULTATION
consultation

DESIGN PATENTING

Drafting the application
Examination at the office
2 weeks
4 to 9 months
As a design, the exterior features of the product may be protected, including elements of interfaces, applications, or websites.



Help with image editing
Drafting all the application documents



Patentability check
Full support of the office procedures
Discount on state fees from 30% and higher
Maintaining patents
Preliminary check
3 days
Protecting program and website interfaces
CONSULTATION
consultation

IP TRANSFER DEALS

I draw up contracts and other documentation for the deal, register the transfer of rights at the patent office.
Legal purity analysis
Transferred assets quality check
Supporting valuations of rights
Assist in negotiating terms and conditions
Drafting the contracts
Registration of deals at patent offices
I audit transferred assets, support negotiations related to technology transfer and R&D.
CONSULTATION
consultation

Audit and expertise of the IP

The need for such audits arises in mergers and acquisitions, technology transfer deals and acquisitions of equity stakes in companies.
Legal purity check
Patents and applications quality analysis
Scope of protection analysis
Risks identification
Help to correct weaknesses
Audit of particular objects, transactions and portfolios of rights
I audit companies' IP asset portfolios, as well as the examination of specific rights objects.
CONSULTATION
consultation

Forensic patent examination

I work both with the parties in court proceedings (out of court examinations, revisions), with the court, and with the criminal investigative authorities (as part of the prosecution of offenders).
Examination of trademarks use
Analysis of industrial designs use
Conducting on-site evidence inspections
Examination reports review
Examination of inventions and utility models use
I carry out forensic and pre-trial use examination of inventions, utility models, industrial designs and trademarks.



CONSULTATION
consultation

Patent disputes

I draft materials representing the client's position, conduct searches (if needed), and represent clients at PBA Commission hearings.
Conducting a patentability search
Drafting and submitting all documents
Representing the client at Committee hearings
Challenging decisions in the Intellectual Rights Court
Evaluating the case's prospects
I help to challenge or defend patents in the Patent Board of Appeals (PBA)



consultation
consultation

Litigation

I don't usually act as the sole representative in courts. For that, I invite my colleagues who specialize in IP litigation. They are very good at that.
Pre-trial dispute resolution
Support for damages valuation
Litigation support
Evidence preparation
I don't like courts and try to keep my clients out of them. In cases where they have to, I help prepare the case for court proceedings, support the dispute in the part of the expertise.
Pre-trial examination of rights use
CONSULTATION
consultation

Teaching in IP field

I help determine the learning objectives; design the course depending on the participants profile and the learning objectives.
Taking into account the initial background knowledge of the participants
A balance of lectures and practical assignments
Using a variety of case studies
Systematic teaching approach (STEM)



I teach employees, company management and patent specialists the principles of patenting to effectively implement strategies to manage and protect intellectual property rights.
Adapting the program to the tasks
CONSULTATION
consultation

Making the intricate clear

03 // Scientific and Teaching Activities

HHL Leipzig Graduate School
of Management, Chair of Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship
/ DOCTORATE /
Conducting research on the patentability of artificial intelligence technology solutions
SKOLKOVO INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
/ DOCTORATE /
Investigating the application of Artificial Intelligence in patent prosecution.

I teach my course "Patents: Value creating approach" for students, employees and faculty.

04 // Cases

Clients' problem-solving stories

I work with any kind of IP all around the world

05 // About me

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAWYER
Specializing in patent law. Especially I like to protect IT solutions.
[ ALEKSEI KALINICHENKO ]
PATENT Attorney
THE MAIN PURPOSE OF MY WORK
01
Build a solid legal foundation to protect your products
Make intellectual rights work for your business and generate revenue.
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About 95% of patents issued are worthless. I do my best to make my clients' rights part of the remaining 5% of valuable assets.
FULL CONTROL
PROACTIVE APPROACH
NOTHING EXCESSIVE
Proficiency
юристы
The main value is to provide reliable legal protection of the client's IP and turn it into a source of income, not just to get a paper with a stamped seal.
Supervising all the details myself. I take over the entire process and involve the client only in those tasks where his participation is essential.
The combination of extensive education, work experience and continuous advanced training allow me to find the most effective solutions to the client's problems.
A different perspective on the product and the business. I analyze cases through the prism of my profession and come up with hypotheses, ideas and strategies that previously seemed impossible.
Optimizing the work allows the client to avoid unnecessary tasks, excessive waste of time and money. I cut off unnecessary things, even if others call it required.
FOCUS ON RESULTS
The main value is to provide reliable legal protection of the client's IP and turn it into a source of income, not just to get a paper with a stamped seal.
Supervising all the details myself. I take over the entire process and involve the client only in those tasks where his participation is essential.
The combination of extensive education, work experience and continuous advanced training allow me to find the most effective solutions to the client's problems.
A different perspective on the product and the business. I analyze cases through the prism of my profession and come up with hypotheses, ideas and strategies that previously seemed impossible.
Optimizing the work allows the client to avoid unnecessary tasks, excessive waste of time and money. I cut off unnecessary things, even if others call it required.
A very high competence and a broad outlook of Aleksei are an undoubted advantage for the successful solution of any assigned tasks. His vast and varied experience in handling customers' cases, consulting in absolutely all spheres, from copyright issues and registration of software, patents and trademarks to protection...

06 // Reviews

"Each time our customers contact Aleksei, they get the most detailed and, most importantly, honest answers"
Mikhail Rolandovich Berandze
PhD in Law, Associate Professor, Director of the Research Center of International and Comparative Law INCLARC
We got to know Alexei Kalinichenko rather by chance, we were looking for an expert to assess the chances of existing patents in court. In the process of communication we were so pleasantly surprised by his professionalism that we continued to work with him on the registration of new patents...
"We made a number of new patents, and some of them were, in our opinion, almost hopeless"
The founder and director company "VENTMACHINE"
Anton Weiss
Our foundation has been working with Aleksei Leonidovich since 2012 to protect intellectual property (utility models, inventions, trademarks) both in Russia and in the USA...
"Skills of going into the essence of the idea and formulating it in such a way that the idea takes shape and can be protected"
President of the Social IT Innovations Foundation
Igor Lekontsev
PhD in Law, Associate Professor, Director of the Research Center of International and Comparative Law INCLARC
The founder and director company "VENTMACHINE"
President of the Social IT Innovations Foundation

To arrange a consultation

07 // Contacts

I will text you within 24 hours
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2023 © All Rights Reserved. Aleksei Kalinichenko
Individual Entrepreneur Aleksei Kalinichenko
Number of the Individual Entrepreneur: 311591119200021
INN: 591114262725
Photos of Skoltech were kindly provided by the copyright holder, Timur Sabirov
Photos of the HHL campus were kindly provided by the copyright holder - HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management
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