Legal opinions

Ideally, the analysis of the current market situation should precede the formation of an IP portfolio and exercise of an exclusive right. On the base of the information received from the client, patent attorneys and lawyers of Lexpatent llc evaluate the advantages and risks of the chosen strategy and prepare legal opinions in respect of the wide range of issues. Currently, the most requested are those concerning:

• the protection of the designation for the purposes of its registration as a trademark;
• the patentability of a technical solution for the purposes of its patenting;
• the results of a patent search rendered;
• similarity of designations (trademarks) for the purposes of implication in disputes on infringement of rights to trademarks;
• correspondence of the draft agreement concluded in respect of the subject matter of the industrial property right with the requirements of the legislation of the Republic of Belarus (assignment agreements, license agreements, franchising agreements, pledge agreements);
• ways of settlement of conflict situations;
• infringements of rights to industrial property assets.