Iuliia F. - General Counsel (trademark rights and registration)

Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg

Experience

Nov 2019 - Oct 2022

3 years

Performed full cycle of registration process for trademarks in Russia and abroad (Europe, China, Latin America)
Claim work in case of trademark rights violations
Maintained legal protection of trademarks worldwide (subsidiaries, counterparts, etc.)
Developed regulations for registration issues, granting rights and legal protection
managed trademark rights extension process

Sep 2016 - Oct 2019

3 years 2 months

Drafted contracts and agreements (for R&D, software development, co-financing of work, creation of IP objects)
Drafted user agreements, memorandums with leading educational institutions, IT-companies, oil and gas companies
Negotiated various agreements with top international IT companies (service provision, agency agreements, license agreements, agreements on the alienation of rights, confidentiality agreements)
Settled issues related to IP items created by employees
Prepared legal opinions on protection of confidential data, introduction of trade secrets regime, protection of personal data
Drafted meeting minutes of the Board of Directors and minutes of general meeting of participants
Provided legal assistance with documents on technological projects
Structured legal affairs with licensing
Successful negotiations with major IT and R&D companies
Developed and implemented contract templates for IP issues of the company

Sep 2012 - Aug 2016

4 years

Conducted risk analysis in due diligence processes (energy, FMCG and e-commerce companies)
Developed commercial concession agreements, licensing agreements, agency agreements, R&D contracts, software development contracts
Performed legal analysis of government contracts related to transfer of rights/license on the usage of IP items
Drafted memorandums for use of open source software, IP items in the Customs Union, exhaustion of rights, localization of personal data, IP protection for pharmaceutical industry
Prepared documents for commercial secrecy regime and protection of know-how
Prepared documents for settlement of rights to IP objects created by employees

Sep 2010 - Mar 2012

1 year 7 months

Drafted license agreements (for software, databases and other copyrighted items)
Drafted legal comments on protecting and licensing copyright objects
Assisted musicians on copyright protection and cooperation with the Russian Society of Authors
Advised on structuring intellectual property ownership including transfer of exclusive rights to trademarks, industrial designs and inventions
Represented clients in court regarding copyright and trademark infringement
Registered domain names in domestic and international domain zones
Obtained distribution certificates for films at the Ministry of Culture
Registered software at the Federal Service for Intellectual Property

Jan 2009 - Nov 2009

11 months

Provided legal support for transactions with land plots: cadastral registration of land plots, repurchase of land plots for actual land use, conclusion of lease agreements, registration of transactions
Represented clients’ interests in government agencies
Represented clients’ interests in courts of general jurisdiction and arbitration courts

Nov 2007 - Dec 2008

1 year 2 months

Provided legal support for transactions with land plots: cadastral registration of land plots, repurchase of land plots for actual land use, conclusion of lease agreements, registration of transactions
Represented clients’ interests in government agencies
Represented clients’ interests in courts of general jurisdiction and arbitration courts