In venture capital investment deals and projects with technology and media companies, a large volume of the work presupposes the protection of intellectual property rights. We are continually working on projects which concern copyright and patent rights issues, as well as issues connected to rights of identification. A key component of business success for many of our clients lies in proper ownership structures for objects of intellectual property and reliable protection against third party infringement.
Our clients in this area include film producers, independent filmmakers, publishers and authors. Frequently we provide legal services for this category pro-bono.
Salomon Partners served in the capacity of expert council on legal regulation and protection of intellectual property (www.esip.ru) in reviewing part IV of Russian Federation Civil Code devoted to intellectual property proposed by the State Duma of the Russian Federation.
We are an active partner in the effort to improve the Russian system protecting intellectual property. In 2006 our attorneys addressed the ISDEF 2006 forum (www.isdef.org) with a report on the development of practice in the field of protecting rights to software products in East European countries.