Disputes on intellectual property

REVERA lawyers advise and represent the interests of technology companies in disputes on a wide range of issues related to intellectual property and software development.

We protect the exclusive rights of our clients to copyright, trademarks, patents, trade names and manage disputes in courts of the USA.

We understand the specifics of software development, how the source code differs from machine code, how Agile development is organized, and who the SCRUM master is, what American courts understand by the terms merger doctrine and scène à faire, how positional trademarks look like, and a considerable understanding of many ‘local’ issues.

REVERA also has experience in copyright piracy prevention in Russia, assists disputes settlement between developers, customers, and publishers, looks after the clients' interests in domain names disputes, and enforces exclusive rights to apps on Apple and Google platforms.

*Representation of interests in court is carried out by independent attorneys.

Main areas of legal assistance:

Representation of interests in disputes arising from software development agreements, license agreements such as developer-customer / developer-publisher / developer-licensee disputes;
Representation of interests in disputes arising from other agreements related to the creation of copyright objects (websites, works of art, etc.);
Representation of interests in disputes related to the infringement of trademarks and trade names exclusive rights;
Advising and representation of clients in disputes related to the domain names;
Advising and managing DMCA-based copyright or trademark infringement disputes regarding mobile apps;
Advising and support in the prevention of apps piracy;
Representation of interests in antitrust and competition law disputes related to the use of trademarks;
Representation in disputes related to the infringement of the exclusive rights to industrial property.

*Непосредственное представление интересов в суде осуществляется адвокатами, которые привлекаются отдельно и не являются сотрудниками REVERA.