Expert Opinions

NEVA-PATENT provides services for the preparation of expert and specialist opinions.

Our experts have extensive practical experience in resolving issues of varying complexity in the field of intellectual property.

An expert opinion may be required both during court proceedings and in pre-trial stages. A specialist’s opinion can serve as grounds for filing a lawsuit in an arbitration court or court of general jurisdiction.

Any interested party may request an expert examination. Before the procedure begins, the necessary type of research is determined, along with the adequacy of the initial information provided and the specific questions posed to the expert.

NEVA-PATENT provides the following types of expert evaluations:

Block of Comprehensive Patent Examinations

• Patent expertise in the field of intellectual property is carried out when it is necessary to resolve the following issues:

– establishing the fact of implementation or use;

– infringement of exclusive patent rights;

– contesting the issuance of a patent;

– forecasting technological development;

– determining the patent clearance of manufactured products;

– resolving disputes between co-authors;

– determining whether the invention is service-related or non-service-related;

– and others.

Block of Linguistic Expert Evaluations

• Linguistic expertise in the field of intellectual property is conducted to resolve issues such as:

– similarity of trademarks (service marks) to the point of confusion;

– establishing semantic content, etymology, and originality of means of individualization;

– determining whether the information is false or misleading regarding product (service) quality or manufacturer;

– identifying the dominant element in a composite trademark;

– and others.

• Authorship analysis expertise in the field of intellectual property is conducted to resolve the following issues:

– establishing cases of plagiarism;

– assessing the possibility of independent use of an element of a work (e.g., title, character, etc.);

– determining the meaning of a verbal element (e.g., a claim in a patent) within a disputed text;

– verifying the authenticity of a translation compared to the original work.

In relation to intellectual property objects, this block of expertise relies on semantic, phonetic, graphic, grammatical, and content analysis.

Our Service Fees

Service Description	Cost of Expert Evaluation and Report Preparation
Patent examinations	from 50,000 RUB
Examinations of trademark similarity	from 35,000 RUB
Preliminary review of materials for out-of-court examination (initial expert assessment)	from 20,000 RUB