Sergey Dorofeev

Sergey Dorofeev is a partner, Russian and Eurasian patent attorney, Russian trademark attorney and head of the mechanics department at Gorodissky & Partners. He graduated from Moscow Power Engineering University as an electromechanical engineer and later from the Central Institute of Intellectual Property in Moscow.

Mr Dorofeev has extensive experience in patenting related to oil and gas mining, chemical industries, manufacture of machinery and equipment, light and food industries, printing equipment, electromechanics and technology transfer. He counsels leading Russian companies on patent portfolio development and patent strategy in Europe, the United States, Canada, Japan and China. He also represents clients in appeal proceedings before the European Patent Office and the Russian Patent and Trademark Office, advises on and assists with IP rights infringement, and participates as a court expert in patent infringement cases.

He is a frequent speaker at IP conferences and seminars in Russia and abroad, and the author of a number of publications.

Mr Dorofeev is listed among the best patent practitioners in the world’s most respected legal rankings.

Areas of patent expertise

• Crude oil and natural gas
• Extraction of oil from shale
• Drilling for oil, gas and shale
• Manufacture of pulp, paper and paperboard
• Manufacture of petrochemicals
• Chemical industries
• Production of basic chemical products
• Production of industrial gases
• Production of dyes and pigments
• Manufacture of elevators and lifts
• Manufacture of industrial cooling and ventilation equipment
• Automatic vending machines and automatic banking machines
• Manufacture of machinery and equipment for agriculture and forestry
• Manufacture of tractors and farming equipment
• Manufacture of machinery used in the cultivation of plants
• Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers
• Manufacture of internal combustion engines for motorised vehicles
• Manufacture of passenger cars
• Manufacture of buses and trolley-buses
• Manufacture of trucks
• Manufacture of special-purpose motorised vehicles

Professional associations

• Licensing Executives Society (LES) International
• International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property
• Council of Eurasian Patent Attorneys
• President of LES Russia