The highly regarded intellectual property department at Boyanov & Co. is engaged by domestic and foreign clients from the technology, pharma, banking and finance, and food and beverages sectors. The firm offers a comprehensive range of IP services, including representing clients in alternative dispute resolution and litigation proceedings relating to the infringement of trade marks, patents, copyright and industrial designs, and in transactions related to IP agreements, IP licensing and the transfer of copyright. Practice head Stela Sabeva has extensive experience across a host of IP matters and leads on various patent prosecution cases for pharma clients. Other key practitioners in the practice area are expert litigator Kina Chuturkova and Marina Mollova, who covers a range of IP issues across the consumer goods, life sciences, industrial products and entertainment industries.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘A high level of understanding of the business and efficiency in providing legal advice. Practical and action oriented. Operates as a trusted partner and demonstrates an exceptional level of ownership and quality of advice.’

  • ‘Excellent trade mark practice that consistently provides sound professional advice in a timely way.’

  • ‘All of the people I have worked with at Boyanov & Co. are knowledgeable, professional, and courteous. Marina Mollova is a particular standout - she has good business sense as well as in-depth legal expertise, and her thorough command of English is quite impressive.’

Key clients

  • Pepperstone Group Limited
  • Eurobank Bulgaria
  • Porsche Design
  • Philip Morris
  • Chanel
  • F. Hoffmann–La Roche
  • Jacobs Douwe Egberts
  • Novartis
  • Tech Data Corporation

Work highlights

  • Acting as a trade mark agent for Eurobank Bulgaria AD.
  • Successfully represented Jacobs Douwe Egberts in administrative court proceedings related to an opposition to the registration of a competitor’s trade mark, which is similar to the client’s mark for coffee.

Lawyers

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Stela Sabeva

Other key lawyers

Kina Chuturkova, Marina Mollova