Intellectual Property Lawyers

Featured Expert: Velizar Sokolov ARSIS Consulting is one of Bulgaria’s leading law firms, an IP boutique specializing exclusively in intellectual property rights. Since its establishment in 1991, ARSIS Consulting has been a synonym for professionalism, quality and trust. The highly experienced team of attorneys is dedicated to offering its clients a unique level of personalized attention and care in order to meet their individual needs. The team is lauded for its remarkable expertise and high-quality advice across the whole IP sphere. ARSIS Consulting is noted for its prowess in preventative and enforcement measures and excellent working relationships with the relevant state authorities. Its specialization prompted the firm to develop a unique firm structure where the investigative unit works closely with IP experts and litigators to comprehensively satisfy clients’ requirements. The firm continues to assist long-standing client Business Software Alliance and its major software publisher members in enforcement, lobbying and training matters, and provides full brand protection to companies such as Nokia, adidas, Reebok, Nike, Converse, Louis Vuitton, Playboy, and others. ARSIS Consulting draws on a deep knowledge of Bulgarian legislation as well as international intellectual property agreements and practices. It advises businesses on IPR issues related to their industry sector and assists Bulgarian and foreign copyright and related rights holders – including authors, composers, performers, software developers, as well as companies and organizations such as phonogram and film producers, record companies, film distributors and software publishers. In the industrial property rights field, ARSIS Consulting advises rights holders on trade mark and industrial design registration and prosecution, renewals, cancellations, investigation and enforcement, civil and criminal litigation, among other matters. The firm recently introduced a trade mark watch service to offer clients further comfort. Since 2007, ARSIS Consulting has been ranked the top Bulgarian IPR law firm in the annual Chambers Europe Guide to Europe’s leading lawyers for business. The managing partner, Velizar Sokolov, is widely recognized as one of the best IP advisers in Bulgaria. He has an outstanding reputation for his work in the field of IPR consultancy and has written extensively for the international and local industry press on intellectual property rights protection. In 2011, Sokolov contributed to Edward Elgar Publishing's Copyright in the Information Society an analysis of the Bulgarian implementation of Directive 2001/29/EC. He is also a member of the Council of Europe’s working group mandated to draft new international regulations on certain IP rights of broadcasting organizations.