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Ivan Nikolov Ivanov founded IP Consulting in 2001. He is specialised in the protection of intellectual property and intellectual property management, and strategy creation for major companies with international aspects.
According to the official statistics of EUIPO Mr Ivanov is the Bulgarian representative with most filed European Union trade marks from Bulgaria and from Macedonia.
Mr Ivanov was formerly coordinator of the National Portal of Intellectual Property www.ipbulgaria.bg, member of the Control Board of the Bulgarian Group of AIPPI, and member of the Control Board of the Chamber of Intellectual Property Attorneys in Bulgaria.
IP Consulting is a European and Bulgarian patent and trade mark attorney firm. It is a specialised office offering a wide range of services in the field of intellectual property – registration and enforcement of patents, utility models, trade marks (national and European Union trade marks registrations), geographical indications, industrial design (national and community design), plant varieties, copyright, domain names.
The firm also offers intellectual property management, searches, trade mark watching, protection against unfair competition, consumer protection (including product recall), border control (enforcement and goods destruction), valuation of IP assets, outsourcing, translations, project management, legal consultation, litigation, dispute resolution, enforcement and anti-infringement actions.
IP Consulting’s advantage is that it offers comprehensive services and management of intellectual property in the EU and South-East Europe, performed by approved specialists and chartered attorneys.
The firm’s team is comprised of intellectual property attorneys, lawyers and intellectual property specialists.
IP Consulting is member of: INTA (International trade mark association); ECTA (European Communities Trade Mark Association); AIPPI (International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property); AmCham in Bulgaria (American Chamber of Commerce in Bulgaria); FICPI (International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys); UNION (UNION of European Patent Attorneys); TMOBG (Association of Trade Mark Owners in Bulgaria); and EPI (European Patent Institute).