The largest professional event in the field of intellectual property in the Eurasian region.
Join leading experts on June 12-14, 2025 in Yerevan, Armenia!

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE EURASIAN PATENT ATTORNEYS ASSEMBLY «EPAA-2025»

  • June 12 - 14, 2025
  • Yerevan city, hotel  DoubleTree by Hilton Yerevan City Centre

The largest professional event in the field of intellectual property in the Eurasian region.
Join leading experts on June 12-14, 2025 in Yerevan, Armenia!

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE EURASIAN PATENT ATTORNEYS ASSEMBLY

«EPAA-2025»

  • June 12 - 14, 2025
  • Yerevan city, hotel DoubleTree by Hilton Yerevan City Centre

The largest professional event in the field of intellectual property in the Eurasian region.
Join leading experts on June 12-14, 2025 in Yerevan, Armenia!

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE EURASIAN PATENT ATTORNEYS ASSEMBLY «EPAA-2025»

  • June 12 - 14, 2025
  • Yerevan city, hotel DoubleTree by Hilton Yerevan City Centre

3

days
business and cultural program


200+

participants from different countries


30+

leading industry speakers


About the conference

The EPAA-2025 Conference is the largest professional event in the field of intellectual property, bringing together patent attorneys and experts from across the Eurasian region.

The second conference organized by the Eurasian Patent Attorneys Assembly (EPAA) with the support of the Eurasian Patent Office will be held in Yerevan, Armenia.

The event will take place on June 12-13, 2025 at the prestigious DoubleTree by Hilton Yerevan City Centre hotel in the heart of Yerevan, surrounded by picturesque views of Mount Ararat.

The conference venue combines modern technical capabilities and a comfortable atmosphere for productive professional interaction.

Conference mission

The EPAA-2025 conference was created to deepen professional ties between patent attorneys from different countries. We strive to form a single platform for the exchange of best practices and methodologies in the field of intellectual property, which contributes to the harmonization of approaches to the legal protection of innovations in the Eurasian space.

Global cooperation

Strengthening international ties and partnerships

Exchange of experience

Dissemination of best practices in the Eurasian region

Intellectual Property Protection

Improving legal mechanisms

main topics

Interaction of International IP Organizations. Opportunities and Prospects

Industrial Designs in Eurasian Countries

Unfair competition in the countries of Eurasia

Compulsory licensing in the Eurasian region: legal aspects, international experience and prospects for practical application

Procedural issues of trademark registration in national offices

Patenting inventions in the Eurasian Patent Office.
From pharmaceuticals to artificial intelligence

Liability of Internet platforms for violation of IP rights

Networking

Interactive sessions

Structured networking events moderated by professional facilitators.

Specialized meetings
Organized B2B sessions by appointment will allow you to conduct targeted negotiations with potential partners.
Evening reception
A sophisticated evening on the first day of the conference will create the perfect atmosphere to meet colleagues from all over the world in a relaxed atmosphere.

price


All prices are in Russian rubles.

Payment is accepted by bank transfer or bank card through a secure payment system.

For participants from other countries, payment is possible in euros or US dollars at the exchange rate on the day of payment.

35 000₽

(≈380 EUR / 430 USD)

Basic package


Access to all sessions, conference materials, coffee breaks and lunches

15 %

discount

for members of the EPAA
for members of the Chamber of Patent Attorneys (RU), LES and/or AIPPI

10 %

discount

for observers at the EPAA

Terms of payment and refund of registration fee:

  • The registration fee is paid by transferring funds to the bank account of the Conference Organizer.

  • In case of refusal to participate in the conference up to and including May 21, 2025, the paid registration fee will be refunded in full minus bank charges.

  • In case of refusal to participate in the conference after May 21, 2025 up to and including June 04, 2025, the paid registration fee will be refunded in the amount of 50% of the amount paid.

  • In case of refusal to participate in the conference after June 04, 2025, the paid registration fee will not be refunded.

SPEAKERS

Leading world-class experts in the field of patent law and intellectual property protection will speak at the EPAA-2025 conference. Each speaker will present a unique view on the development of the industry, share advanced methods and practical experience in solving complex problems in the field of patenting.

The full list of speakers will be published soon. Follow the updates on our website!

Grigory Ivliev
President of the Eurasian Patent Office

Yuri Zubov
Head of the Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Rospatent)

Kristine Ambaryan
Head of the Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Armenia

Armen Azizyan
Advisor to the President of the Eurasian Patent Office

Aida Dolotbaeva
Senior Legal Officer, Patents and Treaties Law Section, Patent and Technology Law Division, World Intellectual Property Organization

Olga Alekseeva
Head of the Quality Monitoring Center of the Federal Institute of Industrial Property, PhD in Law

Valentin Panko
Chief Expert of the Department of Mechanics, Physics and Electrical Engineering of the Eurasian Patent Office

Artem Yezhov
Chief Expert of the Department of Chemistry and Medicine of the Expertise Department of the Eurasian Patent Office

Asemgul Abenova
Head of the Department of industrial designs of the Eurasian Patent Office

Evgeny Alexandrov
Partner of the company "Gorodissky and Partners"

Natalya Anokhina
Patent Attorney of the Republic of Latvia, AIS TRIA ROBIT

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Sergey Beliaev

Chairman of the Council of the Eurasian Patent Attorneys Assembly,
Managing Partner of Beliaevs & partners LLC


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Yury Bolotov


Partner at Bolotov and Partners, Patent Attorney of the Republic of Kazakhstan


Arthur Varderesyan
Managing Partner of Menk Consulting, Patent Attorney of the Republic of Armenia

Alexey Vakhnin
Member of the Council of the Eurasian Patent Attorneys Assembly,
President of the Chamber of Patent Attorneys of the Russian Federation,
Managing Partner of the company "Vakhnina and Partners"

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Shalva Gvaramadze

Patent attorney of the Republic of Georgia, Doctor of Technical Sciences, head of the patent bureau "Gvaramadze Patent Bureau"


Daria Dombrovskaia-Beliaeva
Member of the Audit Commission of the Eurasian Patent Attorneys Assembly, Patent Attorney of the Republic of Belarus and Eurasian Patent Attorney,
Partner of Beliaevs & partners LLC

Alexey Zalesov
Member of the Council of the Eurasian Patent Attorneys Assembly,
Managing Partner of the company "A. Zalesov and Partners"

Xu LI
Patent Attorney, Partner at Foundin Intellectual Property

Aleksey Lyadzhin
member of the Council of the Eurasian Patent Attorneys Assembly, Patent attorney of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Eurasian patent attorney, Bureau Plis

Dmitry Markanov
Managing Partner of the company "Patentus"

Maria Makhlina
Head of Patent Practice at the company
"A. Zalesov and Partners"

Mukhammadali Makhmudov
Managing partner at Legalmax Central Asia, Attorney-at-law, Patent attorney, Chairman of the Board of the Patent attorneys association of Uzbekistan (Republic of Uzbekistan)

Eduard Nagapetyan
Member of the Council of the Eurasian Patent Attorneys Assembly, Director at Nahapet and Co IP Law Firm

Avetis Peryan
Head of the Department of invention and industrial design expertise of the Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Armenia

Victor Stankovsky
Partner, director of the branch of
OOO Gorodissky & Partners Law Firm
in St. Petersburg

Eduard Shablin
President of the Eurasian Patent Attorneys Assembly, Eurasian Patent Attorney and Partner of Patentika Law Firm

Anton Khomyakov
Senior Partner of Khusainov, Khomyakov and Partners

Representative of WIPO
(to be confirmed)

Representatives of the Patent Offices of the member states of the Eurasian Patent Convention
(to be confirmed)

Representative of the Patent Attorneys Association of Republic of Armenia
(to be confirmed)

conference partners

The EPAA-2025 conference is supported by leading professional companies in the field of intellectual property.

Our partners provide wide coverage of the event and promote its key ideas among the professional community.

schedule

Participant Register

9:00 - 09:30

Registration and welcome coffee

Coffee break

11.10 - 11.30

Coffee and networking

Lunch

13:30 - 14:30

Lunch and networking

Patenting inventions in the Eurasian Patent Office. From pharmaceuticals to artificial intelligence

Coffee break

16:00 - 16:30

Coffee and networking

Summing up

18:00 -18:15

the results of the First day of the conference

Conference opening event

19:00 - 21:00
Reception from conference partner, TBA

Participant Register

08:30 - 09:00

Registration and welcome coffee

Section №4

09:00 - 11:30

Section of LES Russia "Current challenges in intellectual property: emerging practices in compulsory licensing and exploring new frontiers in the era of AI"

Panel discussion "Compulsory licensing in the Eurasian region: legal aspects, international experience and perspectives of practical implementation"

Coffee break

11.30 - 12.00

Coffee and networking

Section of Russian National group of AIPPI.
"Unfair competition in the Eurasian countries"

Lunch

13:30 - 14:30

Lunch and networking

Signing of a cooperation agreement

14:30 - 14:45

between EPAA, LES Russia, the Russian National Group AIPPI and the Chamber of Patent Attorneys

Advantages of protecting industrial design objects as an industrial design compared to copyright

Coffee break

16:15 -16:35

Coffee and networking

International development of patent law and interaction of international IP organizations. Possibilities and Prospects

Conference summary

18:00-18:20


Conference closing ceremony

19:30 - 22:00
Reception on behalf of the Assembly of Eurasian Patent Attorneys

14
June, 2025
Day 3

Trip

10:00-18:00

Trip to Geghard Monastery and excursion to the territory of the pagan temple of Garni

PRICE (paid separately): 8,000 RUB (includes transfer, excursion service and lunch)
limited number of places

Take a look at the atmosphere of the last conference in Minsk