The Licensing Executives Society Russia (LES Russia) organised the conference “Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property: From Legal Foundations to Practical Application.” The event was moderated by Pavel V. German, General Director of INTELS.

Evgeny B. Alexandrov, Ph.D. in Law, President of LES Russia, Senior Partner, Russian Patent Attorney and Head of the Legal, Trademark and Industrial Design Practices at Gorodissky & Partners (Moscow), delivered the opening remarks.

Key topics and speakers:

• “What Is AI? Risks, Challenges and Prospects”
• Alexander P. Ryzhov, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Ph.D. in Physics and Mathematics; Professor at Lomonosov Moscow State University; Head of the Business Process Management Systems Department at the School of IT Management, Institute of Economics, Mathematics and Information Technology, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)
• “Safe and Trustworthy AI”
• Sergey A. Petrenko, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor and Head of Research Group at the Research Centre for Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence, Sirius University
• “AI Tools: Legal Protection and Prospects for Their Use in the Examination of Patent Applications”
• Valentin Yu. Panko, Chief Expert, Mechanics, Physics and Electrical Engineering Department, Examination Division of the Eurasian Patent Office (EAPO)
• “AI-Generated Outputs: Who Owns Them and Who Is Liable?”
• Marina V. Arzrumtsyan, Lawyer at Melling, Voitishkin & Partners
• “Legality of Training AI Models Using Third-Party Copyrighted Works”
• Anastasia A. Skovpen, Senior IP Lawyer at an international FMCG company and partner in RPPA educational programmes
• “Yandex’s AI Lawyer and the Business Processes of a TMT Company”
• Roman M. Yankovsky, Ph.D. in Law and Large Language Model Development Manager for Legal Tech at Yandex
• “Human-Centricity as the Key to Success in the AI Era”
• Irina V. Lartseva, General Director of Rereal LLC
• “Legality of Training AI Models Using Third-Party Copyrighted Works: Prospects in Russia”
• Nikita M. Maltsev, Ph.D. in Law and Lawyer at Gorodissky & Partners

• 4 December 2025