Protecting intellectual property across borders, industries, and generations.

IP Expertise That Evolves With Your Business

From startups seeking smart IP foundations to legal departments managing global portfolios—our team supports every stage of innovation with strategic, reliable, and future-ready counsel.

Trademark & Brand Protection

Safeguard your brand identity across borders and platforms

Patent & Portfolio Strategy

From filing to enforcement—secure and manage your innovations worldwide.

IP Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Enforce your rights with confidence and strategic insight.

IP Strategy & Advisory

Custom IP roadmaps aligned with your business growth and funding goals.

Industries We Serve

Our work spans five key sectors—each with its own legal nuance and strategic priorities. Whether you’re scaling, entering new markets, or enforcing your rights, we bring industry-specific insight to protect what matters most.

Trusted Across Central & Eastern Europe and the CIS countries

We operate where your IP needs to go—covering 30+ jurisdictions.

  • Albania
  • Armenia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Belarus
  • Bosnia
  • Bulgaria
  • Croatia
  • Cyprus
  • Czech Rep.
  • Estonia
  • Georgia
  • Greece
  • Hungary
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kosovo
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Moldova
  • Montenegro
  • N. Macedonia
  • Poland
  • Romania
  • Russia
  • Serbia
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • Tajikistan
  • Turkey
  • Turkmenistan
  • Ukraine
  • Uzbekistan
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Insights That Matter

Practical advice, industry trends, and IP perspectives, written for founders, legal teams, and anyone navigating innovation.

Licensing Made Simple

A Practical Guide for Turning IP Into a Strategic Advantage For business leaders, legal teams, and IP professionals who want to make intellectual property work

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Real Impact, Real IP Strategy

Discover how we help startups, corporates, and scale-ups protect what matters and unlock their next phase of growth.

CRUSTI CHOC: Turning a Snack Name Into a Protected Brand

Faced with objections for being too descriptive, Lidl’s brand team partnered with us to secure trademark protection by repositioning the mark as suggestive and distinctive.

Simply Clever: Making Everyday Slogans Legally Strong

Škoda’s well-known slogan was challenged for being too generic. Our legal strategy proved that brand usage and messaging created enough distinctiveness for successful registration.

The Ordinary: When Distinctiveness Isn’t Obvious

In a world full of beauty brands, Deciem’s minimalist name faced skepticism. We helped argue its uniqueness in market context—transforming simplicity into trademark strength.

Let’s Talk IP.

Have a specific question or challenge? Reach out and we’ll respond quickly.

Email us directly at mail@risticmalesevic.com

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