Awards

	The award “Energy of success” (“Энергия успеха”) in 2010 in nomination “Effective innovator” (“Эффективный новатор”). The yearly award was established by Belarusian guild of marketers. It is given to the people or companies that shown their worth in effective sales promotion.
	“Russian producers and armed forces supply”. Due to its totals Sotsky’s exercisers “BISON” were awarded the GOLD MEDAL as “The best domestic product for armed forces of Russia”.
	“Russian producers and armed forces supply”. Due to its totals Sotsky’s exercisers “BISON” were awarded the GOLD MEDAL as “The best domestic product for armed forces of Russia”.
	Honorary diploma of Belarusian National Olympic Committee “For valuable contribution to the training of highly skilled specialists for physical culture and sport, and personal achievements in development of training exercisers”
	The Sotsky’s exercisers “Bison-1” and “Bison-2” were awarded the big GOLDEN medal on the contest “ITE SIBERIAN FAIRS” on the International exhibition “SPORTSIB – 2010”
	“To the leader of the company Nikolay Sotsky high award “ORDER OF COMMANDER” of Kingdom of Belgium, for services in innovative activity.
	Honorary diploma of Belarusian Ministry of Sport and Tourism, to Nikolay Sotsky “for scientific and pedagogical activity of many years, valuable contribution to the training of highly skilled specialists for physical culture and sport”.
	The governmental award of Belgium – Order of Officer, for services in sphere of inventions. Was given to the inventor of the exerciser “Bison-1”, Nikolay Sotsky, on the exhibition “Brussels Eureka - Innova Energy 2007”
	- “Eureka-2008” (Brussels). For the exerciser “Bison-2”
	- The 5th Moscow International Salon of Innovations and Investments. Moscow, 2005.
	- “Concours Lepine”. Paris, 2005
	- “Concours Lepine”. Paris, 2003
	- “Eureka-2003” (Brussels)
	- “Eureka-2002” (Brussels)

"Sotsky's exerciser" company was found in 1992. The main direction of activity is creating sport exercisers and methodology of using them on basis of innovation technologies, taking into account biomechanical, physiological and pedagogical regularities of development of man's physical abilities. A founder and a leader of the company is Nicolai Sotsky.

An intellectual property is just the main base of the company, that provide intensive development of it.

The first successfull experience of the company was connected with working out and production of facilities of biomechanical stimulation by V. Nazarov. Since 1996 the company has been occupied with working out and taking out to the international market a new generation of training facilities, which provide with an effective load simultaneously of several degrees of freedom.

Since 2001 the works out of "gym in bag class" - "Bison" - 1 is actively being taken out to a market. This equipment, and also original technology of constructing of it are awarded by great number of prestigious international awards. They are: a gold medal with honours of the WORLD EXHIBITION OF INVENTION, RESEARCH AND INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION "EUREKA-2002" (Brussels), a silver medal of analogous exhibition for technology of constructing of the exercisers ("Eureka-2003", Brussels), two special medals of the WORLD CONTEST OF INVENTIONS "LEPIN CONTEST " (Paris 2003, 2005), a gold medal of the 5-th INTERNATIONAL SALON OF INNOVATIONS AND INVESTMENTS (Moscow, 2005), special prize of the INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION "SPORTEXPO" (S. Peterburg, 2005), diplomas of different level (see awards on www.bison-one.com/awards.html).

At the present time much attention is paid to international patenting of new inventions with following taking them out to the international market, inculcating and perfecting of methodical providing of them in various areas.

Resources

Intellectual property - patents of many countries on products being produced:

• 1. 1556692 (RU);
• 2. 0000008 (BY);
• 3. 004347 (RU, BY, AM, AZ, KZ);
• 4. WO 2005/079925 A1 (PCT);
• 5. 1250859 (RU);
• 6. 1405456 (RU);
• 7. 1463231 (RU);
• 8. 1440513 (RU);
• 9. 1643027 (RU);
• 10. 1289454 (RU);
• 11. 1289455 (RU);
• 12. 840 (BY);
• 13. 15463 (BY);
• 14. 2786 (BY).