On October 28, 2021, the Russian government approved and sent to parliament a bill on Russia’s accession to the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications. Participation in it will allow Russian companies to…
On October 28, 2021, a decree of the Russian government came into force on the amount of compensation that would be paid to the patent holder if the authorities decided to use an invention, utility model, or industrial design without…
Azamat Ibatullin, a figure in many legal disputes over intellectual property rights, filed a lawsuit against the Perm society Ant+, which, according to the applicant, illegally used the word “Ant” on the sign of its store. Ibatullin filed a lawsuit…
Ukraine and Turkey, which have been negotiating the creation of a free trade zone since 2012, hope to finally sign an agreement in February 2022. This was announced by Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba. “Currently, a number…
On October 21, 2021, the Moscow Arbitration Court banned Samsung Electronics and its Russian representative office from selling and storing 61 models of Samsung smartphones in Russia. The court banned the import into the territory of Russia, the offer for…
The Supreme Court of Ukraine confirmed the legality of the imposition by the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine of three fines on Niva LLC for violation of the legislation on protection against unfair competition in the total amount of UAH 1.068…
The growth of applications from residents of the Russian Federation for registration of programs for computers in eight months of 2021 compared to the same period last year amounted to 36.8%, Rospatent reported. “The system of online registration of computer…
The Chamber for Patent Disputes of the Federal Institute of Industrial Property has confirmed the refusal of Microsoft Corporation to grant legal protection to the Power Automate trademark in Russia. The application in Russia was filed under the international procedure…
On September 21, 2021, the Ukrainian parliament adopted a bill that allows the purchase of innovative medicines at the expense of the state budget under managed entry agreements. The concept of managed entry agreements (MEAs) appeared in Ukrainian legislation in…
Soviet and Georgian chess player Nona Gaprindashvili filed a lawsuit in the US court against Netflix for one episode in the mini-series The Queen’s Gambit. “We have been working on the lawsuit for a long time, almost immediately after this…