On September 10, 2021, the Ukrainian parliament amended the law “On Advertising” regarding combating discrimination on the basis of sex. Thus, the Law “On Advertising” is supplemented with the following definitions: – discriminatory advertising – advertising containing or using statements…
The Russian Hermitage Museum sent a complaint to the leader of the Rammstein and Lindemann groups, Till Lindemann, about the illegal use of the museum’s name and digital images of works of art when issuing NFT tokens. In May 2021,…
At a meeting on August 26, 2021, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine authorized the application of an excise tax stamp on the packaging of liquids used in electronic cigarettes. Also, the Cabinet of Ministers established that the period for…
The auto concern Daimler and the manufacturer of hydraulic equipment KYB have lost a lawsuit against the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia (FAS) to challenge the FAS ruling on the import of repair parts. In 2020, the FAS commission considered…
Publishing companies AST and Eksmo, which are part of the largest publishing group Eksmo-AST, filed a lawsuit against the Telegram messenger. The court immediately satisfied the requirement for interim measures, obliging Roskomnadzor to block access to the books 11/22/63 by…
According to the operator of the 2D digital code marking Center for the Development of Advanced Technologies, the share of illegal tobacco products in Russia for the year decreased by more than 30% and reached 8.09% of the total market…
The District Court of The Hague ruled in favor of Russia and confirmed the rights of the federal state-owned enterprise Soyuzplodoimport to the Stolichnaya and Moskovskaya brands in six European countries: UK, Ireland, Czech Republic, Italy, Sweden, and Cyprus. Thus,…
On July 15, 2021, the Parliament of Ukraine adopted the Law “On Amendments to the Law of Ukraine “On Medicines” regarding the prohibition of the sale of medicines to children”. Amendments to the law prohibit the sale of medicinal products…
The Moscow Arbitration Court partially satisfied the claim of the Moscow Metro against Zaryad! LLC – prohibited the use of designations confusingly similar to the plaintiff’s trademarks. In 2018, a service for the provision of chargers for rent (Power Banks)…
From July 27, 2020, the date of introduction of the description of the “geographical indication” registration procedure into Russian legislation, to July 27, 2021, Rospatent received 77 applications for registration of such objects of intellectual property rights. However, only four…