Maxim Ali has provided his comments to business newspaper Kommersant
Kommersant published an article on the topic of the export-innovative opportunities for the pharmaceutical cluster in St Petersburg. At the present time, the Russian pharmaceutical industry is developing primarily on the basis of import substitution. The state has over a number of years introduced various instruments to support and simulate the…
27.11.2017
DP.ru’s blog has published an article by Maxim Ali titled ‘Kashin and Plushev versus the FSB’"
Maxim Ali, Senior Associate and specialist in the IP/IT Practice at Maxima Legal, has had an article published in the DP.ru blog which examines the situation around the claims that the FSB’s requests to be provided with the decryption codes for messages sent on Telegram, a popular messaging app in Russia, be recognised as unlawful. The claims…
27.10.2017
Maxim Ali has been elected as a co-chairman of the Legal Committee of the St Petersburg International Business Association (SPIBA)
On 13 October, SPIBA published the results of its elections for the co-chairmanship of the Legal Committee, in which Senior Associate at Maxima Legal and Specialist in IP/IT practices, Maxim Ali took part. Maxim received 55% of the votes and in the near future will take up his role as co-chairman. The purpose of the Legal Committee of SPIBA is to…
15.10.2017
Maxim Ali has given a presentation at a SPIBA event titled ‘The use intellectual property in marketing’
On 12 October, Maxim Ali, Senior Associate and specialist in IP/IT at Maxima Legal, took part in a discussion organised by SPIBA on the topic of ‘The use intellectual property in marketing’. At the event, participants discussed issues around using intellectual property in advertisements, reviewing challenging Russian and overseas court cases and…
11.10.2017
Maxim Ali has commented on the draft bill to grant the Prosecutor’s General Office the right to block sites
Novaya Advokatskaya Gazeta has published an article titled ‘Prosecutor on guard for the internet?’ which considers the draft bill which will grant the Prosecutor’s General Office new powers to block sites which allegedly contain illegal information without a court order. Senior Associate at Maxima Legal and specialist in IP/IT matters, Maxim Ali,…
05.10.2017
Maxim Ali has provided his comments to changes in legislation on information, information technology and data protection
Novaya Advokatskaya Gazeta has published an article titled 'On behalf of pirates, search engines will answer' which considered the bill which will enable websites with pirate content to be blocked from internet search results without a court order. The changes have been put forward in bills developed by the Ministry of Culture to change Article…
02.10.2017
Maxim Ali has taken part in the Legal Battle of BUYBRAND in Moscow
On 28 September 2017, in Moscow as part of the international exhibition of franchises, BUYBRAND EXPO 2017, and the international forum, Franchising in Russia, a 'legal battle' was organised with one of the participants and speakers being Senior Associate from Maxima Legal and specialist in the IP/IT Practice, Maxim Ali. The format was a mock trial…
28.09.2017
Maxima Legal has taken part in the St Petersburg International Innovation Forum
From 20 to 22 September 2017 in the congressional exhibition centre at the Expoforum the 10th St Petersburg International Innovation Forum took place. At the event as part of the business programme, Senior Associate at Maxima Legal and specialist in intellectual property and information technology law, Maxim Ali, took part. As part of the…
21.09.2017
Maxim Ali has taken part in a conference 'IT-outsourcing: Problems and Prospects'
On 13 September 2017, Senior Associate at Maxima Legal and specialist in intellectual property and information technology, Maxim Ali took part in the conference 'IT-outsourcing: Problems and Prospects' in Moscow. As part of the conference, organised by the website TAdviser which reports on and supplies IT technology, questions were raised and…
17.09.2017
Maxim Ali has provided comments on protecting trademarks
Project SPARK has published an article which considered current issues of protecting trademarks. Maxim Ali, Senior Associate and IP/IT specialist at Maxima Legal, has provided his expert opinions and comments for the article. Any unauthorised use of a trademark can lead to either the recovery of damages or a demand for compensation as defined by…
11.09.2017