Maxim Ali has commented on RBC dispute over the use of photographs

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The Moscow Commercial Court found it a violation of exclusive rights to use photos belonging to its St Petersburg rival iGooods in the Instamart product service catalogue. At the same time, the court decided to recover from Instamart more than 965,000 roubles, which is only half of the damages requested by the claimant.

The Head of the IP/IT practice at Maxima Legal, Maxim Ali, explained to RBC Petersburg that, perhaps, the total amount could be reduced due to the illegal use of a large number of photographs. At the same time, according to Maxim, the main success of iGooods is that they were able to prove the creative nature of the photos, so that they were protected by copyright. “To the question of which is more important: the public’s benefit from the possibility of using photos with a minimal creative contribution by any company or the protection of only those players who invested in creating content, the courts have yet to answer in new cases”, summed up Maxim Ali.

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