Kirill Katkov has commented for RBC Pro on a personal bankruptcy case that became one of the largest in terms of payouts to creditors in 2023
RBC Pro pointed out that in 2023 courts set a new record for the number of completed insolvency cases of citizens. Over 250,000 people who owed creditors almost RUB 804 bn emerged from bankruptcy during the year. At the same time, in the fourth quarter of 2023, creditors received about RUB 15 bn - the maximum value of payments for the last…
14.02.2024
Dmitry Uryakin has analysed for DP the court practice of disputes between businesses and officials in St Petersburg
According to Electronnoe Pravosudie (Electronic Justice) information base Smolny`s committees appeared as plaintiffs and defendants in 3.6 thousand commercial disputes in 2023. This is about 10% more than in 2022 - then officials participated in 3.3 thousand processes. Analysing the court practice, Dmitry Uryakin, Senior Associate, Head of…
13.02.2024
Dmitry Uryakin told DP whether the paint and varnish manufacturer has a chance to protect its brand from a patent troll
The Intellectual Property Court has accepted a lawsuit filed by Azamat Ibatullin, an individual entrepreneur from Ufa, requesting the early termination of protection of the "Prospect" trademark in two classes of the International Classification of Goods and Services - class 35 (sale of goods through intermediaries) and class 42 (sale of…
09.02.2024
Kirill Katkov has assessed the position of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation on the calculation of compensation for unlawful brand use
The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation reminded that for the unlawful use of a trade mark, the infringer may be charged double the income that he derived or only intended to derive from the sale of the counterfeit. However, the judges clarified: this type of damages can be applied when the counterfeit goods are actually available in the…
07.02.2024
Maxima Legal's official telegram channel was included in the list of the most reputable legal channels
Maxima Legal's telegram channel has been ranked among the Top 100 legal channels and Top 50 corporate legal channels in terms of audience engagement, taking 47th and 28th places respectively. The research was conducted by Veta Expert Group, the Flavita bureau and more than 80 legal market experts. For the first time, about 450 legal telegram…
30.01.2024
Dmitry Uryakin spoke to Pravo.ru about the attitude of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation to the establishment of unreasonable transaction fees by banks
The Supreme Court heard a case where a bank charged an insolvent firm a commission of RUB 1 mn for transferring RUB 14 mn to an individual creditor. Courts of three instances sided with the bank, calling the actions of the credit organisation lawful due to their compliance with the tariffs set out in the contracts, despite the fact that the fee…
29.01.2024
Kirill Katkov has commented for Telesputnik on Google's interest in registering new trademarks in Russia
In autumn 2023, Google LLC submitted applications to Rospatent to register the trademarks "YouTube BrandConnect", "YouTube Super stickers" and "YouTube Super chat". Kirill Katkov, Associate at Maxima Legal, explained to Telesputnik magazine, the BrandConnect platform is designed for mutual search and cooperation between brands and advertising…
26.01.2024
Nikita Deynega has commented for RBC on NSD's arguments in the dispute over the legality of sanctions against it
On 23 January 2024, the Council of the European Union and the National Settlement Depository (NSD) exchanged arguments in a dispute over the legality of sanctions against NSD. According to the EU authorities, NSD supports the Russian government, including because it is almost 100% owned by MOEX (Moscow Exchange), which in turn is "highly…
25.01.2024
Anastasia Samusenko told Pravo.ru whether the board of directors can ignore a shareholder proposal
A shareholder of Technodinamika, which owns 31% in the authorised capital of Velkont, proposed to the Board of Directors of the latter to include in the agenda of the annual general meeting an issue on the distribution of the company's profit based on the results of the financial year, and also outlined his wording of the resolution on it. The…
26.12.2023
Pravo-300 legal rating once again confirmed the highest level of expertise of all Maxima Legal practices
On 7 December, the results of Pravo-300, the key Russian rating of law firms, were announced. According to the results of the research, Maxima Legal has once again confirmed the highest level of expertise of all practices of the firm, having received professional recognition in 19 areas of the research. Nearly 600 law firms took part in the…
08.12.2023