Maxim Ali has commented to The Bell on a bill to give law enforcement agencies data on smartphone locations without a court order
The Ministry of Communications is preparing amendments to the Law on Communications, which will take the geolocation of users out of the communications secrecy. Thus, mobile operators will be able to provide this information to the investigative authorities without a court decision. According to the authors of the bill, the changes will allow to…
08.02.2021
Maxim Ali has assessed for the AG on the Russian Government initiative to improve digital literacy of Russians
Vladimir Putin instructed the Government to develop a draft concept to ensure the protection of human and civil rights and freedoms in the digital space of the Russian Federation as well as a draft plan for its implementation, including measures to improve the digital literacy of Russians and their training in information security and digital…
02.02.2021
Maxim Ali has commented for the DP on Biocad's attempt to challenge a one of AstraZeneca's patents
Biocad (St Petersburg-based drug manufacturer) is trying to challenge the decision of Rospatent (Federal Service for Intellectual Property) in the Intellectual Rights Court. The Service had perviously refused to cancel the patent of Sweden's company AstraZeneca AB. The patented composition of fulvestrant is used to manufacture a drug for the…
25.01.2021
Maxim Ali has assessed the prospects of the Supreme Court's consideration of the amount of compensation for infringement of exclusive rights
Courts of three instances fined an entrepreneur for selling a device with a logo similar to Rikor Electronics trademark. The appellate court and then Court for Intellectual Property Rights awarded 180,000 rubles compensation for infringement of someone else's exclusive rights given that the cost of the goods sold was 165 rubles. The courts pointed…
18.01.2021
Maxim Ali has provided his comments to the Novy Prospect on the prospects of Russian legal market in 2021
Maxim Ali, Partner at Maxima Legal, has shared with the Novy Prospect online edition his vision of the development of the Russian legal services market in 2021 "The pandemic affects the legal market in different ways, and it's quite difficult to predict which factors will take over. On the one hand the economic situation is very difficult.…
11.01.2021
The team from the IP/IT Practice at Maxima Legal has summarized for OneTrust DataGuidance key changes and trends in personal data regulation in Russia
The Federal Law of 27 July 2006 No. 152-FZ on Personal Data ('the Law on Personal Data') came into effect more than 15 years ago. However, changes to legislation in the sphere of data protection are still being introduced at a rapid rate. The past two years demonstrate a general tightening of data protection regulation, particularly in relation to…
30.12.2020
Maxima Legal announces Maxim Ali`s appointment as a partner
Maxima Legal announces that Head of IP/IT Practice Maxim Ali has become a new firm`s partner. In his new role, Maxim will continue to work on the development the practice, which has turned into one of the company's fastest-growing areas in last few years. "Maxim joined Maxima Legal in 2017, and headed the practice in early 2018. The results he has…
22.12.2020
Maxim Ali has commented on the Russian Ministry of Economic Development proposals to transform the business climate in the field of IP
The Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation has developed amendments for the transformation of the business climate in the field of intellectual property. If the bill is adopted, citizens without the status of the individual entrepreneur will have the right to register trademarks and inherit the exclusive rights to them. Also…
15.12.2020
Maxim Ali has commented for the Kommersant on the chances to appeal against the refusal of the Supreme Court to consider the complaint
The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation has refused the former owner of the International Bank of St Petersburg (IBSP bank) Sergei Bazhenov to consider an appeal against the decisions of previous court instances. Through his subsidiary JSC Triumph (which owned around…
14.12.2020
Maxima Legal has expanded its presence in the key national rating, Pravo.ru-300, and has entered into the top-5 law firms with the largest number of industry awards
On December 4, the results of the main Russian ranking of law firms, Pravo.ru-300, were announced. According to the results of the research, Maxima Legal once again confirmed the high level of expertise of all the firm's practices and collected 14 industry awards. "The annual confirmation of our team's expertise by the Pravo.ru - 300 rating is a…
07.12.2020