Maxim Ali has provided his comments on protecting intellectual property in game development

In an article for ‘Games Mail.ru’, Senior Associate at Maxima Legal and Specialist in IP/IT, Maxim Ali talked about the ongoing matter involving the intellectual property rights to ‘Korsari’. Dmitry Arkhipov, developer and publisher of the first three parts of adventure game ‘Korsari’ accused the developer, Black Sun Game Publishing, of misusing…


Maxim Ali has provided his comments on the introduction of robots in the legal services market

Business newspaper, Delovoy Peterburg, has published the comments of Senior Associate at Maxima Legal and Specialist in IP/IT, Maxim Ali on the topic of Legal Tech.  Maxim considered the prospect for the legal services market following the introduction of ‘robot-lawyers’ which make use of artificial intelligence to respond to frequently asked…


Maxim Ali has given a presentation about legal restrictions in advertising

Maxim Ali, Senior Associate at Maxima Legal, has taken part in a discussion on anti-monopoly regulation On 15 February, following an initiative of the Legal Committee of SPIBA, a meeting took place with the management of the St Petersburg Federal Anti-monopoly Service.  As part of the event, participants considered examples of unfair competition…


Maxim Ali has taken part in a business breakfast, ‘Home and office as art’

Senior Associate at Maxima Legal and Specialist in IP/IT, Maxim Ali has taken part in a discussion titled ‘Home and office as art’ organised by the business club Meeting!.  The event was sponsored by Maxima Legal and took place on 14 February in St Petersburg. Developers, designers, architects and marketing specialists from the real estate sector…


Maxim Ali has provided his comments to Pravo.ru on the Deripaska case

On 15 February Pravo.ru published an article on the ruling made in respect of a claim by Oleg Deripaska against Anastasia Bashukevich and Alexandr Kirillov.  Previously Deripaska had applied to court following the publication of phtographs and videos from a holiday on his yacht. The court grant interim measures and asked that the sites delete the…


Maxim Ali has provided his comments to the legal press about the regulation of price comparison websites

Novaya Advokatskaya Gazeta has published an article on the changes to the law regulating the activities of price comparison websites.  The law has been developed by Rospotrebnadzor due to the lack of current regulation of organisations who share information about products and services for which they are not the retailer or provider.  The bill…


Maxim Ali has provided his comments to Delovoy Peterburg on the legal risks to high-tech businesses

The business newspaper Delovoy Peterburg has published an article titled ‘The law and business live apart: the rating of industries in which it is not possible to make an income when complying with legislation’.  The article included the rating of 10 industries prepared from a survey of leading lawyers who work with businesses. Maxim Ali, Senior…


Maxim Ali has provided his comments to Novaya Advokatskaya Gazeta

Novaya Advokatskaya Gazeta has published an article titled “Banks are to collect their clients’ biometric data”, which considers the law passed by Parliament that allows for individuals to provide biometric details to their bank to then be provided with services remotely. Maxim Ali, Senior Associate at Maxima Legal and Specialist in IP/IT matters,…


Maxim Ali has commented on the guidelines of the Supreme Court on the automatization of court proceedings

Novaya Advokatskaya newspaper has published an article on the Supreme Court’s guidelines regarding the use of electronic documents in court proceedings. Maxim Ali, Senior Associate at Maxima Legal and Specialist in IP/IT matters, analysed the Court’s guidelines and notes that the publication may been useful to lawyers who are involved in dispute…


Maxima Legal and SPIBA have organised a seminar titled ‘In the circle of trust – comprehensive data security for companies

On 5 December took place a seminar organised by Maxima Legal and the international business association SPIBA on the topic of data protection. Protecting corporate networks from viruses and spam, cybercriminals, reducing potential internal fraud, repelling DDoS attacks and attempts to steal confidential information are just a part of the task of…