Maxim Ali told Delovoy Peterburg whether the rights to software with fragments of open source can be protected
A criminal case under Article 146 Part 1 (copyright infringement) was reopened in Saint Petersburg, in which Leonid Svatkov, CEO of Altel LLC, accuses Pavel Smolensky, a former top manager of the company, of illegally copying software. According to the defendant, the coincidence is explained by the fact that both products contain a large amount of…
29.07.2022
Maxim Ali has commented for Delovoy Peterburg on the trademark dispute for a pharmaceutical company from the USA
Eli Lilly and Company, pharmaceutical and veterinary medicines manufacturer from the USA, applied to the Intellectual Property Rights Court for an early termination of protection of the Taipit brand owned by Nyenshantz-Financial Company based in St Petersburg. The right to Taipit prevented the pharmaceutical company from registering Taivit,…
13.07.2022
Maxim Ali told Legal Information Agency how to protect non-copyrighted objects
Under the current Russian Civil Code, copyrights do not apply to ideas, concepts, principles, methods, processes, systems, methods, solutions to technical, organisational or other problems, discoveries, facts, programming languages and geological information about subsurface resources. Specially for Legal Information Agency (LIA), Maxim Ali, Head…
11.07.2022
Maxim Ali has commented to Advokatskaya Gazeta newspaper on the reversal in appeal of the famous Peppa Pig case
The Second Commercial Court of Appeal has overturned a ruling of The Kirov Regional Commercial Court which denied protection of intellectual property rights to the characters of Peppa Pig animated series. As a reminder, in March 2022 Entertainment One, the British company that owns the rights, tried to recover about RUB 40, 000 from a…
05.07.2022
Maxim Ali explained the legal nuances of creating programmes via Low-code and No-code at the CNEWS conference
On June 29, 2022 CNews conference "Low-code and No-code: programmers no longer needed" was held in Moscow. Experts discussed the specifics of Low-code and No-code, their advantages and disadvantages, as well as technological and information security issues that may arise when using the Low/No-code approach. Maxim Ali, Partner and Head of…
30.06.2022
Maxim Ali spoke about current trends in IT regulation and protection at the SPIBA webinar
Today the Innovation and Intelligent Systems Committeeof the St Petersburg International Business Association (SPIBA) held a webinar "Legal aspects in IP/IT". Maxim Ali, Head of Intellectual Property and Information Law Practice at Maxima Legal, in his presentation spoke about current trends in regulation and protection of IT solutions. In…
27.06.2022
Maxim Ali analysed Sber's anti-sanctions actions for Telesputnik
After 24 February 2022, Sber, along with a number of other Russian banks, came under blocking sanctions. In order to protect the digital assets of its ecosystem, the company took several steps, one of which was the sale of some assets. In particular, on May 17, Sber structures withdrew from the capital of Okko services, Sound and related entities,…
27.06.2022
Maxim Ali told Advokatskaya Gazeta whether the rights holder can recover a fine for violating the non-competition clause after terminating the commercial concession agreement
In 2019 LaserLov LLC and individual entrepreneur Damir Khusainov entered into a commercial concession agreement, under the terms of which if a user violated the obligations to restrict competition, the right holder was entitled to unilaterally terminate the agreement and also to recover a fine for each violation. In July 2020, the company notified…
17.06.2022
Maxim Ali spoke about copyright in broadcasting at an educational course as part of the "440 Hertz" Grand Orchestra Award
On June 15-17, the first educational course on broadcasting academic music "Philharmonia Online" was held at the St. Petersburg D.D. Shostakovich Academic Philharmonic. The series of seminars and workshops for representatives of regional philharmonic organizations included reports on peculiarities of Internet broadcasting, principles of working…
17.06.2022
Maxim Ali has reminded Pravo.ru of the specifics of dealing with appeals against acts of lower instance courts
A court decision may be amended or overturned by an appeal or cassation. Courts` decisions that have not yet entered into force may be lodged against in an appeal courts. Appeal courts has the right to check whether the first instance court has correctly applied the law and established the facts that are relevant to the case s well as assess the…
14.06.2022