Maxim Ali told RAPSI about the amount of compensation for moral damages awarded by the courts
Recently, the problem of personal data leaks has become more and more urgent. For example, in 2019 information about Sberbank cardholders, in 2020 information about Muscovites who have contracted the coronavirus, and in 2022 information about customers of the Yandex.Food delivery service appeared on the web. At the same time, it should be taken…
01.08.2022
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
Konstantin Boytsov told CRE about the challenges of terminating rental contracts
At the end of June 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law giving owners of retail facilities the right to demand full rents from companies that have suspended operations or are withdrawing from the Russian market or to unilaterally terminate their contracts without penalties. In the autumn the Russian State Duma may also pass a law…
20.07.2022
Sergei Bakeshin has outlined to Delovoy Peterburg the prospects of challenging the results of the expert review of the increase in the cost of state contracts
Last year, the Russian government allowed the cost of state contracts already awarded to be increased by up to 30% of the original estimate due to the rising cost of construction materials. In addition, the possibility was separately established to recalculate the contract estimate for work completed and accepted by the customer in 2021. Thanks to…
18.07.2022
Sergei Bakeshin has assessed for Kommersant and RBC the impact of interim measures against the investor on the listed building
Commercial court of St Petersburg and Leningrad Region forbade the winning bidder for the Konyushennoye Vedomstvo building to reconstruct the building. Interim measures were imposed on an application by a company seeking a review of the results of the auction to lease the listed building to the investor. The plaintiff insists that starting…
18.07.2022
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
Natalia Demina has explained to Forbes how the sanctions imposed on mr Potanin could affect his divorce
On 27 June 2022, Vladimir Potanin, the second richest man in Russia, challenged in the Supreme Court of the UK a decision to have his divorce proceedings heard by a British court. On 29 June 2022, the UK authorities imposed personal sanctions on the billionaire. This measure might influence on the venue and prospects of the dispute over the…
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
Dmitry Uryakin told Pravo.ru how to prepare a successful court speech
The Pravo.ru legal portal questioned how to prepare a successful court speech. To answer this question, the publication interviewed experienced litigators who explained what to pay attention to when working on a speech, from writing abstracts to selecting the "right" pose for the speech. According to Dmitry Uryakin, Associate at Maxima Legal, it…
22.06.2022
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