Maxima Legal has launched Maxima Legal Alert telegram channel
Dear All! Due to the current unstable situation and constant changes in the legal field Maxima Legal team has launched a special Maxima Legal Alert telegram channel for prompt legal assessment of changes in the legislation and other significant events. For transparent navigation in the information field there are hashtags, by clicking on…
05.03.2022
Alina Esmanskaya told Pravo.ru how to challenge a bank transfer
If a money transfer has been made by mistake, it may be disputed. This applies both to transactions between individuals and to unjustified debits from organisations' current accounts. Alina Esmanskaya, Associate of Private Wealth practice at Maxima Legal, spoke specifically for the industry portal Pravo.ru about the extrajudicial mechanism of…
22.02.2022
Sergei Bakeshin analysed for Pravo.ru the position of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation on the necessity of verification of arbitration court decisions by state courts
An organisation applied to the International Commercial Arbitration Court at the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICAC) to recover the guarantee money from the Republic of Belarus. The rights of claim against the state were obtained from the bank under an assignment agreement. The claim was settled and the Belarusian government was…
16.02.2022
Maxim Ali has commented for the DP on a litigation strategy for registering a similar trademark
The Intellectual Property Rights Courthas accepted a lawsuit filed by Ruscom-Agro, a large pork farm from Omsk. The company is asking for an early termination of protection of the trademark "Indicom" owned by Lyubimyi Krai Confectionary Association, an asset of August Meyer, one of the richest businessmen in Russia, according to Forbes magazine.…
16.02.2022
Natalia Diatlova and Maxim Ali attended the RusForum UK-Russia conference
Natalia Diatlova, Partner, Head of Corporate Law practice at Maxima Legal, and Maxim Ali, Partner, Head of Intellectual Property and Information Technologies practice at Maxima Legal, participated in the conference "Intruguing developments in international disputes and the ESG dilemma" organised by the RusForum. The event was supported by the…
04.02.2022
Leonid Filanovsky shared with LIA his opinion on the impact of the prosecutor's involvement in civil proceedings on the court's decision
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that the prosecutor's position in an employment or other civil law dispute does not prejudge the court's findings and does not violate the equality of the parties. The judgment was made in an appeal by Anastasia Kramareva, who tried to litigate against her termination of employment. The public…
03.02.2022
Sergei Bakeshin commented for DP the bankruptcy of Vadim Voytanovsky, head of Ligovka-Yamskaya municipal district
Today, 14th of January, the creditors of Vadim Voytanovskiy, head of Ligovka-Yamskaya municipal district, will decide on the issue of introducing the debtor's property sale procedure. At the moment the register of creditors includes the claims of VTB and Sber banks, as well as two individuals - Dmitriy Prokopovich and Mikhail Telezhin. The…
14.01.2022
Sergei Bakeshin commented for Novy Prospect on the attempted bankruptcy of "Tauras-Phoenix" company
"Solnechnye Dary" LLC, a Kemerovo Region-based snack food producer, has filed for bankruptcy against "Tauras-Phoenix", a supplier of equipment for the food processing industry. The conflict between the companies arose in 2019. Having identified defects in the equipment supplied by "Tauras-Phoenix", "Solnechnye Dary" applied to court with claims…
13.01.2022
Maxim Ali helped "Pravo.ru" compile a list of the top intellectual property court cases for 2021
The Pravo.ru portal has prepared an overview of the most significant court decisions in intellectual property cases in 2021. One of them was a dispute between VKontakte and Double Data, which used its own algorithms to collect and use for commercial purposes the data of users of the social network without the consent of the site. According to…
10.01.2022
Maxim Ali told "Advokatskaya Gazeta" about legal and judicial changes in IP&IT in 2021
"Advokatskaya Gazeta" prepared a publication in which experts talked about the most important changes in intellectual property legislation in 2021, as well as the latest trends in judicial practice. One of the innovations is the transition to the electronic certificates for intellectual property objects. Amendments to Part IV of the Civil Code…
29.12.2021