Maxim Ali has expalained to the DP how to minimise the risk of patent disputes
According to experts polled by Delovoy Peterburg , in Russia patent disputes are most common in the pharmaceutical, instrument making and metallurgy industries. As a rule the disputes are associated with unfair competition or disputing authorship or rights to inventions. At the same time, the media drew attention to the possibility of an increase…
22.03.2022
Kommersant Publishing House has confirmed Maxima Legal's expertise in 36 nominations of its own legal rating
Kommersant Publishing House has published its own annual research of legal business in Russia. According to the results, Maxima Legal has confirmed its reputation of one of the leading legal advisors in Russia with 34 rating nominations. In particular, the Kommersant has included the company in its list of recommended law firms in 13 practice…
21.03.2022
Maxim Ali has commented to AG on rejection of a British company's lawsuit over anti-Russian sanctions
A British company applied to the Kirov Regional Commercial Court with a claim against the individual entrepreneur Ivan Kozhevnikov for compensation for infringement of its exclusive rights to works of fine art and the relevant trademarks. The claim was considered in summary proceedings and a decision was made to dismiss the claims. Motivating the…
14.03.2022
Konstantin Boytsov has told Novy Prospect the terms of recovery of over RUB 1.7 billion from Rosseti Lenenergo in favour of LOESK
LOESK electricity grid company is trying to recover almost RUB 1 billion in debts for electricity transmission from Rosseti Lenenergo distribution grid company. Rosseti Lenenergo estimated the cost of the services rendered in December 2021 at RUB 0, due to the lack of an individual tariff to calculate the price. However, LOESK believed that…
09.03.2022
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