Sergei Bakeshin told Novy Prospect about the recovery of court costs from one of the participants in the corporate conflict over the Kirovskiy factory
At the end of August the Arbitration Court of Saint-Petersburg and Leningrad region partially satisfied the application of Georgiy Semenenko, CEO of the Kirovskiy Factory, for compensation of court expenses from one of the minority shareholders of the company - CJSC Doroga, reducing the amount of recovery from 8.6 million rubles to 7.2 million…
08.09.2021
Maxima Legal is once again included in the top 100 law firms in Russia
For the second time in a row, the editorial board of White Square Journal included Maxima Legal in its rating of the top 100 law firms in Russia. The ranking is based on an analysis of revenues, company performance, the number of competent professionals, as well as client loyalty levels. To learn about the rating and its methodology please visit…
03.09.2021
Maxim Ali explained to Kommersant how two competitors managed to register almost identical trademarks for the festival "Smoke on the water"
Autonomous Non-Profit Organization for Preparing and Conducting the Festival "Smoke on the water" (hereinafter ANO) sent a pre-trial complaint to the organizers of the event with the same name (State Budgetary Institution of the Leningrad Oblast Symphony Orchestra, Tavricheskaya Charitable Foundation for Support and Development of Capella, State…
26.08.2021
Maxim Ali helped "Pravo.ru" to make the TOP-10 disputes in the field of intellectual property for the first half of 2021
"Pravo.ru" has prepared a review of the most interesting court decisions on cases related to intellectual property. One of them was a dispute between "VKontakte" and the company "Double" (brand "Double Data"). The last company used its own algorithms to analyze public data on users of the social network, assessing their solvency and selling the…
19.08.2021
Dmitry Uryakin commented for Kommersant the conflict around the construction of a shopping and restaurant complex in Murino
The administration of Murino once again cancelled the permit for construction of a retail-restaurant complex previously issued to Renta Invest LLC. Last year the company bought a plot of land with a set of design and permission documents for the construction of a commercial pavilion in Murino. After starting construction work, Renta Invest faced…
12.08.2021
Maxim Ali commented for "Pravo.ru" the position of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation on the protection of rights on WebMoney currency
In 2019, the owner of 5,000 WMZ in the WebMoney International Settlement System transferred them under several assignment agreements to another person for $6,000. Having not received money for the title signs, their former owner appealed to the court. The court of first instance, as well as the appeal and cassation rejected the claim, explaining…
11.08.2021
Maxim Ali commented for Delovoy Peterburg the dispute around trademark "Khleborost"
Alexey Polikarpov, former business partner of "Zakvasok DOM" LLC, filed a lawsuit against the company. He claimed that company's acquisition and exercise of the exclusive right on the trademark "Khleborost" was an act of unlawful competition. Partnership between counterparts began in 2014. However, operational conditions including intellectual…
02.08.2021
Maxim Ali told Novy Prospect about the confrontation between Lavera and Levrana trademarks
The German company Laverana GMBH producing cosmetics under the brand Laverana GMBH is using legal proceedings to disallow «Levrana» LLC from Saint-Petersburg to operate under the so named trademark. The first lawsuit was lodged to the Commercial Court of Moscow in 2019. The Claimer insisted on the confusing similarity of Lavera and Levrana…
16.07.2021
Alina Kalinskova told Delovoy Peterburg about judicial practice concerning conversion of gift certificates into cash
An owner of Rive Gauche shop’s gift certificate hasn’t found anything on her taste and has asked the shop to convert her gift certificate into cash. The store has refused to do it and the customer has filed a complaint to the Russian Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing (Rospotrebnadzor).…
07.07.2021
Dmitry Uryakin told Novy Prospect about the situation with the impossibility of fulfilling public contracts due to rising prices on raw materials
Lately the number of requests for legal assistance from companies fulfilling public contracts has drastically increased. The main reason is the fast moving rise in prices on raw materials and components. The most damage it brings to small and medium companies in construction and manufacturing sectors. Contractors identify rise in prices on raw…
01.07.2021