Maxim Ali had assessed judicial prospects for priority patenting of "anticoronavirus" inventions
In April 2020, the Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Rospatent) launched a pilot programme to give priority to applications for "anti-coronavirus" inventions. Thus, Rospatent had already granted more than 300 such patents by September 2021. However, according to Maxim Ali, Partner and Head of IP/IT practice at Maxima Legal, this pandemic…
03.11.2021
Maxim Ali told "Delovoy Petersburg" how the company can protect its trademark
"Delovoy Petersburg" prepared aт article in which representatives of law firms shared their opinions on the most effective ways to protect trademarks from unfair use by competitors. Thus, Maxim Ali, Partner, Head of Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law practice at Maxima Legal, considers an effective way to appeal to the Federal…
29.09.2021
Konstantin Boytsov analysed for Novy Prospect problems with registration of property rights in the Leningrad region due to the establishment of restricted zones for military facilities
Owners of dacha plots in the Gatchina and Lomonosov districts of Leningrad region have faced refusals from Rossreestr to register their property rights due to its location in restricted zones of military facilities. The grounds for the refusals are Order No. 472 of the Ministry of Defense, according to which zones with special conditions of use…
21.09.2021
Dmitry Uryakin analysed for Novy Prospect the situation with countrfeit toys in Russia
South Korean company ROI VISUAL, which owns the rights to the trademark of Robokar Poli (a children's cartoon series), has filed lawsuits against 11 individual entrepreneurs from St Petersburg who sell toys. The amounts of claims range from 10,000 to 120,000 rubles. Since 2019, the company has been actively fighting against the distribution of…
08.09.2021
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