Maxim Ali has talked with Delovoy Peterburg about the strategy of a St Petersburg tobacco company for the protection of intellectual property
Delovoy Peterburg has written about a dispute between the Petro tobacco factory in St Petersburg and Rospatent. The Chamber of Patent Disputes and the first instance of the Intellectual Property Court refused to recognize the factory’s claim to combine its trademark “LD” and trademark “LT”, registered in the name of its competitor, the…
22.01.2020
Sergei Bakeshin has commented to RBC on the insolvency of the management company of the Spar and Narodnaya 7ya Semya chains
The total value of claims against the liquidated Intertorg Trading House, which managed the Spar and Narodnaya 7ya Semya chains in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, has reached almost 15 billion roubles. The largest lender to the retailer, Sberbank, filed several claims for a total amount of 8.1 billion roubles, as well as claims for…
21.01.2020
Sergei Bakeshin has commented on the insolvency of Ulmart for RBC
LLC Ulmarket, the company to which in 2017 the owners of Ulmart transferred all operating activities, has filed for insolvency. In 2019, against the backdrop of a persistent drop in turnover, the online retailer owed suppliers more than half a billion roubles. The Head of the Dispute Resolution and Insolvency practice at Maxima Legal, Sergei…
13.01.2020
Sergei Bakeshin has clarified the financial situation around a company managing a number of supermarkets
The company Intertorg, which is behind the SPAR and Narodnaya 7Ya Semya retail chains in St Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, has gone into liquidation. According to the commercial court, almost 400 claims totalling over 5.6 billion roubles have already been filed against the company. Market players estimate that the retailer's debt to…
09.01.2020
Sergei Bakeshin has commented for RBC on the liquidation of one of the legal entities of a company following a tax conflict
Officers from the Federal Security Service and the Tax Inspectorate for large taxpayers carried out an audit of the activities of company LLC GPK Land, which is in the process of being liquidated. According to Fontanka.ru, the audit is related to alleged underpayment of taxes in the amount of about 600 million roubles. “According to media reports,…
25.12.2019
Maxima Legal has been accredited by the Russian Direct Investment Fund
Maxima Legal announces that it has successfully completed the pre-qualification process for the right to provide legal advice to the Russian Direct Investment Fund. Following an open tender, the firm has been included in the panel of legal advisors for the next two years, until 10 December 2021.
25.12.2019
Maxim Ali has spoken with RBC about the consequences for Retro FM Legends of breaching the trademark of 80s stars
Members of the 80s German pop group Dschinghis Khan, known for their hits Dschinghis Khan and Moskau, started proceedings against Retro FM Legends who organised concerts in Moscow and St Petersburg. Wolfgang Heichel and Stefan Track claim that ex-members of the band do not have the right to perform under the name Dschinghis Khan. “Compensation may…
18.12.2019
Sergei Bakeshin has commented for Novy Propsekt on the trial between the city administration and a land tenant
Primorsk Trade Company LLC has won a commercial case against the Property Relations Committee. The state institution "Property of St. Petersburg" sought to recover from a small enterprise almost 2 million roubles for non-compliance with the terms of a lease of a land plot, in particular, unauthorised construction of trading pavilions. However, the…
18.12.2019
Dmitry Uryakin has commented on the decision of the Supreme Court regarding the commercial court exceeding its powers in the consideration of a dispute
The Intellectual Property Court dismissed a case challenging a license agreement, as the court considered that a part of the evidence did not pass its assessment. The Supreme Court corrected the Intellectual Property Court, ruling that the court had no authority to reassess the evidence. In an article for Advokatskaya Gazeta, Dmitry Uryakin noted…
16.12.2019
Delovoy Peterburg has written about Maxima Legal’s landmark IP case
Delovoy Peterburg has published the results of its annual legal ranking, in which the newspaper and market players select the most noteworthy cases and name the best legal advisers in the city. The Maxima Legal team has again been among the winners. Professionals recognised Maxima Legal in the Intellectual Law category. The IP/IT team not only…
16.12.2019