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
The Maxima Legal's IP/IT team told about the evaluation of the legal clarity of software and other copyright objects received from developers in Legal Insight magazine
Specifically for the Legal Insight law magazine Maxim Ali, Partner, Head of Intellectual Property and Information Technologies practice at Maxima Legal, and Dmitry Uryakin, Lawyer at Maxima Legal, told about the evaluation of the legal clarity of software and other copyright objects received from developers and contractors. "When registering and…
07.09.2021
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
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 told Pravo.ru about changes in valuation of patent procedure
From the 1st of August the procedure of pre-valuation of patentability of utility models. Previously the service was provided by entrusted subdivision of Rospatent - The Federal Institute of Industrial Property, and now it is transferred to outsource accredited research and educational establishments. Pre-evaluation is voluntary and it's cost is…
02.08.2021
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
Maxim Ali commented for DP the situation with compulsory licensing of medications
In the end of June amendments to the Russian legislation allowing the Government of Russian Federation to use patents to produce and export medication without rightsholders’ permission came into force. In such a case the rights for the patent remain with its owner and the Government has to pay compensation for compulsory licensing. According to…
13.07.2021