Maxim Ali has taken part in a Conversations conference in Moscow
On 26 November in Moscow took place the Conversations conference, the only event in Russia dedicated to conversational artificial intelligence technologies. The key experts whose speeches kicked off the event included Maxim Ali, Head of the IP/IT Practice at Maxima Legal. Maxim spoke about the legal nuances of ensuring user privacy when working…
26.11.2019
Maxim Ali has talked about the draft law on the release of drugs
The Government of the Russian Federation introduced a draft version of Article 1360 of the Civil Code, allowing compulsory licensing without the consent of the copyright holder "in case of emergency, connected with... protecting the life and health of citizens." At the same time, it is assumed that the patent holder will be notified as soon as…
25.11.2019
Maxim Ali has commented on the increase in fines for non-compliance with legislation on personal data and information protection
The State Duma at third reading passed a law that imposes high fines under the Code of Administrative Offences for non-compliance with the Administrative Code on personal data and information protection legislation. Administrative liability depends upon the extent to which the offender is involved with a maximum fine for individuals of 300,000…
22.11.2019
Maxim Ali has explained to Kommersant what kind advertisement the FAS might recognise as unethical
The Leningrad region’s FAS began proceedings against American Medical Clinic LLC after a woman with the slogan was displayed on the advertising posters for a plastic surgery clinic. The Head of the IT/IP Practice at Maxima Legal, Maxim Ali, told Kommersant that it was not the first time that FAS had been concerned about advertising of plastic…
14.11.2019
Maxim Ali has commented on the provisions of the Law on Information governing the publication of information about suicide
The Moscow City Court confirmed the legality of the requirement to restrict access to the publication of the Mediazona publication on the suicide of a suspect after torture by the police. The court agreed with the arguments of Roskomnadzor about the presence in the text describing the method of committing suicide. The editors of Mediazona plan to…
11.11.2019
Maxim Ali has criticised the bill that will introduce additional responsibilities for email services
A draft amendment has been submitted to the State Duma that will introduction a single concept for email services and instant messengers in federal law. The amendments also include the extension to email services of the restrictions, duties and responsibilities currently in force with respect to instant messengers. Among the possible innovations…
14.10.2019
Maxim Ali has commented on RBC dispute over the use of photographs
The Moscow Commercial Court found it a violation of exclusive rights to use photos belonging to its St Petersburg rival iGooods in the Instamart product service catalogue. At the same time, the court decided to recover from Instamart more than 965,000 roubles, which is only half of the damages requested by the claimant. The Head of the IP/IT…
18.09.2019
Sergei Bakeshin has commented to Delovoy Peterburg on the abolition of the legislative acts from the Soviet period
The Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev, in the framework of the reform, called the “regulatory guillotine”, signed an order according to which more than 20,000 acts adopted during the USSR should cease to be effective from the beginning of 2020. In this regard, the federal authorities should have time to study the list of…
16.09.2019
Maxim Ali has provided his comments on possible changes to the Law on Communications
The Russian Ministry of Economic Development has published draft amendments to the Law on Communications, which will exclude technical data from the concept of “communications secrecy”. Technical data includes: the date and time of communications, the duration of telephone calls, numbers and their unique identification codes. In addition, it is…
05.09.2019
A new mechanism for protecting fashion companies in Russia // ILN IP Insider — July 2019
At the end of June 2019, a mechanism providing temporary legal protection for patent pending industrial designs was introduced into Russian legislation. According to the authors of the initiative, this measure will be a good way to protect the interests of the fashion industry in Russia. Maxim Ali, Head at Maxima Legal IP/IT practice, reviewed…
24.07.2019