Maxim Ali has given a presentation about legal restrictions in advertising

Maxim Ali, Senior Associate at Maxima Legal, has taken part in a discussion on anti-monopoly regulation On 15 February, following an initiative of the Legal Committee of SPIBA, a meeting took place with the management of the St Petersburg Federal Anti-monopoly Service.  As part of the event, participants considered examples of unfair competition…


Maxim Ali has taken part in a business breakfast, ‘Home and office as art’

Senior Associate at Maxima Legal and Specialist in IP/IT, Maxim Ali has taken part in a discussion titled ‘Home and office as art’ organised by the business club Meeting!.  The event was sponsored by Maxima Legal and took place on 14 February in St Petersburg. Developers, designers, architects and marketing specialists from the real estate sector…


Maxim Ali has provided his comments to Pravo.ru on the Deripaska case

On 15 February Pravo.ru published an article on the ruling made in respect of a claim by Oleg Deripaska against Anastasia Bashukevich and Alexandr Kirillov.  Previously Deripaska had applied to court following the publication of phtographs and videos from a holiday on his yacht. The court grant interim measures and asked that the sites delete the…


Maxim Ali has provided his comments to the legal press about the regulation of price comparison websites

Novaya Advokatskaya Gazeta has published an article on the changes to the law regulating the activities of price comparison websites.  The law has been developed by Rospotrebnadzor due to the lack of current regulation of organisations who share information about products and services for which they are not the retailer or provider.  The bill…


Maxim Ali has provided his comments to Delovoy Peterburg on the legal risks to high-tech businesses

The business newspaper Delovoy Peterburg has published an article titled ‘The law and business live apart: the rating of industries in which it is not possible to make an income when complying with legislation’.  The article included the rating of 10 industries prepared from a survey of leading lawyers who work with businesses. Maxim Ali, Senior…


Maxim Ali has given a presentation at a SPIBA event titled ‘The use intellectual property in marketing’

On 12 October, Maxim Ali, Senior Associate and specialist in IP/IT at Maxima Legal, took part in a discussion organised by SPIBA on the topic of ‘The use intellectual property in marketing’. At the event, participants discussed issues around using intellectual property in advertisements, reviewing challenging Russian and overseas court cases and…


Maxim Ali has provided his comments to changes in legislation on information, information technology and data protection

Novaya Advokatskaya Gazeta has published an article titled 'On behalf of pirates, search engines will answer' which considered the bill which will enable websites with pirate content to be blocked from internet search results without a court order. The changes have been put forward in bills developed by the Ministry of Culture to change Article…


Maxim Ali has taken part in the Legal Battle of BUYBRAND in Moscow

On 28 September 2017, in Moscow as part of the international exhibition of franchises, BUYBRAND EXPO 2017, and the international forum, Franchising in Russia, a 'legal battle' was organised with one of the participants and speakers being Senior Associate from Maxima Legal and specialist in the IP/IT Practice, Maxim Ali. The format was a mock trial…


Maxim Ali has taken part in a conference 'IT-outsourcing: Problems and Prospects'

On 13 September 2017, Senior Associate at Maxima Legal and specialist in intellectual property and information technology, Maxim Ali took part in the conference 'IT-outsourcing: Problems and Prospects' in Moscow. As part of the conference, organised by the website TAdviser which reports on and supplies IT technology, questions were raised and…


Maxim Ali has provided comments on protecting trademarks

Project SPARK has published an article which considered current issues of protecting trademarks. Maxim Ali, Senior Associate and IP/IT specialist at Maxima Legal, has provided his expert opinions and comments for the article. Any unauthorised use of a trademark can lead to either the recovery of damages or a demand for compensation as defined by…