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…
16.02.2018
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…
16.02.2018
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…
16.02.2018
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…
16.02.2018
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…
05.02.2018
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…
11.10.2017
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…
02.10.2017
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…
28.09.2017
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…
17.09.2017
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…
11.09.2017