Maxim Ali participated in SibLegalWeek 2022
The VIII Siberian Legal Week (SibLegalWeek) was held in Novosibirsk on 3-8 October and focused on legal aspects and business development opportunities in the current environment. The business-forum featured more than 40 events covering all the areas of legal support for businesses as well as private client support issues. Maxim Ali, Partner, Head…
10.10.2022
Maxim Ali has commented to Advokatskaya Gazeta on the conclusion of one of the key disputes in the field of big data
On September, 23, the Intellectual Property Rights Court issued a ruling on appeal which approved an amicable settlement between VKontakte and Double Data in a dispute over violation of exclusive neighbouring rights to the content of the social network's database (to read more about the dispute please visit this page >>>). Double Data…
28.09.2022
Maxim Ali has told Novy Prospect whether registering a company in an "unfriendly" country affects the court's position
After the list of "unfriendly" countries appeared in March of this year, a number of foreign companies faced the fact that this measure began to be used by Russian counterparties as an excuse for not fulfilling obligations to a partner. Initially, the courts sided with the compatriots, recognizing the claims of "unfriendly" companies as an abuse…
21.09.2022
Maxim Ali has told Cyber Media about current gaps in personal data regulation in Russia
Against the backdrop of the increasing number of cases of mass publication of personal data, further amendments to the relevant legislation are expected to be introduced in the near future. In particular, an initiative to impose turnover-based fines on operators for the "loss" of personal information of more than 10,000 users is being widely…
31.08.2022
Dmitry Uryakin assessed for CRE the idea of marketplaces to create a unified information system to track counterfeit products
After the government's decree on liability of electronic trading platforms for distribution of counterfeit and unbranded products from March 1, 2023, leading e-commerce players (Wildberries, Yandex Market and Ozon) announced the creation of a unified information system with mandatory placement of data on incidents of illegal goods, their…
30.08.2022
Maxim Ali reviewed for Pravo.ru a neural network being developed by Roskomnadzor to search for banned content
The Roskomnadzor structure has allocated 57.7 million rubles to develop the "Oculus" system of searching for illegal content. Based on neural networks, it will analyse photos, videos and texts on websites, social networks and messengers for prohibited information, including materials with signs of extremism and terrorism, calls for illegal…
19.08.2022
Maxim Ali told RAPSI about the amount of compensation for moral damages awarded by the courts
Recently, the problem of personal data leaks has become more and more urgent. For example, in 2019 information about Sberbank cardholders, in 2020 information about Muscovites who have contracted the coronavirus, and in 2022 information about customers of the Yandex.Food delivery service appeared on the web. At the same time, it should be taken…
01.08.2022
Maxim Ali told Delovoy Peterburg whether the rights to software with fragments of open source can be protected
A criminal case under Article 146 Part 1 (copyright infringement) was reopened in Saint Petersburg, in which Leonid Svatkov, CEO of Altel LLC, accuses Pavel Smolensky, a former top manager of the company, of illegally copying software. According to the defendant, the coincidence is explained by the fact that both products contain a large amount of…
29.07.2022
Maxim Ali has commented for Delovoy Peterburg on the trademark dispute for a pharmaceutical company from the USA
Eli Lilly and Company, pharmaceutical and veterinary medicines manufacturer from the USA, applied to the Intellectual Property Rights Court for an early termination of protection of the Taipit brand owned by Nyenshantz-Financial Company based in St Petersburg. The right to Taipit prevented the pharmaceutical company from registering Taivit,…
13.07.2022
Maxim Ali has commented for Forbes on amendments to legislation restricting banking for businesses selling through blocked websites and social media
On 6 July 2022 a bill amending the federal law on combating money laundering and terrorist financing was submitted to the State Duma. The proposed amendments would prohibit banks and other financial institutions from serving companies providing services through websites to which access is restricted. The sites would also have to be included in the…
13.07.2022