Maxima Legal has launched Maxima Legal Alert telegram channel
Dear All! Due to the current unstable situation and constant changes in the legal field Maxima Legal team has launched a special Maxima Legal Alert telegram channel for prompt legal assessment of changes in the legislation and other significant events. For transparent navigation in the information field there are hashtags, by clicking on…
05.03.2022
Maxim Ali has commented for the DP on a litigation strategy for registering a similar trademark
The Intellectual Property Rights Courthas accepted a lawsuit filed by Ruscom-Agro, a large pork farm from Omsk. The company is asking for an early termination of protection of the trademark "Indicom" owned by Lyubimyi Krai Confectionary Association, an asset of August Meyer, one of the richest businessmen in Russia, according to Forbes magazine.…
16.02.2022
Maxima Legal has doubled its presence on the list of lawyers recommended by Pravo.ru-300 rating
Pravo.ru-300, the key Russian legal ranking, has published individual recommendations of lawyers practicing in various fields of law. According to the results of the 2021 survey, Maxima Legal has doubled its presence in the ranking both in terms of the number of noted lawyers and the number of legal support areas. Specifically, 7 …
11.02.2022
Maxim Ali summed up the legal outcomes of 2021 at the SPIBA conference
Today the Legal Committee of the St. Petersburg International Business Association (SPIBA) held a conference "Legal Outcomes of 2021". Maxim Ali, Head of Intellectual Property and Information Law practice of Maxima Legal, spoke about the main trends in intellectual property protection using the examples of the most important court cases of the…
08.02.2022
Maxim Ali told Pravo.ru about the problems of intellectual property law
The legal portal "Pravo.ru" has prepared an article in which experts talked about the main problems in the regulation of intellectual property. According to Maxim Ali, Head of Intellectual Property and Information Technologies practice at Maxima Legal, one of them is the lack of ability to protect a trademark from "dilution". The expert explained…
01.02.2022
Dmitry Uryakin told the DP about the legal aspects of "digital residency"
From February 2022, the Ministry of Digital Economy intends to launch a "digital residency" mechanism to simplify the procedure for hiring IT specialists from abroad. Foreign residents will have the right to register companies in Russia without having to enter the country, as well as to work there legally remotely with the ability to interact with…
12.01.2022
Maxim Ali helped "Pravo.ru" compile a list of the top intellectual property court cases for 2021
The Pravo.ru portal has prepared an overview of the most significant court decisions in intellectual property cases in 2021. One of them was a dispute between VKontakte and Double Data, which used its own algorithms to collect and use for commercial purposes the data of users of the social network without the consent of the site. According to…
10.01.2022
Maxim Ali told "Advokatskaya Gazeta" about legal and judicial changes in IP&IT in 2021
"Advokatskaya Gazeta" prepared a publication in which experts talked about the most important changes in intellectual property legislation in 2021, as well as the latest trends in judicial practice. One of the innovations is the transition to the electronic certificates for intellectual property objects. Amendments to Part IV of the Civil Code…
29.12.2021
Maxim Ali has shared his impressions on IP/IT development in 2021 with RAPSI
Maxim Ali, Partner and Head of Intellectual Property and Information Law practice at Maxima Legal, has shared an observation on the transformation of the legal services market with the Russian Legal Information Agency (RAPSI) "The intellectual property market continues to evolve. We see this well in interviews. Questions which were…
28.12.2021
Maxim Ali has commented for Izvestia on court ruling on lawsuit against illegal mining
Commercial Court of the Irkutsk Region has dismissed the claim of the Church of Evangelical Christians "Blagodat" for compensation of 1.1 million rubles, which the organization paid to Irkutskenergosbyt. Having identified signs of mining, Irkutskenergosbyt switched the Church of Evangelical Christians "Blagodat" to a different category…
23.12.2021