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Training TM seminar |
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Ludmila Serova, Partner, Trademark Attorney, ”Gorodissky & Partners” (Moscow) will hold another Trademark seminar within the Educational program for corporate counsels organized by “DevelopMENT” company, Moscow, May 27, 2008. |
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New official fees in Ukraine |
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From May 16, 2008, new Official Fees will enter in force caused by joining of Ukraine to WTO. A united scale of Official Fees (both for domestic and foreign applicants) is introduced and a number of fees is amended in comparison with previous ones. |
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Firm's news |
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April 22, 2008, Ekaterinburg April 24, 2008, Perm |
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Vladimir Biriulin, Partner, Lawyer, Vladimir Mescheriakov, Counsel, Valery Lyzhin, Trademark Attorney (all of Gorodissky & Partners, Moscow), Sergey Egorov, Partner, Trademark Attorney, Evgeny Dedkov, Lawyer (both of Gorodissky & Partners, Ekaterinburg), were the speakers at IP Seminars held by Gorodissky & Partners in Ekaterinburg and Perm for more than 150 general, commercial, marketing and advertising managers and lawyers of the local companies, and patent attorneys from Sverdlovsk and Chelyabinsk regions, Udmurt Republic and Perm Territory.
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April 10, 2008, Tokyo |
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Sergey Dorofeev, Partner, Russian and Eurasian Patent attorney, Gorodissky & Partners, Moscow, gave a presentation on “Drafting and construing patent claims in Russia” at joint AIPPI Russia/AIPPI Japan IP seminar. Boris Simonov, Head, Russian PTO, Alexander Grigiriev, President, Eurasian Patent Office, Elena Utkina, Deputy Director, Board of Examiners, Russian PTO, Alexey Zalesov, Secretary,Russian National AIPPI Group were among the speakers. The Seminar gathered over 120 attendees form major Japanese industrial companies and IP law firms.
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April 8-9, 2008, Alicante |
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Vladimir Mescheriakov, Counsel, Gorodissky & Partners, Moscow, together with a group of patent attorneys from Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan paid a visit to OHIM to get acquainted with its practice on trademark and design cases. In Madrid international IP law firm Hammonds held a reception for the group.
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IP Legislation News |
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April 2008
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Use of pirate soft cost Russian companies USD 2,6 million in 2007 |
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In 2007 police revealed about 600 companies using non-licensed soft, and initiated more than 260 criminal cases (two times more than in 2006), hereupon, the number of verdicts of guilty passed increased by 17 times for 12 months – up to 85. Russian pirates had to pay about USD 2,6 million to the right owners whose interests are represented by Business Software Alliance (Russia). At the same time, according to expert estimations, the amount of damage inflicted by the Russian pirates on the American right owners of the business soft exceeds USD 1 billion. Experts maintain that fighting with computer piracy was intensified in connection with the demands of Russia partners in WTO negotiations.
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April 2008
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“Kalina” (Russia) protected its trademark “Black pearl” |
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The court prohibited “Samara Confectioner” (Russia) to manufacture sweets “Black pearl” and charged them Rb.100 thousand (about USD 4 thousand), since the rights for said trademark starting from 2004 belong to “Kalina“.
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Russian market news |
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January 2008
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German investors are positive about the tendencies in the investment climate in Russia |
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According to the survey conducted by BDI (Germany) among large German investors, about 60% of respondents plan to invest into Russia over Euro1 million totally, in 2008. “German businessmen, who work in Russia, are very optimistic, - Mr. Manhold, the Chairman of the Committee for German Industry, said. - The business climate in this country is improving significantly, and companies expect this tendency to continue.”
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Articles and Publications |
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