INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
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Articles and Publications
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30 July 2021
Federal Law 139-FZ came into force on 26 May 2021, thereby denouncing the agreement between Russia and the Netherlands on double taxation avoidance and tax evasion provisions relating to income and property tax.
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29 July 2021
On July 2, 2021, President Putin signed a law 345-Ф3 “On Making Amendments to the Federal Law On State Regulation of Production and Circulation of Ethyl Alcohol, Alcoholic Products and on Curbing Consumption (Drinking) of Alcoholic Products”. This law changes the wording of many articles of the basic law No 171-Ф3 of November 1995, deletes several articles and words. In particular, it deletes the word “champagne” (shampanskoye) from many articles which stood by the side of the term “sparkling wine”.
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16 July 2021
On 1 July 2021 a new law requiring online businesses to obey the national laws and register with the Russian authorities took effect. By the end of 2021, internet companies must open offices in Russia.
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5 July 2021
Vladimir Biriulin of Gorodissky & Partners looks at why IP owners in Russia are increasingly satisfied with the outcome of disputes
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24 June 2021
Is the ‘narrower–broader’ principle a general rule or the exception when evaluating the novelty criterion of an invention’s patentability, asks Elena Nazina of Gorodissky & Partners.
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