Articles and Publications

15 October 2024

An important factor of successful trade for the Chinese companies conducting import and sales of goods in Russia is the protection of their intellectual property rights (IPRs), including rights to trademarks, patents for inventions, designs, utility models and copyrights. Unauthorized use of the IP assets would constitute infringement and may entail civil, administrative or criminal liability under Russian law. This article provides practical advices for enforcing various types of intellectual property in Russia for Chinese companies' reference.

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7 October 2024

Anton Melnikov, Senior Lawyer at Gorodissky & Partners, delves into the legal and financial consequences of exploiting patents without the owner’s consent and examines the application of competition protection law in such cases.

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1 October 2024

A new trace of practice has been noticeable on the horizon. Salitaco Ltd., a Russian company, filed a trademark application No 2022715392 for SORMEC. SORMEC is the name of an Italian company that manufactures equipment for maritime ships. This co-occurrence is hardly coincidental because the Russian company manufactures the same maritime equipment (https://salitaco.ru) and prefers to register the name of an Italian company as a trademark instead of its own.

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12 September 2024

Companies that have left the market are in jeopardy because of the non-use of their trademarks. Many of them, as a wise precaution, should re-file their trademarks to keep their trademark rights.

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31 August 2024

The problem begins when a divisional application spawns from the application divided from the initial application and thus becomes a third application. The wording of Article 1381 includes the word “initial”, that may be differently understood by the patent office, several court instances and IP practitioners.

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