Articles and Publications
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6 April 2018
Since the beginning of 2017, Russia has had a special procedure for imposing value added tax (VAT) on services provided in electronic form by foreign companies that have no branch or representative office in Russia. Such taxation features are informally known as the 'tax on Google', as they apply primarily to large internet companies.
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5 April 2018
Considerable attention is currently being paid to stimulating scientific developments in Russia, with extensive fiscal incentives offered to research & development (R&D) engineers. According to Russian tax legislation, the costs of creating new or improved products or services, which includes the costs of engineering, are included in R&D expenses.
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22 March 2018
The law (Article 1484) simply states that the trade mark may be used on goods, in documents, in advertisements and other material. When the issue of non-use is examined by courts, these provisions of the law are compared with what happens on the market. For the purpose of proper use, the law (Article 1486) also states that a trade mark may be used by the trade mark owner himself as well as by other people under the control of the trade mark owner.
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27 February 2018
A non-use court action is routine for the IP court. Every year several hundred cases are considered and granted. Sometimes, however, a cancellation action stumbles at unexpected obstacles.
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20 February 2018
Ilya Goryachev of Gorodissky and Partners discusses Russia’s new telemedicine law and what it means for intellectual property
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