Articles and Publications

29 April 2015

In 2014 Russia adopted new legislation as part of the government's relatively new plan to combat tax evasion through financial transfers out of Russia to low-tax jurisdictions (deoffshorisation). In line with this intent, the Russian tax authorities focused their attention on cross-border transactions, including those involving IP assets, because Russian companies often hide a substantial part of their profits from Russian taxation through royalty payments made to intellectual asset management centres outside Russia.

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30 March 2015

The law relating to intellectual property in Russia has recently been reformed in order to make the regime more user and business friendly. The new system supports businesses looking to protect their intellectual property rights - regardless of whether they are a local or international business - so long as they make their petition in line with the local law.
One of the main concerns in the past has been that enforcement bodies in Russia, such as courts and the police, are biased in favour of local companies, however, this is simply not the case. The courts, customs authorities and police are completely indifferent to the nationality of the person whose rights have been infringed and will uphold the law without regard to the country of origin.
It is however important that you keep to the correct procedure in order to ensure that your rights are adequately protected, and use a specialist firm like us here at Gorodissky to guide you through the process.

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6 March 2015

Viacheslav Rybchak, Gorodissky & Partners, examines Russian practice in this area in light of a recent case which saw the Court of IP overturn a decision by the Russian Patent and Trademark Office.

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23 February 2015

The designation Terra Contes on application number 2012711660 with priority of April 4 2012 was filed in the name of a Russian company Trade House KODRU in respect of goods in class 33, alcoholic beverages.

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18 February 2015

Parallel imports can cause major problems for rights holders. This contentious issue has led to debate at both national and international level. So what is the current situation? In light of the establishment of the Eurasian Economic Union (comprising Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Armenia, with more countries expected to join), some lobbyists have resurrected the debate over parallel imports.

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