Laws Affecting IP Licensing—Russia // LESI’s les Nouvelles

LESI’s les Nouvelles published an article "Laws Affecting IP Licensing" by Evgeny Alexandrov, Ph.D., Partner, Trademark & Design Attorney, Head of Legal, Trademark & Design Practice (“Gorodissky and Partners”, Moscow) and Sergey Medvedev, Ph.D., LL.M. (Chicago), Partner, Trademark & Design Attorney, (Gorodissky & Partners, Moscow, Dubai).

The article focuses on requirement to register certain IP licenses in Russia concerning registered IP subject matter (e.g., invention, trademark, design, etc.), rules and principles for exhaustion of intellectual property, questions about possible termination of rights granted, including rights under sub-licences, regulation amount (license fee) and the period of payment in the license agreement, national exchange control regulations, etc.