Russian Intellectual Property Under Siege In Europe

IP owners express concerns regarding their IP in Russia in the wake of publications in the media. Aside from individual writers misleading information was also published by respectable organizations. Specifically, the European Council issued 14th package of restrictive measures against Russia and answered questions in connection with those measures.

The 14th package imposed ban on accepting applications for registration of certain intellectual property rights from Russia. It explains that decision alleging that Russia does not respect IP rights of foreign stakeholders.

Indeed, there were two isolated cases of short duration which triggered a wave of invectives against Russia. Those cases were recognized in Russia to be mistakes. These were: COVID 19 hit Russia in 2020 with about 1000 daily deaths. Since TRIPS Article 31 allows the use of patents in extreme circumstances without permission of the patent owner Russian government allowed the use of several US