Russian civil law does not specifically provide such type of agreement such as a distribution contract.

A number of amendments were made to the antimonopoly legislation at the start of 2015.

According to the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS), amendments to the Law on Competition (the "Competition Law," the Code of Administrative Offenses and the Criminal Code, comprising the so-called "third antimonopoly package," have been substantially agreed with the Russian government and will soon be submitted to the State Duma.

Yes, there is a legal requirement to register certain IP licenses in Russia. More specifically, the grant of a license concerning registered IP subject matter (e.g., invention, trademark, design, etc.) must be registered...

Der Föderale Antimonopoldienst von Russland („FAS") strebt bereits seit mehreren Jahren die verstärkte Einführung von kartellrechtlichen Compliance-Programmen an.

It is not rare that leading companies encounter unfair actions of their competitors who attempt to boost their sales by using brands that do not belong to them in their advertising.

Over the last 5 or 6 years, the number of cases against foreign companies or their representative offices in Russia has increased sharply, a trend most likely to be related to the state's response...

The cornerstone of the draft law is a "discount" for compliance, i.e. the reduction in penalty amounts (by 12.5%) for antitrust violations if an effective compliance system is in place at the enterprise concerned.

Generally speaking the law of agency deals with situations where one person enters into legal relationship with another person by acting not personally but through an intermediary.

Foreign policy developments and recent international sanctions have had a significant impact on all sectors of the economy. Such drastic changes have entailed active rulemaking...

Russian law continues to protect widely known trademarks even after foreign companies exit the market, with courts increasingly rejecting bad-faith attempts to capture famous brands through non-use cancellation actions. This analysis examines emerging legal mechanisms that allow trademark owners to maintain brand control during periods of suspended operations, including strategic filing practices and defenses based on consumer confusion and legitimate interest challenges.

State control over economic concentration, official anti-monopoly guarantees, is one of the forms of state control over the economic sphere of business entities.

The term "state or municipal aid" has been replaced with "state or municipal preferences". The grounds and procedure for granting state and municipal preferences, and for the state authorities to receive the approval of FAS for preferences, have been revised.

The administration authority (registry) for the ccTLD .ru (and for the Cyrillic .ρφ) is a non-profit organisation, ANO Coordination Center for TLD RU (the Coordinator).

The Russian merger control rules are set forth in the Russian federal law "On the Protection of Competition" (the "Competition Law").

On the other hand, the control over terms and conditions offered by the entities holding a dominant position to their customers will be tightened.

В последние годы рынок электронной коммерции...

We would like to present the overview of the most important legislation changes in competition for 2016.