While having national exhaustion of rights Russian government issued a list of goods allowed for parallel import. This sparked off a number of publications frowning upon one more step...

According to that law, if the owner of content finds that he is the subject of infringement on the Internet, he files a complaint with the Moscow City Court which immediately issues a ruling to Roscomnadzor ...

The Russian patent office refused registration. It explained that the word element SARTORIA does not have distinguishing capability in respect of the claimed goods while inclusion of a famous...

The situation that has come to exist after sanctions imposed on Russia indeed raises many questions.

A trade mark registration No 570712 was obtained by a Russian R-line company in relation to goods in Class 12 and services in Class 36. Volkswagen AG appealed against the registration of that trade mark.

The procedure for transferring previous years' losses to future tax periods for the purpose of calculating corporate income tax has changed substantially for 2017.

An application for a trademark no 2016739384 was filed by Chicago, a Russian beauty parlour from S-Petersburg.

On 18 July 2019 the Duma passed a bill with provisions on geographical indications (GIs) on its final reading. This is a new and long-awaited IP development in Russia.

The headline of this article might provoke amazement or concern among football fans.

On April 3, 2017, President Vladimir Putin signed the law on ratification of the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs.

On 4 March 2022, the Kommersant Publishing House published an article which stated that the Russian authorities are urgently preparing measures to support the economy...

Companies may borrow necessary monetary funds – in particular, in the form of credits and loans, commodities and commercial credits.

On 23 June 2020 President Vladimir Putin announced the next set of measures to amend tax legislation to help the Russian economy overcome the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

As of l January 2019, the basic value added tax (VAT) rate has increased from 18% to 20%.

A seemingly simple device was patented as a design, but it took the claimant two attempts to cancel it.

The application was refused because the examiner opined that the word element "Manchester", a city in North West England points to the place of production of the goods or the location

The popularity of famous trademarks still preys on the minds of some. Villeroy & Boch AG registered several trademarks in Russia (Nos 225414, 458472, 690541)...

Russia's legislation evolves rapidly and its personal data laws are no exception. On 27 March 2021 Russia enhanced personal data subjects' rights by changing fines...

The Federal Tax Service (FTS) recently began publishing information concerning the various obligations of Russian taxpayers (ie, legal entities) and their financial reporting on its website.

The globalisation of the economy and the rapid development of Internet technologies has led to new opportunities in the field of employment for many professionals...