Protection of geographical names in Russia has become a subject of recent discussions because of the new legislative initiative proposing inclusion of a new type of IP rights...

In the past three months amendments to the real estate laws of the Russian Federation have taken effect which improve legal certainty for investors in Russian real estate:

In the past three months amendments to the real estate laws of the Russian Federation have taken effect which improve legal certainty for investors in Russian real estate

In its 2016 Annual Economic Report, the German Federal Government announced that as part of the upcoming 9th amendment to the German Act Against Restraints of Competition (ARC), ...

Das ohnehin schon hohe persönliche Haftungsrisiko von Vorständen und Geschäftsführern in Russland wird dadurch noch einmal verschärft.

The Draft raises the possibility of extending a fixed-term employment contract.

After one year following the introduction of the new legislative initiative, it is now official – geographical indications will become a new type of intellectual property in Russia.

In Ingevity Corp. v. BASF Corp., No. 2024-1577 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 11, 2026), the Federal Circuit affirmed an $85 million trebled jury verdict against Ingevity for unlawful tying under the Sherman Act.

Foreign sanctions, including secondary US sanctions that are aimed at non-US companies doing business with Russia, are forcing many international companies to carefully evaluate and restructure ...

Romania has finally transposed the 4th AML Directive into its domestic legislation and required implementation of a national Beneficial Ownership Registers

This further increases the already high personal liability risk for the management in Russia.

2016 wurden in Russland hunderte Unternehmen mit Geldbußen wegen Korruptionsdelikten belegt.

Based on the Order of the Mayor of the city of Moscow dated 5 March 2020 (which is regularly amended), the employers have to •Arrange for temperature measurement of all employees and suspend from work in case of high temperature.

In its judgment of 17 May 2018 the Intellectual Property Court in Russia has confirmed the decision of the Russian Trademark Office (Rospatent) against granting protection to the "QLED" trademark...

The Appellate Division affirmed the Chancery Division's decision finding that many of the competitor's arguments were without merit.

This latest ruling demonstrates that prospective licensees may be able to raise antitrust claims against SEP holders when negotiations fail and litigation ensues.

Addressing whether the "sham" exception to Noerr-Pennington immunity is limited to sham litigation in courts.

On 29 November 2024, the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) published its revised interpretation and application guidance (Guidance) on the German Anti-Money Laundering Act...

On 29 November 2024, the German Federal Cartel Office published the results of its merger control review of Microsoft Corporation's ("Microsoft") hiring of almost all of Inflection AI, Inc.'s...