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Largest social network found liable for copyright infringement by users

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • Russia
  • -
  • April 24 2013

The Russian courts have adopted a new interpretation of copyright legislation, leading to successful copyright infringement proceedings against the

Russian social network Vkontakte to pay damages for copyright infringement

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • Russia
  • -
  • January 31 2013

A change of the interpretation of the legal provisions by the Russian courts led to a success of copyright infringement proceedings brought against

Global Insurance and Reinsurance Bulletin Winter 2012

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • Argentina, Brazil, China, Ecuador, France, Germany, Peru, Russia, Spain, United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 3 2013

Court has jurisdiction to sanction insurance business transfer involving Gibraltar authorised firm

Unilateral option clauses: unenforceable in Russia

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • Russia
  • -
  • September 5 2012

On 1 September 2012, the Presidium of the Supreme Commercial Court of Russia (the "SCC") issued the full reasoning of its decision dated 19 June 2012 in the case of Russian Telephone Company ("RTC") v Sony Ericsson Communication Rus ("Sony Ericsson"), holding that an arbitration clause that gave one of the parties the additional, unilateral option of bringing a claim at courts of competent jurisdiction was invalid as a matter of Russian law

Unilateral split jurisdiction clauses under the spotlight in Russia: are they enforceable?

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • Russia
  • -
  • July 27 2012

On 19 June 2012, the Presidium of Russia's Supreme Commercial Court ("SCC") considered the validity of an arbitration clause that gave only one of the parties to a contract the additional option to bring a claim through the courts of competent jurisdiction

Russian courts may now consider novelty and other patentability requirements in patent infringement cases

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • Russia
  • -
  • July 20 2012

The Higher Arbitrazh Court of Russia, for the first time, considered novelty and other patentability requirements in a patent infringement case, which had been previously exclusively considered by the Patent and Trademark office

Liability of social network for copyright infringements by users due to lack of response

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • Russia
  • -
  • July 20 2012

The Thirteenth Arbitrazh Appellate Court in St. Petersburg confirmed the judgment of the court of first instance and granted, in part, claims against a social network for copyright infringements by its users

Law on foreign investments in Russian strategic companies

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • Russia
  • -
  • July 5 2012

In April 2008, the Russian parliament passed a law on the "Procedure for Foreign Investments in Companies of Strategic Significance for the Defence and Security of the State" No. 57-FZ (the "Foreign Investments Law"

New draft legislation on withholding tax on Eurobonds

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • Russia
  • -
  • June 6 2012

On 6 June 2012 the Russian State Duma approved amendments to the Russian Tax Code to exclude Russian Eurobond interest payments from taxation

Basics of Russian legal framework for foreign investors

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • Russia
  • -
  • June 6 2012

In Russia, the legal climate remains complex and ambiguous, with a rigid approach by state authorities and a system based on a number of complex mandatory rules

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