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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

Anti-suit injunctions - "egotistic paternalism" or a valid means of protecting English proceedings?

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • Russia, United Kingdom
  • -
  • April 26 2012

Two recent cases, BNP Paribas SA v OJSC Russian Machines (2011) and Star Reefers Pool Inc v JFC Group Co Ltd (2012) have looked at the court’s jurisdiction to grant anti-suit injunctions against a non-party to an arbitration which has used court proceedings to undermine an arbitration agreement

Russian courts rule more favorable towards trademark owners in domain name litigation

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • Russia
  • -
  • October 25 2011

In the absence of administrative or quasi-trial procedures for domain name disputes in Russia, similar to UDRP, the Russian Arbitrazh (Commercial) courts remain the sole practical tool to resolve the domain name disputes in the .ru zone if parties do not wish or are not able to come to an amicable solution

Patent term extension now also available for pharmaceutical dosage forms

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • Russia
  • -
  • January 27 2012

The Higher Arbitrazh Court of Russia invalidated the provision of the Administrative Regulation on Patent Term Extension (PTE) which dealt with medicines due to its limited scope compared with the broader definition in the new Federal Law on the Circulation of Medicines of April 2010

Civil proceedings against parallel imports into Russia: grounds for optimism - Higher Arbitrazh Court, decision of 5 August 2010

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • Russia
  • -
  • October 14 2010

Since its introduction into Russian trademark law in 2002, the principle of exhaustion of trademark rights has not been given as much attention by the legal community as it has in 2009 and 2010

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

Long-awaited Russian IP court finally becomes reality

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • Russia
  • -
  • January 27 2012

The IP court will be the first specialized court in the system of the Russian Arbitrazh (federal commercial) courts

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

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

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