2026 is a special year for our team — it marks our 20th anniversary. And we are especially pleased to kick it off with a seminar where we will look into the "Crystal of Predictions": back to the past — to review the key legal developments of the past year, and forward to the future — to share crystal-clear insights on the key business trends awaiting in 2026.

On 24 November 2025, the Delhi High Court issued a judgment in a major patent dispute Medilabo Rfp Inc. v. The Controller of Patents C.A. (Comm.Ipd-Pat) 16/2024, concerning the patent eligibility of a drug for neurodegenerative diseases.

In June 2024, the pharmaceutical industry faced a new practice by the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS), which began to consistently recognize the introduction of generic drugs onto the market as unfair competition.

On 4 December 2025 the results of the annual Pravo-300 law firms’ ranking were announced at an awarding ceremony at The Carlton Hotel in Moscow. This year Lidings expertise is highly praised in 17 key practice areas.

The new review of the most notable patents disputes in Life Sciences in Russia and CIS.

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Partner and Head of the Lidings’ Intellectual Property practice Boris Malakhov will take part in an annual conference entitled Intellectual Property - 2025 organized by Pravo.ru. The conference will take place on 21 November 2025 in Baltschug Kempinski.

On August 7, 2025, a draft law “On Amending the Federal Law ‘On Protection of Competition’” (hereinafter, the “Draft Law”) was published. Prepared by the Federal Antimonopoly Service (hereinafter, the “FAS”), it aims to significantly narrow the scope of antitrust immunities concerning the results of intellectual activity.

On 7 July 2025, Federal Law No. 214-FL «On Amendments to Part Four of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation» was published. This law introduces the following significant changes to the provisions on the recovery of compensation for infringement of exclusive rights to intellectual property and means of individualisation equivalent thereto.

The new review of the most notable patents disputes in Life Sciences in EAEU and CIS.

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April 10^th, 2025 annual conference Pharmaceuticals – 2025: Legal Issues will take place in Moscow organized by Pravo.ru. Lidings lawyers take an active part in the event’s program.

As a strategic partner of the conference, we aimed to make the program rich and actual. Together with pharmaceutical industry experts and lawyers, we will discuss how the market has changed in 2024 and what awaits us in 2025.