On 4 July 2018, Russian IP Court rendered a landmark judgment in case No. A40-132026/2017.

Trade dress becomes an effective tool in fighting against unfair competitors. The scope of its protection is broad: from design of a package to the interior of the cafe. However, since trade dress has been mentioned in the law, neither the antimonopoly nor court authorities have explained how to use it correctly.

Intellectual Property practice associate at Lidings Anastasia Skovpen will conduct a webinar dedicated to the Unfair Competition and Copying Trade Dress as part of a series of webinars led by experts from the leading law firms and heads of legal of large companies, organized by Pravo.ru.

On 24 April 2018 the Intellectual Property Court published its Decision in case A41 85807/2016 between Swiss-based Novartis AG and local generic Nativa LLC.

On March 21, 2018, the Russian Supreme Court published its Decision in case No. A55 5711/2014, which may have a dramatic impact on resolution of trademark non-use disputes.

Associate of the Lidings’ Intellectual Property practice Anastasia Skovpen will take part in a seminar entitled Trade Marks: Registration and Protection Strategy, including on the Internet organized jointly by Statut Law School and IP CLUB. The event will take place on 5-6 of June 2018 at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA).

On April 24th 2018 Lidings has conducted its traditional Spring Legal Brunch for its clients and partners. The meeting devoted to the Intellectual Property Protection took place at Lotte hotel in Moscow and gathered over 35 attendees — representatives of large Russian and international companies.

Partner of the Lidings’ Intellectual Property practice Boris Malakhov will take part in a conference dedicated to protection of the intellectual property organized by Business Way Forum, national event organizer. The forum will take place on 26-27 of April 2018 in St. Petersburg.

Recently Rospatent officially launched a service for fast-track registration of trademarks and patents.

Lidings’ Intellectual Property practice Partner Boris Malakhov will run a webinar on Trademarks for Businesses: Registering and Using the Right Way.