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.

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.

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

Senior Associate of the Lidings’ Intellectual Property practice Boris Malakhov will take part in the Pharma & Biotech Patent Litigation Conference in Amsterdam on February 27-28th. The event is organized by the C5 Group, one of the world’s main conference providers.

Lidings’ Senior Associate Boris Malakhov will take part in the 3rd International IP Moot Court Competition ran within the 6th International Intellectual Property Forum, as an expert of the Jury Panel. The event is scheduled to take place February 21st at Moscow State Law Academy named after O.E. Kutafin (MSLA).