Legal updates
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October 2021
On October 28, 2021, the Government introduced to the State Duma a draft law (No. 9769-8) on ratification of the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications (adopted at the diplomatic conference in Geneva (Switzerland) on May 20, 2015).
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October 2021
On October 20, Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1767 dated October 18, 2021, On Approval of the Methods for Determining a Compensation to Be Paid to a Patent Holder When Deciding on the Use of an Invention, a Utility Model, or an Industrial Design without His Consent, and of the Procedure for Its Payment was published on the official web portal of legal information.
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June 2021
On 16 June, the State Duma received a draft law prepared by the Government on amendments to Article 1274 of the Civil Code of Russia (No. 1193643-7). The draft law is developed to bring the Russian legislation in line with the provisions of the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled (hereinafter the “Marrakesh Treaty”), to which the Russian Federation acceded in 2018.
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