Articles and Publications
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Unfair Competition Liability for Patent Infringement: Implications, Sanctions, and Case Law Analysis7 October 2024
Anton Melnikov, Senior Lawyer at Gorodissky & Partners, delves into the legal and financial consequences of exploiting patents without the owner’s consent and examines the application of competition protection law in such cases.
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1 October 2024
A new trace of practice has been noticeable on the horizon. Salitaco Ltd., a Russian company, filed a trademark application No 2022715392 for SORMEC. SORMEC is the name of an Italian company that manufactures equipment for maritime ships. This co-occurrence is hardly coincidental because the Russian company manufactures the same maritime equipment (https://salitaco.ru) and prefers to register the name of an Italian company as a trademark instead of its own.
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12 September 2024
Companies that have left the market are in jeopardy because of the non-use of their trademarks. Many of them, as a wise precaution, should re-file their trademarks to keep their trademark rights.
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11 September 2024
Evgeny Alexandrov and Alexey Kratiuk of Gorodissky & Partners evaluate the impact of current geopolitical tensions on brand protection and provide valuable insights into maintaining IP ownership.
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31 August 2024
The problem begins when a divisional application spawns from the application divided from the initial application and thus becomes a third application. The wording of Article 1381 includes the word “initial”, that may be differently understood by the patent office, several court instances and IP practitioners.
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