2014 saw most of the amendments to Part IV of the Russian Civil Code come into effect.

Employees who create intellectual property and their employers have long been concerned by the issue of how those employees should be compensated for patent...

It is detrimental to apply mechanically the rules of competition legislation to relationships that are governed by another area of law.

As it stands, for IP legislation to continue to develop, the exhaustion of rights demands attention. This cannot be left unresolved.

The amendments proposed for regulating disposals of exclusive rights continue the direction set when regulation of this important power was codified...

The first half of 2012 cannot be said to be significant in terms of the further development of intellectual property legislation. That said, work...