Lidings experts have authored the The Pharma Legal Handbook: Russia — practical directory focused on the key aspects of legislative regulation of pharmaceutical industry in Russia.

Partner of the Lidings’ Intellectual Property practice Boris Malakhov will take part in a conference Intellectual Property: Key Changes, Topical Cases organized by Pravo.ru, national event organizer. The conference will take place on 23rd October 2018 in Marriott Royal Aurora.

Partner of the Lidings’ Intellectual Property practice Boris Malakhov will take part in a conference dedicated to protection of the intellectual property rights organized by Business Way Forum, national event organizer. The conference will take place on 11-12 October 2018 in Marriott Courtyard Moscow City Center.

Lidings’ Intellectual Property practice Partner Boris Malakhov will run a webinar on Protection Against Counterfeit and New Fighting Trends 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.

Partner of the Lidings’ Intellectual Property practice Boris Malakhov will take part in a conference entitled Regulatory Issues in Medical Practice: Regulation and Court Practice organized by Pravo.ru. The event will take part in Moscow, September 19th, 2018 in the Newsroom event hall.

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.

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.

At present, the direction of medicine, such as telemedicine, becomes more and more known and the number of questions about the procedure of providing medical assistance using telemedicine is also growing.

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.