Published on July 31, 2020 the Federal Law "On Experimental Legal Regimes in the Field of Digital Innovation" will enter into force in January 2021.

Best Lawyers, an international legal directory annually identifying the most prominent lawyers around the world by analyzing their professional skills and achievements during the year, once again lists Lidings’ experts among the best lawyers in Russia.

On 27 May 2020 WIPO launched new online business service, WIPO PROOF, that provides tamper-proof evidence of the existence at a point in time of any digital file, including data sets, in any format.

Partner, Head of the Intellectual Property practice of Lidings Boris Malakhov will take part in an online event PRAVO TECH On air.

On March 3, 2020, the Russian Government introduced to the State Duma the Draft Law on amendments to the Russian Civil Code, namely, article 1360.1.

According to art. 38 of the Law on fundamental healthcare principles the software used for medical purposes has a legal status of medical device. Therefore, market turnover of such software in Russia is allowed only after software is registered before the Federal Service for Surveillance in Healthcare (Roszdravnadzor).

The World Trademark Review, professional publication annually identifying the most prominent lawyers around the world focused on trademark legal issues, ranks Lidings’ Intellectual property practice among TOP 10 law firms in Russia in the category “Enforcement and Litigation”.