Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS of Russia) has issued Letter No. АЦ/49132/18 dated 29 June 2018 in which expressed its opinion regarding selling prices for drugs, included in the List of vital and essential drugs (the “Essential drug list”). FAS indicated that these prices, when set by wholesale and retail organizations, shall be dependent on the terms of their purchase.

The procedure of incorporation companies and individual entrepreneurs has been changed since 29 April 2018. Amendments to the Federal law No. 129-ФЗ of 08.08.2001 “On state registration of legal entities and individual entrepreneurs” has come into effect.

Presidium of the FAS Russia in its Clarification dated 21.02.2018 No. 13 “On trade secrets information in the process of investigation of the case on violation of antimonopoly legislation, verification for abidance of antimonopoly legislation, state control for economic concentration” (“Clarification”) notes that such information for which information owner doesn’t establish commercial secrecy regime according to Commercial secret law, isn’t protected by law.

On May 14, 2018 the Federal Law No. 325-FZ dated November 14, 2017 “On amendment to articles 19 and 23 of the Federal Law „On Currency Regulation and Currency Control“ and to the Administrative Offences Code of the Russian Federation» (“the Law”) came into force.

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.

Intellectual Property practice associate at Lidings Anastasia Skovpen will conduct a webinar dedicated to the Unfair Competition and Copying Trade Dress 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.

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, as well as their business reputation based on the feedback of peers from their respective jurisdictions, once again lists Lidings’ Managing Partner Andrey Zelenin and Partner Tatiana Bicheva among the best lawyers in Russia in four key practice areas.