Recently upon the Intellectual property court’s (hereinafter – the IP Court) request the Constitutional court of Russia has considered the case on constitutionality of several provisions of the Civil Code.
The reason for submitting this request was the plaintiff’s motion in another case that is pending before the IP Court. The plaintiff has filed a suit against the Rospatent due to its omission. Under the merits of the case, in early March, 2015 the plaintiff filed an application to the Rospatent for patent invalidation, while the hearing was appointed on the March, 2016.