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March 25, 2018

Kommersant Newspaper: Lidings Keeps its Position of Leading Legal Advisor in Russia

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Lidings law firm once again takes a leading position in the ranking of the most prominent legal advisors in Russia based on the analytical research held annually by the “Kommersant” newspaper.
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March 11, 2018

New Appointments in Lidings Key Practice Areas

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Lidings law firm proudly announces the appointment of Alexander Popelyuk to the position of the Partner in Dispute Resolution practice of the firm, and Boris Malakhov to the position of the Partner in Intellectual Property practice.

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March 1, 2018

Lidings Demonstrates Outstanding Reputation Among Best Legal Advisors in Russia

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Reflected by the Pravo.ru’s Sympathy Rating – 2017 identifying the most prominent legal advisors in Russia based on the feedback of peers Lidings recognized as a leading firm for its expertise in employment law and pharmaceuticals and healthcare industry practice area. Individual and moreover exclusive recognition as the only recommended lawyer in this sphere, for a remarkable work for advising pharmaceutical companies in Russia, is given to Lidings’ Managing Partner, Head of the firm’s Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare industry practice, Andrey Zelenin.

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February 18, 2018

The Constitutional Court has restricted protection of trademark holders against parallel importers

By Legal Updates of Lidings Law Firm
On February 13, 2018, the Russian Constitutional Court issued the Ruling in which it checked validity of the regime of parallel import and related legal remedies.
The constitutional review was initiated by the company PAG, a notorious importer of labeled medicine goods into Russia. Having acquired of importation of its branded goods without any consent, Sony addressed the customs post with a request to suspend importation of PAG’s goods. Afterwards, grey goods were arrested by the Kaliningrad Arbitrazh Court based on Sony’s injunction request. The Kaliningrad Arbitrazh Court ignored PAG’s arguments that goods were original and satisfied the claims: goods were banned for importation, confiscated and destroyed. The court also made the respondent compensate Sony 100,000 rubles for the infringement.
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January 28, 2018

Lidings’ Managing Partner Recognized Among the Best Lawyers in Russia by World Trademark Review

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The World Trademark Review, professional publication annually identifying the most prominent lawyers around the world focused on trademark legal issues, lists Lidings’ Managing Partner Andrey Zelenin among the best lawyers in Russia.
Based on the results of the research, Andrey Zelenin heading the firm’s intellectual property practice is recommended in enforcement and litigation practice area. The rating particularly states that he “knows how to make complex legal matters digestible. He has an outstanding attitude and is very responsive, too”.
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January 21, 2018

Draft law on contract manufacturing development of drugs (finished products) has been passed in its first reading by State Duma

By Legal Updates of Lidings Law Firm
On January 19, 2018 State Duma has passed in the first reading the introduced by Russian Government draft law1 (hereinafter – the “Draft law”) providing changes to the Federal law dated 12.04.2010 No. 61-FZ “On drugs (medicines) circulation” (hereinafter – “61-FZ”).
The main changes proposed by the Draft law include the following:
1. Securing the right of foreign drugs (medicines) manufacturers to submit the decision on carrying out an audit instead of a GMP certificate
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January 17, 2018

Arbitrazh court supported FAS Russia approach: struggling against parallel import is an unfair competition

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On December 13, 2017, the Moscow Arbitrazh Court rendered decision in case No. A40-159212/17 in which KYB Corporation appealed against the warning letter of FAS Russia (hereinafter ─ FAS) regarding the violation of the antitrust legislation by struggling against parallel import.
Under the merits of the case, this warning letter was issued upon the petition from unauthorized importers of goods who alleged that KYB Corporation restricted competition and acted in bad faith (unfair competition).
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January 15, 2018

Amendments to the Federal Law “On waste production and consumption” entered into force

By Legal Updates of Lidings Law Firm
The main amendments relate to the definitions used in the Law:
  • “waste collection” (collection is carried out by a person who implements further processing, recycling, disposal, placing of collected waste);
  • “waste accumulation” (reference to implementation of waste accumulation in places (on areas), equipped in accordance with the requirements of environmental protection and sanitary and epidemiological population welfare legislation is deleted. The Law stipulates certain article 13.4 where provides requirements to waste accumulation places (areas) and possibility for separate waste accumulation because of separate waste storage under waste types, groups, groups of one-item waste);
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January 10, 2018

Legal Updates 2018-01-10 16:00:00

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RULING: Ruling of the Supreme court dated 11.07.2017 case №53-КГ17-12
SUMMARY: The business name of the non-profit organization is not an intellectual property at the same time it is a “moral right” of the legal entity. Registration of the similar business name may be an unfair competition.
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December 7, 2017

Pravo.ru–300 Rating Confirms Lidings TOP Position Among Best Legal Advisors in Russia

By News and Press Releases of Lidings Law Firm
Lidings once again takes a leading position in the rating of the legal advisors in Russia based on the analytical research by the Pravo.ru-300 annually reflecting on the latest tendencies in the country’s legal market, highlighting the key players’ achievements based on their practical expertise and financial performance.
Outstanding records of advising large international companies doing business in Russia and major Russian corporations on complex and commercially important projects Lidings is annually ranked among the top Russian and international legal advisors. Thus, the new Pravo.ru-300 rating marks out Lidings expertise in key practice areas: Arbitration, Employment, Bankruptcy, Dispute Resolution, Corporate, Intellectual Property, and Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare.
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