Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

«Timofeev, Gusev and Partners» and «A.Zalesov & Partners» law firms are happy to announce a consolidation, as a result of which the company «Zalesov, Timofeev, Gusev and Partners» (ZTG) has been established.

Let us congratulate you on the upcoming holidays and wish you all the best in 2024!

On August 24, 2023, «A.Zalesov & Partners» Patent & Law Firm celebrates its sixth anniversary.

In view of massive and not always precise information about amendments into IP enforcement practice in Russia our team has prepared a brief digest of the anti-sanction measures and latest amendments introduced into the Russian legislation.

Federal Law No. 143-FZ dated May 28, 2022 «On  Amendments to Part Four of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation» introduced amendments specifying the grounds of refusal for trademarks that include names of geographical objects. The purpose of the amendments is to harmonize national legislation with Article 11 of the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications.