A new article by Maria Makhlina for «Patent Attorney» Magazine

On May 06, 2022, the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation registered the Order of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia On approval of the list of goods (groups of goods) in respect of which the requirements for the protection of intellectual rights by the right holders (patent holders) of products that were put into circulation outside the territory of the Russian Federation are not applied.

On May 05, 2022, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Department of the Treasury issued General License No. 31 which approved certain relaxations in the sanctions regime.

On May 05, 2022, the decision on China's accession to the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement came into force.

Earlier the Arbitration Court of Krasnodar region brought to administrative responsibility the importer of counterfeit goods marked «SURPRISE FOR PRINCESS», which is confusingly similar to the trademark of our client, Ferrero S.p.A. However, the owner of the infringing goods entered the case having filed an appeal against the decision and asked to to involve it in the case as a third party declaring independent claims in relation to the subject matter of the dispute, since the question of termination of its ownership of the disputed goods was resolved.

On April 22, 2022, the Government of Morocco deposited an instrument of accession to the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement. The act will come into force on July 22, 2022.

On April 26, 2022, the President of the EAPO Grigory Ivliev held a meeting with patent attorneys at the headquarters of the Eurasian Patent Office. The meeting coincided with the International Intellectual Property Day.