«A.Zalesov & Partners» Patent & Law Firm has been included in the short list of «Managing Intellectual Property — EMEA 2019 Awards»

Irina Ozolina commented to Kommersant publishing house on issues related to the procedure for paying roaylties to patent holders in cases where the decision to use their inventions was made by the Government of the Russian Federation  (Article 1360 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation). The publisher's question arose due to the fact that different manufacturers of semaglutide, who were granted the right to produce it by the Government decision, disagreed on how to determine the royalty rate due to the patent holder. Irina Ozolina explained the reasons for the discrepancies in the interpretation of regulatory legal acts.

On March 26, 2025, the Arbitration Court of the Khabarovsk Territory invalidated the decision of the FAS Russia on the results of an unscheduled inspection of compliance with legislation in the field of procurement of the medicinal product for medical use of Dapagliflozin for preferential categories of the Khabarovsk Territory citizens. «A.Zalesov & Partners» team represented the interests of the Third Party, which did not make independent claims regarding the subject of the dispute, the Winner of the Auction.

On March 04, 2025, the Arbitration Court of Moscow considered the application of AKSELFARM LLC to challenge the decision and order of the FAS Russia regarding Axitinib medication for the treatment of renal cell cancer and came to the conclusion that the Applicant's claims are justified and subject to satisfaction in full. «A.Zalesov & Partners» lawyers while representing the interests of the Applicant proved that the antimonopoly law has not been violated by the Applicant, and that the FAS erroneously applied the provisions of Article 14.5 of the Law on the Protection of Competition.

On March 12, 2025, the results of the individual ranking of lawyers «Pravo-300» were published. Five lawyers of «A.Zalesov & Partners» Patent & Law Firm have been recommended in the «Intellectual Property» branch of the federal ranking.

On February 24, 2025, the Presidium of the Russian IP Court overturned the decision of the court of first instance, which invalidated the decisions of Rospatent to invalidate granting of protection to the trademarks «Lactomed», «Лактомед», «LACTOMED».

The holder of a series of trademarks containing the «Baby Go» element filed a claim with the Arbitration Court regarding the infringement by our client of the series of trademarks when introducing «TAKA Baby Go!» baby diapers into civil circulation, having demanded, in particular, compensation in the amount of 10,000,000 rubles. We managed to prove that the likelihood of confusion does not arise, which excludes the infringement of the Plaintiff's trademarks.