On July 25, 2025, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation issued a ruling on case No. A65-31236/2023, in which it explained in which cases information provided under a license agreement would not be perceived as a trade secret (know-how).
The «Attorney’s Newspaper» asked a number of experts for comments on this ruling, including Anastasia Zalesova, Senior Associate of «A.Zalesov & Partners» Patent & Law Firm.
Anastasia noted that this case was in the spotlight, since the definition of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation is of great importance for law enforcement practice both for contractual relations in general and for license agreements for production secrets (know-how) and commercial concession agreements in particular. According to the expert, the definition contains universal legal positions applicable to issues of individualization of the subject of the contract, qualification of obligations and verification of their compliance with mandatory legal norms.
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