On September 11-14, 2025, Legal Forum of Masters traditionally took place in Voronezh, bringing together vast amount of participants from several Russian cities.
«Zalesov, Timofeev, Gusev & Partners» team presented the session «IP, taxes, criminal misdeeds – a ravelment?» (Section «Tax Law and (Non)Tax Payments»).
The session was run by Managing Partner Evgeny Timofeev, Senior Partner Anton Gusev, Partner Vladimir Chikin, Senior Associates Julia Kolomytseva and Darya Kushnarenko, and Counsel Soslan Doguzov.
The session combined issues of intellectual property, criminal law and taxation. Specifically, the participants discussed issues related to the use of the results of intellectual activity, the risks of improper registration of intellectual property rights and the associated civil and criminal risks, taxation and customs value issues, and shared their experiences in securing evidence.
In terms of the «Sports, Medical and Pharmaceutical Law» section, Julia Dutikova, Head of the Group for patenting in the area of medicine and pharmaceuticals, spoke in the «Biolaw» section.