Ilya Khodakov of Lidings Law Firm

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Ilya is a junior associate in our Moscow office’s dispute resolution practice. His experience extends to full-service support of commercial activity and judicial defense of clients’ interests in arbitrazh courts and courts of general jurisdiction including assessment of claims and potential litigation risks. Ilya’s area of expertise also includes intellectual property issues with special focus on copyright and patent rights, including protection measures against trademark infringements and court representation.

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Amendments to the pre-trial procedure for IP disputes

On June 1, 2016, the mandatory pre-trial procedure came into force. On May 26, 2017 the State Duma approved in the second reading amendments to the current pre-trial procedure. Under the amendments, the pre-trial procedure extends only to the monetary disputes. The amendments (art. 1252 of the Russian Civil Code) also directly prescribe that the pre-trial procedure … Continue Reading

IP Court has clarified that the use of a “plot generating object” in a movie may constitute copyright infringement

In mid-February, the Russian Intellectual Property Court issued an interesting decision, in which it indicated when filmmakers have to obtain a copyright owner’s consent for use of a movie prop. Under the auspices of the case, Pan Press Publisher filed a lawsuit against Ren-TV TV Channel and AN-film Production Company claiming that its book cover … Continue Reading

The Constitutional Court has permitted to reduce IP compensations below the minimum amount

On December 13, 2016, the Russian Constitutional Court has published its Ruling on constitutionality of certain articles of Civil Code regulating the legal nature of compensation as an IP remedy. The constitutional review was requested by the Altai Arbitrazh Court. While considering numerous IP cases (Kvadro-Publishins v. Lubivaya, Aeroplan v. Vashkevich), the court found that … Continue Reading
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