Last year right holders have achieved permanent blocking of Rutracker.org site for copyright infringement. But the result – permanent blocking – was not enough for…
Month: June 2017
Match TV publicly declared how it is important to protect not only the copyright itself, but also the value of copyrights in content. Especially if…
The Russian council of the federation considers options for blocking of broadcasting in Russia by foreign mass media, if such media have audience in Russia.…
Russian telecommunication operators have received updated recommendations from Russian Roskomnadzor. These recommendations provide details on restriction of access to illegal information in Internet.
Russian Roskomnadzor requested more than 100 web-sites to restrict access to illegal copies of “The Putin Interview” by Oliver Stone. The exclusive rights in “Interview”…
This appeal concerns a dispute between the United States and Broadcast Music about the meaning of a longstanding antitrust consent decree governing BMI’s aggregation and…
Whether registration occurs when an owner files an application to register the copyright or when the Register of Copyrights registers the copyright? Fourth Estate Public…
The new law, proposed recently, provides pretty harsh regulation for VPN and anonymizer services operating in Russia. Not all are happy with intention of Russian…
Judges specialised in IPR matters would provide an added value compared to legal action dealt with in non-specialised courts (shorter length of proceedings, more fir-for-purpose…
A claim of genericness or “genericide,” where the public appropriates a trademark and uses it as a generic name for particular types of goods or…