Seminar “Issues and Practice of Performance of Intellectual Property Licence Agreements”
On 16 June 2006, the seminar “Issues and Practice of Performance of Intellectual Property Licence Agreements”, organised by LES Russia, was held in Moscow.
16 June 2006
On 16 June 2006, the seminar “Issues and Practice of Performance of Intellectual Property Licence Agreements”, organised by LES Russia, was held in Moscow. The seminar was attended by 36 participants from Russia and other countries of the former USSR.
Opening the seminar, President of LES Russia, Doctor of Economics, Professor, Head of the Department of Foreign Economic Activity at the Academy of National Economy under the Government of the Russian Federation, N.N. Karpova, noted the steadily increasing role of intellectual property in the rapidly developing global market economy, using several of the world’s leading companies as examples. She also emphasised the great importance that major global companies attach to intellectual property protection, intangible asset management and the legal aspects of technology transfer.
The first presentation, “Issues of State Registration of Licence Agreements”, was delivered by V.V. Khoroshkeev, Russian Patent Attorney and Director of the Recherche Patent Bureau. The presentation addressed problems associated with the registration of licence agreements with Rospatent, caused both by the quality of drafting of licence agreements and by Rospatent’s not always legally justified approach to their registration. The audience responded actively to the issues surrounding the registration of licence agreements.
As always, presentations by representatives of the judiciary were eagerly anticipated. E.V. Moiseeva, Judge of the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation, gave a presentation entitled “Judicial and Arbitration Practice in Resolving Disputes Related to Licence Agreements”. A trend towards a sharp increase in the number of intellectual property disputes before arbitration courts was noted. The presentation included numerous examples of court cases involving trademarks, utility models, copyright, challenges to licence agreements, etc.
M.M. Karelina, Head of the Laboratory for Theory and Practical Issues of Judicial Protection of Intellectual Property at the Russian Academy of Justice, in her presentation “Resolution of Disputes Arising from the Performance of Licence Agreements. Overview of Russian Judicial Practice in Licensing”, also provided a number of highly interesting examples of court disputes involving various intellectual property objects.
During the discussion with E.V. Moiseeva and M.M. Karelina, useful recommendations were given on drafting intellectual property licence agreements, and the basic approaches taken by Russian courts to intellectual property disputes were examined in detail.
In the presentation “Intel’s Practice in Licensing Software Products”, S.V. Govyadinov, Head of the company’s Legal Department, considered issues related to the adaptation of a company whose principal asset is intellectual property to the Russian market and legislation. The large number of questions asked demonstrated the audience’s interest in the presentation. It was extremely useful to learn that differences between U.S. and Russian national legislation in the field of intellectual property do not constitute a serious obstacle to the successful development of a company in the Russian market.
The title of the presentation by S.A. Zhukov, PhD in Engineering, General Director of CJSC Centre for Technology Transfer and test cosmonaut, “Licensing Issues in the Aerospace Industry”, speaks for itself. However, we were surprised to learn how professionally these issues are addressed and how much importance is attached to intellectual property in this highly specialised field that had previously been completely closed to licensing. The discussion of the presentation was undoubtedly interesting and useful for all participants.
The presentation by L.P. Fatkina, PhD in Economics, Professor at the Russian State Institute of Intellectual Property, “Specific Features of Accounting and Taxation of Licensing Transactions”, generated particular practical interest among the audience. The nature and number of questions revealed a clear shortage of, and literally a strong demand for, information in this area. Most seminar participants took part in the discussion.
It is worth noting that all the presentations generated equally strong interest among the audience. Given the dynamics of law enforcement practice in this field, we may return to this topic at one of the forthcoming seminars organised by LES Russia.
On 16 June 2006, the seminar “Issues and Practice of Performance of Intellectual Property Licence Agreements”, organised by LES Russia, was held in Moscow. The seminar was attended by 36 participants from Russia and other countries of the former USSR.
Opening the seminar, President of LES Russia, Doctor of Economics, Professor, Head of the Department of Foreign Economic Activity at the Academy of National Economy under the Government of the Russian Federation, N.N. Karpova, noted the steadily increasing role of intellectual property in the rapidly developing global market economy, using several of the world’s leading companies as examples. She also emphasised the great importance that major global companies attach to intellectual property protection, intangible asset management and the legal aspects of technology transfer.
The first presentation, “Issues of State Registration of Licence Agreements”, was delivered by V.V. Khoroshkeev, Russian Patent Attorney and Director of the Recherche Patent Bureau. The presentation addressed problems associated with the registration of licence agreements with Rospatent, caused both by the quality of drafting of licence agreements and by Rospatent’s not always legally justified approach to their registration. The audience responded actively to the issues surrounding the registration of licence agreements.
As always, presentations by representatives of the judiciary were eagerly anticipated. E.V. Moiseeva, Judge of the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation, gave a presentation entitled “Judicial and Arbitration Practice in Resolving Disputes Related to Licence Agreements”. A trend towards a sharp increase in the number of intellectual property disputes before arbitration courts was noted. The presentation included numerous examples of court cases involving trademarks, utility models, copyright, challenges to licence agreements, etc.
M.M. Karelina, Head of the Laboratory for Theory and Practical Issues of Judicial Protection of Intellectual Property at the Russian Academy of Justice, in her presentation “Resolution of Disputes Arising from the Performance of Licence Agreements. Overview of Russian Judicial Practice in Licensing”, also provided a number of highly interesting examples of court disputes involving various intellectual property objects.
During the discussion with E.V. Moiseeva and M.M. Karelina, useful recommendations were given on drafting intellectual property licence agreements, and the basic approaches taken by Russian courts to intellectual property disputes were examined in detail.
In the presentation “Intel’s Practice in Licensing Software Products”, S.V. Govyadinov, Head of the company’s Legal Department, considered issues related to the adaptation of a company whose principal asset is intellectual property to the Russian market and legislation. The large number of questions asked demonstrated the audience’s interest in the presentation. It was extremely useful to learn that differences between U.S. and Russian national legislation in the field of intellectual property do not constitute a serious obstacle to the successful development of a company in the Russian market.
The title of the presentation by S.A. Zhukov, PhD in Engineering, General Director of CJSC Centre for Technology Transfer and test cosmonaut, “Licensing Issues in the Aerospace Industry”, speaks for itself. However, we were surprised to learn how professionally these issues are addressed and how much importance is attached to intellectual property in this highly specialised field that had previously been completely closed to licensing. The discussion of the presentation was undoubtedly interesting and useful for all participants.
The presentation by L.P. Fatkina, PhD in Economics, Professor at the Russian State Institute of Intellectual Property, “Specific Features of Accounting and Taxation of Licensing Transactions”, generated particular practical interest among the audience. The nature and number of questions revealed a clear shortage of, and literally a strong demand for, information in this area. Most seminar participants took part in the discussion.
It is worth noting that all the presentations generated equally strong interest among the audience. Given the dynamics of law enforcement practice in this field, we may return to this topic at one of the forthcoming seminars organised by LES Russia.
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