Not only Russian copyright, broadcast and digital law
Screen Displays
As a general rule, a computer program and the screen displays generated by that program are considered the same work, because the program code contains fixed expression that produces the screen displays. If the copyright in the source code and the screen displays are owned by the same claimant, the program and any related screen displays may be registered with the same application.
Comments closed
One Russian publishing house has registered a trademark depicting a Russian letter “Ф” in the form of globe. The sign means that the schoolbook complies with federal state educational standards. This publishing house has filed against another Russian publishing house for trademark infringement. The plaintiff asserted defendant marketed approximately 600 types of production (about 5 mln copies) with plaintiff’s image, depicting on cover, substantially similar to plaintiff’s trademark.
Comments closedNo so long time ago the Russian Federal Antitrust Service (FAS) has proposed to restrict the monopoly of IP rights in order to protect competition in digital Russian market. The so called “fifth antitrust packet” provides opportunity to deprive the developers of their rights in trademarks, software and inventions. FAS believes it is justified in the terms of sanctions imposed on Russia; as long as the sanctions are in force, the IP rights can be diminished.
Comments closedProducers and distributors of content have called Yandex CEO Arkady Volozh to de-index URLs of web-sites with illegal content, in other words they asked him not to search such web-sites in internet. They have sent him a collective letter signed by representatives from music industry, internet industry, from association of movie and TV producers and media-communication union.
Comments closedDeputy of Russian minister of communication (MinCom) Alexey Volin stated, that MinCom is intended to cooperate with USA in the field of cyber security and copyright protection, but such cooperation will based on quid pro quo principle.
Comments closedRussian company “Telesport” has filed a suit against Russian radio station for infringement of broadcasting rights. According to suit “Telesport” has concluded with International Olympic Committee agreement allowing broadcasting the sport events in Pyeongchang 2018 on exclusive basis. “Telesport” seeks 33 mln Roubles for damages.
Comments closedSoftware developer from Saint-Petersburg has filed a suit against Amazon and Veeam Software. The claimant seeks almost 44 mln Roubles for damages. Formerly claimant worked in Veeam’s Russian entity – “Intervim”. According to claim the claimant developed software “eLearning Metadata Manager” targeted to developers of content for online courses. In 2016 he quit and proposed his employer to conclude non-exclusive license agreement in order to allow employer to use developed software.
Comments closed
The fictional character of “Zorro” first debuted in 1919 in “The Curse of Capistrano” (“COC”), a serialized story by Johnston McCulley which was published in All-Story Weekly. In 1920, COC was adapted into a silent movie titled “The Mark of Zorro” by Douglas Fairbanks. In 1922, McCulley published a sequel to COC entitled “The Further Adventures of Zorro,” which also appeared as a serialized story in All-Story Weekly. COC has also since been re-published as a novel entitled “The Mark of Zorro.” All of these works are in the public domain.
Comments closedThe briefing note by committee of legal affairs demonstrates that the new, related right for press publishers provided in Article 11 of the ‘Proposed DSM Directive’ is required to address pressing market failures in the area of the online press. The note also outlines why the proposed Article 11 is proportionate and the criticism raised against it by various stakeholders is not compelling.
Comments closedEU legislative intervention (i) requiring MS to put in place legal mechanisms to facilitate collective licensing agreements for OoC books and learned journals and to foster national stakeholder frameworks for these and other works, and (ii) giving cross-border effect to such legal mechanisms.
Comments closed