Russian Trademark Law in Global Perspective

2019/2020

Учебный год

ENG

Обучение ведется на английском языке

3

Кредиты

Кто читает:

Департамент теории права и сравнительного правоведения

Статус:

Курс по выбору

Когда читается:

3-й курс, 3 модуль

Course Syllabus

Abstract

This course is on legal regulation of trademark protection in Russia. It explains the process of acquiring trademark in Russia, alternatives to trademark protection (such as firm names, trade names, names of origins), requirements for trademark validity, conditions under which trademarks are protected in Russia, scope of excusive trademark rights protection, peculiarities of assignment and licensing practice in Russia. The course also focuses on issues of trademark infringement, criteria applied by the Russian courts and relevant practice of the Russian Intellectual Property Court. It describes different remedies available to the trademark holders, including calculation of statutory damages under the Russian law for trademark infringement. Russian trademark legislation and case law do not have long historical roots. This is the reason why this area of the Russian law may be characterized as very dynamic. Examples will be given to illustrate successful legal solutions (for example, trademark protection in domain names, exhaustion of trademark rights) and ongoing search for proper and balanced regulation (for example, regulation of parallel imports, antitrust regulation in trademark law, application of fair use doctrine o trademarks) This course is on legal regulation of trademark protection in Russia. It explains the process of acquiring trademark in Russia, alternatives to trademark protection (such as firm names, trade names, names of origins), requirements for trademark validity, conditions under which trademarks are protected in Russia, scope of excusive trademark rights protection, peculiarities of assignment and licensing practice in Russia. The course also focuses on issues of trademark infringement, criteria applied by the Russian courts and relevant practice of the Russian Intellectual Property Court. It describes different remedies available to the trademark holders, including calculation of statutory damages under the Russian law for trademark infringement. Russian trademark legislation and case law do not have long historical roots. This is the reason why this area of the Russian law may be characterized as very dynamic. Examples will be given to illustrate successful legal solutions (for example, trademark protection in domain names, exhaustion of trademark rights) and ongoing search for proper and balanced regulation (for example, regulation of parallel imports, antitrust regulation in trademark law, application of fair use doctrine o trademarks)

Learning Objectives

• Learn about legal framework of trademark registration, protection and enforcement in Russia. You can also compare Russian approach with international standards enshrined in relevant treaties and discover problematic arears of trademark protection in the Russia.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• You can compare Russian approach with international standards enshrined in relevant treaties and discover problematic arears of trademark protection in the Russia.

Course Contents

• Introduction to the Russian Law of Trademarks
  - Legal frameworks of Trademark protection - Protection of Trade Names - Protection of Firm Names - Protection of Places of Origins - Protection of Trademarks: requirement of registration - Process of Registration - International registration of trademarks
• Acquiring Trademark rights-1
  - Requirements for registration - Distinctiveness requirement - Generic words and other bans to registrability - Terms that may become distinctive over time
• Acquiring Trademark rights-2
  - Violation of public interests as ground to refuse registration - Immoral Scandalous, Disparaging Marks - Official names - Cultural heritage - Olympic and other sport symbols…
• Acquiring Trademark rights-3
  - Violation of private interests as ground to refuse registration - Previously used trademarks and terms - Rights of 3rd parties: copyright, personal names, images, etc - Requirement of use under the Russian law
• Commercial transactions with trademarks
  - Rights conferred by the trademarks - Types of contracts, commercial transactions with trademarks - Process of Assignment of trademarks - Requirements for Trademark Licencing
• Trademark infringement
  - Collision of trademarks and other terms - Likelihood of confusion as a general test - Competing and non-competing goods - Remedies for trademark infringement
• Current issues of trademark protection-1
  - Trademarks and domain names - Good faith principle and trademark protection - Exhaustion of trademark rights
• Current issues of trademark protection-2
  - Regulation of Parallel imports - Conflicts involving Soviet Brands - Antitrust and Trademark law - Fair use of trademarks (comparative advertising, non-commercial use)

Assessment Elements

• test
• interview with the lecturer

Interim Assessment

• Interim assessment (3 module)
  0.3 * interview with the lecturer + 0.7 * test

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Permyakova N. A. (2012). Improvement of Legislation on Administrative Responsibility for the Illegal Use of Trademarks and Application Practice. Vestnik Omskoj Ûridičeskoj Akademii, (19), 20. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsdoj&AN=edsdoj.99a30a889ea24dd88c90a056e44e8989

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Motsnyi, I. (2004). A Note on the Protection of Intellectual Property on the Internet: A Russian Perspective. Review of Central & East European Law, 29(2), 257–269. https://doi.org/10.1163/157303504774062448
• Petrova, T. (2007). Trademark Protection in Russia. IP Litigator, 13(6), 21–25. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=asn&AN=33723232