New Russian IP Court Marks a Step Toward Strengthening Protection of Trade...
Russia’s new Intellectual Property Court is now open for business, with 16 judges hearing trade secret, patent, trademark and other IP disputes. The IP Court was officially established in 2011, and it...
View ArticleProtecting Trade Secrets in Russia
The primary laws governing Russian trade secrets are the Federal Law on Information, Information Technologies and Information Protection and the Trade Secret Law. The Civil Code, the Labor Code, the...
View ArticleProtecting Trade Secrets in Russia: Lenient Criminal Sanctions Undercut...
As the world prepares to descend on Sochi for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games, Trade Secrets Watch decided to take a look at how effective trade secret protections are in Russia. Although Russia has...
View ArticleRUSSIAN WEAPONS: New Amendments to Russia’s Trade Secret Law Target Thieving...
New amendments to Russian law take aim at the theft of trade secrets by employees, with especially tough penalties for thieving CEOs. The amendments to Russia’s Trade Secret Law became effective...
View ArticleRussian Perspective: Can Sending Confidential Information to Your Personal...
Imagine that you are the General Director of a company (the Russian equivalent of an American CEO), and your information security department finds out that an employee, who you have long suspected of...
View ArticleJune 29, 2015 Amendments to Article 183 of the Russian Criminal Code:...
While Russia has long protected trade secrets through the Federal Law on Information, Information Technologies and Information Protection and the Trade Secret Law, amendments to the Russian Criminal...
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