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Jul 11, 2019 (Newsletter Issue 9/19)
Russian Federation
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Civil Code Amended


The Federal Law No. 549-FL as of December 27, 2018 "On Amendments to the Part Four of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation" (on state registration of industrial designs) entered into force on June 26, 2019.
According to the Law, the main changes in the Civil Code are implementation of a publication of data on design application at the applicant's request and establishment of the temporary legal protection of an industrial design application. Thus, the temporary legal protection will be effective from the publication of data on industrial design application in the official bulletin of Rospatent till the date of publication of data on issuance of a patent. Meanwhile, it should be noted that the applicants will be able to claim compensation for the violation only after state registration of industrial design.

Previously, the legal protection of the industrial design was provided only after its official registration. Due to the fact that the registration process lasts 20.5 months, this method of protecting intellectual property rights was ineffective in the rapidly developing economy of the country.

Source: Mikhailyuk, Sorokolat and Partners, Ukraine