Like last year, with an expanded meeting of the Working Group on Intellectual Property Expert Council on customs regulation of the State Duma of the Russian Federation
April 14, 2011 started the active phase of preparation for the Third International Forum on Intellectual Property «Expopriority-2011".
Forum «Expopriority-2011" is a continuation of the unique project of Russia's leading exhibition company "Expocentre", and deservedly estimated state and business as an effective tool to protect the rights of intellectual property in the international exchange of goods, services and technologies. This topic has been covered in detail at the March 2011 International scientific and practical conference "Security and protection of intellectual property rights in the common customs territory of the Customs Union." According to the results of the conference it was decided the need for enhanced cooperation between government agencies and the business community in order to create a legal framework for the creation of equal competitive environment for the Common Economic Space, and Technology of Russia - Belarus - Kazakhstan.
The meeting of the Working Group on Intellectual Property Expert Council on customs regulation of the State Duma of the Russian Federation was attended by representatives of the Secretariat of the Commission of the Customs Union, the Federal Customs Service of Russia, the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia, Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, the Russian Academy of intellectual property rights holders of the companies' "Russian Space Systems", "United Confectioners", "Ford Motor", "Wimm-Bill-Dann", "Bayer BCS", and others. The meeting was conducted by the Working Group on Intellectual Property lawyer of Bar association Customs & Corporate Lawyers Oksana Kurochkina. The main topics of discussion were the proposals for the concept of an international treaty to resolve the situation with the trademarks of the former Soviet Union, as well as additions to Chapter 16 of the Code of Administrative Offences.
Customs & Corporate Lawyers Press Service