Papula-Nevinpat in WIPR: Russia jurisdiction report: Landing a licence

6.4.2021

IP owners are free to exploit their rights in different forms, including by entering into licence agreements. Licence agreements are regulated by the Russian Civil Code. Under a licence agreement, one party—the owner—grants or undertakes to grant the other party with the right to use the trademark/patent within the limits stipulated by the contract.

Read an article about licence agreements in Russia written by our trademark attorney Annikki Hämäläinen and patent attorney Erik Viik in the latest issue of the World Intellectual Property Review (March 2021) here.

Patents, Russia-Eurasia, Trademarks

Keywords: ipr, IPRussia, licence agreement, patent, rospatent

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