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Property seizure
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intelectual property
The laws on intellectual property protection in Russia are comprised in the Civil Code of the
Russian Federation that was enabled in 2008, after a series of modifications throughout the years. It
includes the Copyright Law that was separated until that moment. Russia has laws governing:
- copyright protection,
Copyright protection in Russia is given for a period of 70 years to nationals that have created
literature, works of art or scientific work. In Russia, both public and unreleased work is
granted copyright protection and it includes oral creations, interviews and speeches among the
usual creative art.
Laws, folklore, administrative texts and any official document are not subject to copyright in Russia.
The Copyright Law in Russia has been renewed according to the Berne Convention.
Russian copyright law offers moral and economic rights to its owner. The moral rights or the
paternity rights provide the owner the following:
- recognition as author,
- the right to choose whether the work will be or wont be disclosed to the public,
The economic or patrimonial rights provide the author with the right of allowing third parties to
reproduce his work and the right to distribute, make public or broadcast the creation. There is no
general right that allows an author to receive money for his or her creation unless the work is
audiovisual. There is only a resale right of 5% of the resale price that includes works like paintings and
sculptures.
If you need more information about the Copyright Law in Russia, you may contact a Russian
lawyer.
Russia is a signatory member of the Madrid Agreement on International Registration of Trade Marks
and it offers legal protection on trademarks and service marks for companies using them as long
as they have been registered with Rospatent which is the registration office for intellectual
property in Russia.
A foreign citizen who wants to protect his trademark in Russia may contact a law firm in Russia that
will handle the entire procedure.
Protection of computer programs and databases and topologies of integrated circuits are also
protected by law in Russia, even if they are part of a special intellectual protection category: the
protection of company's intellectual assets.
Companies are protected in Russia mainly by incorporation and through the Trademark Law. But a
company also benefits from software, database, industrial design and utility model protection.
A Russian company may choose to protect its know-how technology, its pattern of integrated
circuits, if considered necessary, its domain name and its website content as well.
If you want to open a company, you can contact our lawyers in Russia for detailed information
about intellectual property laws.
http://www.lawyersrussia.com/intellectual-property-in-russia
Antitrust regulations
http://www.rulg.com/documents/antitrust/country/Russia/index.html#top
sytem legal
Peter Gerendasi 2009, Doing business and investing in Russian Federation [online],
Pricewaterhouse Coopers, Russia, p.7, Available
According to Legal system of Russia, the judiciary is divided into three branches; the regular
court system which has the Supreme Court on top, the arbitration court system which has High
Court of Arbitration on top, and the Constitutional Court as a single body without any courts
under it.
In case of disputes between any business entities, the case is usually taken to arbitration court
for trial.
According to the Russian laws, a Russian court cannot nullify a statute holding it
unconstitutional. Vladimir Davydov further states that upon motion of an interested
governmental organization, it can hold a statute or an executive enactment unconstitutional,
or give its interpretation of the Constitution. When an issue of constitutionality of an act is
raised during proceedings before a court, there is a rule that such a case is automatically
referred to the Constitutional court.
Further, the Supreme Court of Russia has the right of legislative initiative and can submit its
conclusions conceding the interpretation of laws. Its views are considered highly authoritative
and always taken into account by lawmakers. The Supreme Court issues guiding instructions
for lower courts on specific matters of law which are a binding upon all the courts, state
agencies and officials who use such laws and hence it is treated as a source of law in Russia.
Vladimir Davydov Legal system of Russia [online], Available from:
http://www.uoregon.edu/~jbonine/review.html [Accessed: 25.3.2010].
register as a taxpayer;
register with the Medical Insurance Fund, Social Insurance Fund and Pension Fund;
and
All records of a company must be made, expressed and maintained in Russian, according to
Russian bookkeeping standards. No matter Russian or foreign each company which runs
business in the Russian Federation, has an obligation to register with tax authorities.
Taxpayers must file tax returns monthly regularly and submit balance sheet quarterly to tax
authority.
The founders when establishing a company enter into an agreement and take an obligation.
The charter and the foundation agreement are the documents that are required to be filed
with the registration authorities. The content and structure of these documents are
determined by the Russian law.
Rights to real estate have to be registered with the State Register. In addition to registration
with the State Register, the main technical and legal information on land plots (their
measurements, boundaries, buildings standing thereon, etc.) must be recorded in the state
land cadastre. Although the Land Code provides that if a building and the underlying land are
owned by the same person, it is impossible to sell them separately, the land and the facilities
located on it are treated as separate legal interests and may be owned by different persons. In
general, Russian law neither imposes major restrictions on foreigners nor makes distinctions
between foreigners, Russian legal entities with foreign interest and Russian legal
entities/citizens in relation to ownership of land. Apart from land legislation requirements, a
prospective developer has to comply with planning regulations that are rather complex and
may differ depending on where the project is implemented.
Peter Gerendasi 2009, Doing business and investing in Russian Federation [online],
Pricewaterhouse Coopers, Russia, p.16, Available
Labour/Employment Law
The Russian Labor Code outlines the right of employees. If a conflict arises, an employee can
demand his right against the protective provisions of the Labor Code in court.The normal
working hours in Russia are 8 hours/day and 40 hours/ week.
Foreigners entering the Russian Federation must have an identification document recognized
by the Russian Federation. The enterprise which invites a foreign national must have obtained
a permission to hire foreign employees and thereafter the employer must apply for the
individual work permits with respect to each of the employees he is inviting.
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