Valentina Orlova, from Rospatent, and Konstantin Zemchenkov, Director of the Russian Anti-Piracy Organization (RAPO) presented results from a governmental commission to counteract intellectual property violations.

Left side of table from left to right: Tatiana Stepanova, Chief of Department, State Trade Inspection, Ministry of Economic Development; Olga Barannikova, GR Expert for CIPR; Valentina Orlova, Head of Legal Department, Rospatent; Alexander Shelemekh, Senior Vice President of CIPR; Peter Necarsulmer, President of CIPR; Pyotr Shelisch, Chairman of Consumer Union of Russia; Magdalena Sekula, Head of Moscow Representative Office, Gowlings; Valery Guerman, President of the Association of Russian Patent Attorneys; Sergei Kotov, Head of the Department of Protection Against Unfair Competition, RF Ministry of Anti-Trust Policy and Business Support; Sergey Reshetnikov, External Affairs Manager for the Association of International Pharmaceutical Manufacturers (AIPM) and Dmitry Bogopolsky from the RF Ministry of Property.

The meeting closed after an animated discussion of the issues presented and upcoming.

Right side of the table from right to left: Vladimir Shipkov, Head of the Pharmaceutical Inspection, RF Ministry of Health; Eugene Arievich, Partner, Baker & McKenzie; Viktor Dmitriev, Executive Director, Association of Russian Pharmaceutical Manufacturers; Gennady Shirshov, Executive Director, Union of Professional Pharmaceutical Organizations; Oleg Ashoorkov, Deputy Chief of Department of Tariff and Non-Tariff Regulations, State Customs Committee; Sergei Hovyadinov, Attorney, Intel; Igor Morozov, Advisor, Expert Department of the President of the Russian Federation; Alexander Soukonkin, Member of the Committee for Intellectual Property, RF Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Alexei Kozlov, Deputy Chairman of the Committee for Intellectual Property, RF Chamber of Commerce in Russia.

From right to left: Konstantin Zemchenkov, Director, Russian Anti-Piracy Organization (RAPO); Lev Simkin, Lawyer, Latham & Watkins; Tatiana Stepanova, Chief of Department, State Trade Inspection, Ministry of Economic Development; Olga Barannikova, GR Expert for CIPR; Valentina Orlova, Head of Legal Department, Rospatent; Alexander Shelemekh, Senior Vice President of CIPR; Peter Necarsulmer, President of CIPR; Pyotr Shelisch, Chairman of Consumer Union of Russia; Magdalena Sekula, Head of Moscow Representative Office, Gowlings; Valery Guerman, President of the Association of Russian Patent Attornerys; Sergey Kotov, Head of the Department on Protection Against Unfair Competition, RF Ministry of Anti-Trust Policy and Business Support; Sergey Reshetnikov, External Affairs Manager for the Association of International Pharmaceutical Manufacturers (AIPM) and Dmitry Bogopolsky, from the RF Ministry of Property.