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| OUR MISSION
CIPR is a private-public partnership dedicated solely to advancing intellectual property rights protection, enforcement and reform in the CIS countries and the Baltic states. Through research, education, legislative initiatives, coalition building and legal, judicial and regulatory reforms, CIPR assists governments and businesses in the region to establish transparent and non-discriminatory IPR regimes and to adhere to international IPR standards.
CIPR is an official observer at the World Intellectual Property Organization and the CIS Interstate Council on the Protection of Industrial Property. More
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| CIPR IN ACTION |
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NEW CIPR CHAIR NAMED
January 2008
Lucy Nichols, Director of Global IPR and Brand Protection, Nokia Corporation, was appointed Chair of CIPR’s Executive Policy Committee (EPC), which is comprised of representatives of corporate members and establishes policy priorities, oversees program and administrative activities. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of the International Trademark Association (INTA) and chairperson of INTA’s Anti-Counterfeiting Committee, and active in several other IP associations. She succeeds Anne Gundelfinger, Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Intel Corporation, who served as Chair from 2005 to 2007.
Letter from the Chair
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BREAKTHROUGH NEW IPR SURVEY
The Coalition for Intellectual Property Rights (CIPR) releases the major findings of a new survey of Russian and international rights holders on IPR protection and enforcement in Russia. More
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CIPR Briefs Embassies on Civil Code Initiative
On April 28, 2006, CIPR held a briefing in Moscow for Embassy representatives. The briefing covered the history and background on the Part Four to the RF Civil Code, as well as the content, impact and latest political developments of the initiative.
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CIPR has been actively lobbying and working with rightsholders to protest the Russian Government's new proposed IPR legislation, Part Four of the Civil Code, which has been prepared for submission into the RF State Duma.
This draft would annul all special intellectual property rights laws,
including the Law on Copyrights and Neighboring Rights, the Law on
Trademarks, Service Marks and Appellations of Origins of Goods. The law
was prepared by a group of lawyers, without preliminary consultations
or agreement from those who the law is supposed to protect — rightsholders. More
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On 3 March 2006, CIPR conducted a seminar on IP for Japanese companies in Russia at the request of JETRO. The seminar covered such topics as counterfeiting, bad-faith trademark registrations, corruption and key government officials. More
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| CIPR NEWS IN REVIEW |
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Major stories from 04 May-07 July 2008
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Medvedev Forecasts Further Growth of Global Copyright Infringement. |
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State Duma to Read Draft Law on Technology Transfer on Wednesday. |
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Europe is Piled Up. |
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A "Pirate" Movie. |
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Pirated Goods Confiscated at Mitino Market. |
Read 04 May-07 July issue
Archive of news summaries
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Major stories from 02 April - 04 May 2008
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Stepashin Calls for Changes in Accountability and Assessment of Intellectual Property in Russia. |
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Journalist's Union Gets Discount from Microsoft for Russian Media. |
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Coffee Faker Shut Down in Moscow Region. |
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Microsoft Wants to Legalize Software in Belarusian Schools, Universities. |
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Rights without an agreement. |
Read 02 April - 04 May issue
Archive of news summaries
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Major stories from 08 February,2008- 02 April 2008
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No Shelter for Pirates. |
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Nation-wide Software Provision. |
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Price as Weapon Against Illegal DVDs. |
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State Duma to Discuss Legislation on Software Licensing. |
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Our Pirates Threaten America. |
Read 08 February,- 02 April issue
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Major stories from 15 January-08 February 2008
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To Keep an Eye on Software. |
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Licensed software will be installed on school PCs by the end of Q2 in Russia. |
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The value of counterfeited products seized in Russia in 2007 has hit 569 mln. rubles. |
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Software Gains Recognition. |
Read 15 January-08 February issue
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Major stories from 06 December 2007 -15 January 2008
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The Last Farewell of Digital Pirating: Starting January 1, 2008 legislation against pirating comes into force. |
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"A War against Counterfeiters". |
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Films in Foreign Languages Banned in Ukraine. |
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Cinema Fans Will Be Banned from the Internet. |
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Legal Copying. |
Read 06 December -15 January issue
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| IP EXPERT'S OPINION |
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“Dancing to a different beat: trademark licensing in new Part IV of the Russian Civil Code”. Natalia Gulyaeva and Pavel Arievich of Lovells and CIPR Co-Counsel Janet Hoffman of Fross, Zelnick, Lehrman and Zissu analyze the constraints on trademark licensing, including mandatory license recordal, present in Russia’s Part IV of the Civil Code in articles for Trademark World and the Russian IP Journal Patents and Licenses. June 2007. Read
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“Preexisting Domain Names as a Hindrance to Trademark Registration under Part IV of the Russian Civil Code”. The treatment of domain names in Part IV of the Civil Codes encourages infringement against legal trademark holders and loopholes for cyber squatters, say CIPR Co-Counsel and Baker & McKenzie partner Eugene Arievich and his colleagues Denis Khabarov and Andrei Minkov in this article published in the Russian IP journal Patents and Licenses. March 2007. Read
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