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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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Parallel Imports Roundtable
Moscow, Russia
November 2009
CIPR and INTA co-sponsored an interactive roundtable discussion, Exhaustion of IP Rights Issues, Parallel Imports and Product Counterfeiting: perspectives of rights holders, regulators and legal practitioners, to examine this controversial issue and its possible implications for IP protections against fake and sub-standard goods and how rights holders conduct business. The event was hosted by Lovells CIS. More
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CIPR and Lovells CIS Sponsored Web Seminar: "Use It or Lose It -2": New Challenges in Cancellation Proceedings for Non-Use in Russia
July 2009
Lovells CIS Partner and Head of IP Practice, Natalia Gulyaeva, and Lovells CIS Associate, Maria Kalashyan, discussed changes to Russia’s law on use requirements for a registered trademark and provided practical suggestions for avoiding cancellation proceedings for non-use during an online seminar for rights holders. Review the presentation
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ROAD TO SUCCESS IN RUSSIA
Russia IP Focus
Managing Intellectual Property
April 2009
CIPR Chair Lucy Nichols discusses the challenges facing IP rights holders in Russia, Ukraine and in other countries of the region and CIPR’s mission and activities in this dynamic area of the world in an interview with the Editor of Managing Intellectual Property, James Nurton. Read the article
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ANTI-COUNTERFEITING ROUNDTABLE
September 2008
CIPR and INTA co-sponsored a roundtable “Practical Anti-counterfeiting Strategies: Working with Russian Customs and Law Enforcement Authorities” for rights holders in Moscow. In attendance were representatives of leading Russian and international companies and government officials from the RF Customs Committee and the Ministry of Internal Affairs. More
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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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