International Intellectual Property

• Published in: The International lawyer 2012-03, Vol.46 (1), p.215-230
• Main Authors: Simburg, Melvyn J., Astle, Matthew J., Bornhauser, Jonas, Brushaber, Susan, Fahlberg, Robin S., Feierabend, Stephen W., Freihart, Jessica, Jones, Paul, Kestens, Carl, Stringfellow, Jennifer Love, Marugg, Daniel, Mcdonald, Bruce A., Municoy, Mariano, Taylor, David, Voss, W. Gregory, Wynne, Michelle
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Accreditation; Computer software; Copyright laws; Copyrights; Corporate; Councils; European Union; Evidence; Federal court decisions; Fines & penalties; Infringement; Intellectual property; Intellectual property law; Internet; Inventors; Jurisdiction; Licenses; Search engines; Surveys; Trade legislation; Trademarks; Trials
• ISSN: 0020-7810; 2169-6578

"96 D. RUSSIA Russia completed the legislative commitments that it made in a 2006 bilateral agreement with the United States on protection and enforcement of IPRs by enacting: amendments to Part IV of the Civil Code (governing intellectual property generally); (2) the Federal Law on Customs Regulation granting ex ofßäo authority to customs officials; (3) amendments to the Law on Activity Licensing, which ensures that infringers cannot renew optical media production licenses; and (4) amendments to the Law on Circulation of Medicines to protect undisclosed test or other undisclosed data generated to obtain marketing approval.97 In addition to these legislative reforms, Russia saw a decrease in copyright piracy in 2011.98 The software industry reported a reduction in the number of pirated optical discs available in twenty-six markets, including large ones such as the Gorbushka market and the Rubin Trade Center in Moscow.99 Among other developments with respect to copyright enforcement, authorities closed "down the operations of all optical disc plants engaging in production of pirated media located on" the sites of Russian state-owned restricted access regime enterprises (RARE).100 Nevertheless, Russia remains on the annual Priority Watch List of the U.S. Trade Representative, due in large part to continuing concerns about piracy in the motion picture, television, and entertainment software industries.101 Enforcement varies greatly among regions; "numerous pay-per-download websites as well as cyberlockers, BitTorrent sites, and unauthorized music services, including services affiliated with social networking sites such as vKontakte, [continue to] reside in Russia,"102 and warehouses storing pirated CDs and DVDs remain on some government-controlled military-industrial sites.