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Jan. 11, 2008
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New Civil Code Disabled Russia’s Patent Authority
The procedures for intellectual property protection couldn’t be applied starting from the New Year, Gazeta edition reported. Russia’s Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks (Rospatent) is unable to make any decisions, as the Section 4 of Civil Code that took effect January 1, 2008 abrogated all regulations governing its activities.
But the new administrative regulations that are to assume the respective functions haven’t come in force so far. Nowadays, anyone may use the invention of any person or company due to the lack of the patent.

“Previously, Rospatent had certain number of rules. Now, there is a draft of administrative regulations instead of them. As they haven't been approved and taken effect, the experts may refer to neither the old nor the new rules,” said lawyer Vadim Uskov.

According to patent agents, the disputable provisions are numerous in new regulations, which actually slows down their adoption. But the problem calls for urgent solution, so the regulations will be passed in the nearest future irrespective of wording, the analysts predict.

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