Key Issues in the Intellectual Property Court’s Presidium Rulings

Maria A. Kolzdorf; Natalia I. Kapyrina; Yana A. Aristova

doi:10.17323/2713-2749.2025.4.118.150

Maria A. Kolzdorf Private Law Research Centre under the President of the Russian Federation https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3227-3348
Natalia I. Kapyrina MGIMO University https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1276-1600
Yana A. Aristova Moscow Metropolitan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17323/2713-2749.2025.4.118.150

Keywords: trademarks, cancellation for lack of use, unfair competition, patent, grace period, pharmaceuticals, industrial application, inventive step

Abstract

The comment reviews key positions in the rulings of the Presidium of the Russian Intellectual Property Court (IPC) issued in the period from November, 2024 to June, 2025. The Chamber hears cassation appeals against the decisions of the IPC first instance and deals primarily, but not only, with matters of registration and validity of industrial property rights. Therefore, the regular review covers predominantly substantive requirements for patent and trademark protection, as well as procedural issues both in the administrative adjudicating mechanism at the Patent Office (Rospatent) and at the IPC itself. The current review encompasses a variety of questions related to trademark law, patent law and various procedural matters.

Author Biographies

Maria A. Kolzdorf, Private Law Research Centre under the President of the Russian Federation

LLM, Consultant, Private Law Research Centre under the President of the Russian Federation, 8 Ilyinka Str., Moscow 103132, Russia, mkolzdorf@hse.ru

Natalia I. Kapyrina, MGIMO University

Candidate of Sciences (Law), Associate Professor, MGIMO University, 76 Vernadsky Avenue, Moscow 119454, Russia, nkapyrina@my.mgimo.ru

Yana A. Aristova, Moscow Metropolitan

Master of Sciences (Law), Consultant, Legal Department, Moscow Metropolitan, 41/2 Mira Avenue, Moscow 129110, Russia