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Newsletter Russian Desk: Fighting counterfeiting effectively
How to work with the customs authorities, the police and the courts
The problem of counterfeit products in Russia in different economic sectors continues to remain relevant year after year. Russian President Vladimir Putin regularly returns to this topic in his speeches, calling the situation with counterfeit products a disaster.
In 2019 alone the customs authorities identified over 11 million counterfeit products and prevented damages of RUB 8 billion that might have been caused in connection with the introduction of the counterfeit products into civil commerce.
Today the state is ready to provide help in fighting counterfeiting. However, practice shows that the effectiveness of such actions is entirely contingent on the proactive response of the actual rights holder.
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Ilya Titov Diplom-Jurist, LL.M. Associate |
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