The Eighth BRICS Legal Forum and intellectual property
On December 8-9, 2023, the Eighth BRICS Legal Forum was held in South Africa with the participation of delegations from all five BRICS member countries led by the heads of the legal communities of these countries (from Brazil - Bruno Barata, from India – Prashant Kumar, from China – Zhang Mingqi, from South Africa – Eunice Masipa. The Russian delegation (10 people) was headed at the Forum by the Chairman of the Association of Lawyers of Russia, Doctor of Law Sergey Stepashin.
RNIIIS at the UN
On July 10, 2023, at the headquarters of WIPO (Geneva, Switzerland), as part of the 64th series of meetings of the WIPO Assembly (July 6-14, 2023), a consultative meeting of the Director General of WIPO, Mr. Daren Tang, with the heads and experts of more than 50 non-governmental organizations from around the world on intellectual property issues for sustainable development was held UN. Vladimir Lopatin, Scientific Director of the RNIIIS (the only specialized non-profit non-governmental organization on intellectual property issues in the post-Soviet space), took part in the meeting on behalf of Russia and other countries of the EAEU and the CIS, who is a UN expert (since 2019).
The AYUR Commission on Intellectual Property at the site EAPO
On July 04, 2023, a regular meeting of the Commission of the Association of Lawyers of Russia on Intellectual Property (in person, including online participation format) was held at the site of the Eurasian Patent Organization of the organization, chaired by the Chairman of the Commission, the Scientific Director of the RNIIIS V.N. Lopatin, with the participation of the President of the Eurasian Patent Office, member of the Commission G.P. Ivliev; invited head Federal Service for Intellectual Property Yu.S. Zubov; Director of FSBI FIPS O.P. Neretin; Director of FSBI FAPRID S.Y. Fabrichny.
XI SPIEF
On May 11-13, 2023, the XI St. Petersburg International Legal Forum was held in St. Petersburg (organizers: the Ministry of Justice of Russia and the Roscongress Foundation in accordance with the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 55 of 02/15/2022), at the venues of which 130 events were held in Expoforum with the participation of more than 3 thousand lawyers from 46 countries of the World, including the International Youth Legal Forum, the international conference of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, the conference "Russian Legislation: forecasts, projects, programs (for the 100th anniversary of the Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian Federation), an open meeting of justice ministers of 20 countries and a plenary session "Sovereignty in Law".
AYUR Commission on Intellectual Property
On January 30, 2023, at a joint meeting of the Presidium and the Board of the Association of Lawyers of Russia, chaired by the Chairman of the AYUR S.V.Stepashin, a decision was unanimously made to establish the Commission of the Association of Lawyers of Russia on Intellectual Property.
Vladimir Nikolaevich Lopatin, Scientific Supervisor (Director) of the Russian Research Institute, Doctor of Law, Professor, Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation, was appointed Chairman of the Commission. In his speech, V.N. Lopatin briefly presented the main tasks of the Commission within the framework of improving legislation and centralizing the functions of state regulation in the field of intellectual property, developing legal culture and legal support for the development of the Eurasian intellectual property market as a key condition for technological sovereignty and national competitiveness in the transition to a multipolar World.
On the outcomes of the XIII International Forum
On April 22, 2022 the XIII International Forum "Innovative Development through Intellectual Property Market" was held, where on four regional platforms (based at the Kutafin Moscow State Law University in Moscow, at Ural State University of Economics in Yekaterinburg, at the Kazan (Privolzhsky) Federal University in Kazan and at the Southern Federal University in Rostov-on-Don) more than 320 participants (including 8 academicians, 32 doctors of science (PhD) and 45 candidates of science in various scientific fields) from 12 countries (including all EAEU and CIS countries) were registered, representing 8 international and intergovernmental bodies and organizations, 6 state academies of science, 30 academic institutions and leading universities, 16 federal authorities and more than 80 enterprises and organizations from 35 regions of Russia. Live video broadcasting of the forum on the website of the Kutafin Moscow State Law University allowed practically unlimited number of interested participants, both in Russia and abroad, to take part in its work.
Anniversary of RSRIIP and EAEU
On 2 April 2021 in the conference hall of the IOPS (Moscow), the anniversary extended joint meeting of the Supervisory Board and the Scientific Council of the RSRIIP was held with the participation of the delegation of the Eurasian Economic Commission of the EAEU.
In his greeting, the co-founder of the RSRIIP and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the RSRIIP, Doctor of Law, Professor Sergei Stepashin noted that “the conclusions and recommendations of the RSRIIP scientists are reflected in interstate and national government decisions, and also receive support at the international level, including in the UN”.
The participants of the anniversary meeting were greeted by the Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Military-Industrial Commission of the Russian Federation Oleg Bo
WIPO and RSRIIP: plans for future
On November 26, 2019, at the Headquarters of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva held a Director General`s Mr. Fr. Gurry Meeting with the heads of 44 national, regional and international Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) of intellectual Property issues representing all regions of the World.
The Results of WIPO's work in 2019 and plans for its activities, including Dialogue with NGO`s for the next 2020 were discussed during the meeting. At the Invitation of the Director General of WIPO, the event was attended by Vladimir Lopatin - Scientific Director of the RSRIIP - the only scientific non-governmental organization in the CIS and the EAEU on intellectual Property issues. In the Framework of the bilateral Conversation, V. N. Lopatin invited the Director General of WIPO Mr. Fr. Gurry to XII International Forum «Innovative Development through the Intellectual Property Market», which will be held on April 20, 2020, in Moscow, and which will represent the Interests of more than 30 Countries of the Eurasian and Arab World.