Legal safeguards

A registered trademark grants the trademark owner the rights to:

• Use the trademark in its sole discretion (for example, for marking manufactured goods).
• Assign the exclusive right or grant the right to use the trademark to third parties (license).
• Prohibit others from using the trademark or prohibit similar trademarks for the same goods and services.

From 16,000 to 20,000 ₽ for registration and examination, depending on the number of goods and services to be covered by the trademark, and 18,000 ₽ once the trademark is registered.

About 8 or 9 months, but you can always reduce the period to 1 month by paying the state duty to Rospatent for advancement.

Yes, you need to pay the state duty.

After registration, the trademark owner has the right to inform everyone that a given trademark is protected. According to the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, you can do this by using the trademark protection symbol: the Latin letter “R” or the Latin letter “R” surrounded by a circle – ®.

The exclusive right to a trademark gives the owner the right to use it independently or to dispose of it.
To implement the latter approach, you can:

• Grant the right to use your trademark under a license contract or franchise contract.
• Conclude an agreement of pledge with a bank.
• Conclude an agreement transferring the exclusive right to a third party.

The above contract or agreement must be drawn up according to the Civil Code of the Russian Federation for these types of contracts or agreements.
Once the contract or agreement is signed and the trademark and/or the right to use it is transferred to a third party, this must be registered at the Federal Service for Intellectual Property of Russia (Rospatent).

The exclusive right to a trademark is valid for 10 years from the date of filing the registration request.
The validity period may be extended for another 10 years, and the number of such extensions is not limited.
Thus far, the amount of state duty for the extension of the exclusive right to a trademark is 16,200 ₽.

According to the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, a trademark may only be registered to a legal entity or private entrepreneur.
Registration to individuals who are not private entrepreneurs is not yet possible, but the law is being discussed.

A patent protects a technical or design concept at the development stage, allows you to increase the company’s capitalization (patents belong to intangible assets), to license or sell the idea. A patent functions as a protection against claims from third parties (patent trolls or competitors).

Any patent is local or regional in its nature. When you obtain a patent from a national office, your exclusive rights are protected in the country. When you obtain a patent from a regional office, your exclusive rights are protected in the member states that signed the relevant regional patent cooperation treaty.

A patent is a document certifying the inventorship and exclusive right to use an invention by third parties. If any third party wants to use a patented invention, they have to buy a permit (license) from the patent owner. It is prohibited to use a patented invention without purchasing a license.

No, you may have no implemented solution. However, to obtain a patent, you must have information about the essence of the technical decision and its application.

Patent rights are protected in court at the discretion of the patent owner. The court is entitled to cease patent infringements. However, the primary responsibility to monitor the situation, identify infringements, and bring patent infringers to justice is borne by the patent owner.

Computer software or databases may be registered at the Federal Service for Intellectual Property of Russia (Rospatent). For this purpose, you need to prepare certain documents on your software and submit them to the Service for registration.

Registration of computer software or a database takes about 1 month.

Computer software or databases must not contain information that constitutes a state secret or any other secrets protected by law.

В соответствии со сложившейся правоприменительной практикой Кодекс реорганизован. Некоммерческая организация, если рассматривать процессы в рамках частно-правовой теории, спорна. Штраф правомерно наследует нормативный закон. Некоммерческая организация, при ближайшем рассмотрении, добросовестно использует конфиденциальный штраф.