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Assessing Copyright Infringement in Russia

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By Sébastien ODDOS member of a.d.c.i. - Date : 2012-01-02 - Country : RUSSIE - Subject : Litigations - IP Field : Copyright & neighbouring rights


A very interesting article by Sergei Feklyunin on RAPSI's (Russian Legal Information Agency) website. The author starts explaining that there is a dispute between Russian publishing houses Terra and Astrel over a Russian SciFi author, Alexander Belyayev, that is extraordinary for at least two reasons. The first reason is the unprecedented size of the claim (Terra is seeking 7.5 billion rubles ($236.65 million) for alleged copyright infringement from competitor Astrel, amountin to a staggering 12.5% of all annual sales on the Russian book market). The second reason why this case is interesting is that it is rare that the courts' rulings differ from each other to such an extent.

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