The US firm Information Protection and Authentication of Texas (IPAT) has lost its suit for patent violation in an American court against Kaspersky Lab, a Moscow-based publisher of Internet security solutions. In December 2008 IPAT filed a lawsuit in the Eastern District Court of Texas against a group of IT companies – including McAfee, Microsoft, …
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Gala Records, Russia’s first private music record label, has withdrawn six legal claims it earlier advanced against Mail.ru Group for alleged rights infringement and instead inked a license agreement with the leading Russian Internet company, the Russian business daily Vedomosti reported on Monday, citing direct exchanges with the two companies’ spokespersons. Under the terms of …
In yet another investigative deadlock only too common for cybercrime cases in Russia, Moscow police have suspended what could have become a bellwether inquiry into a copyright infringement offence, Russian business daily Vedomosti reported earlier this week, citing an official police source. A 27-year-old Muscovite has been suspected of having “replicated and disseminated” 18 copyrighted music …
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Russia’s e-book market has been growing at a robust CAGR of 120% over the past three years, swelling from 11 million rubles (just under $370,000) in 2008 to 135 million rubles ($4.5 million) in 2011, Russia’s Federal Press and Mass Communication Agency reports in its overview of the national book market’s progress and trends for …
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Last week, the St. Petersburg Arbitration Court offered long-awaited explanations about the decision it issued in January of last year regarding an alleged copyright infringement involving Vkontakte.ru, the leading social network in Russia. The Gala Records record label had accused Vkontakte of having illegally offered online copyrighted recordings by the Russian band ‘Infinity’. Vkontakte claimed …
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The Office of the United States Trade Representative has made public a new edition of its Notorious Markets List earlier this week, identifying “selected markets, including ones on the Internet, that are reportedly engaged in piracy and counterfeiting” across the globe. Specifically, the blacklist enlarges upon the geographical origin and the dubious commercial nature of marketplaces …
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Moscow residents Andrey and Natalya Lopukhov have been charged with Internet video piracy, with Russian and international copyright owners seeking damages estimated at over 38 billion rubles, or $1.26 billion. The Russian Office of the Prosecutor General ordered the couple to be arraigned in court on criminal charges, the Russian press reported last week.
Web Sheriff Ltd., a London-based company protecting online rights against infringements, announced last week it “fired the first shots in an international legal battle against an alleged Russian imposter” – namely Iks Media Digital, a Moscow-based company offering similar services to the Russian market under the same trademark.
Three major court cases involving violation of electronic copyright came into the spotlight in Russia over the past two weeks, revealing a steady – though controversial – progress in the application of copyright related legislation in the country.
CTC Media, a leading Russian broadcasting company, has embarked on a joint campaign with Vkontakte, the largest social network in Russian and the CIS, to combat illegal content and promote Videomore, CTC Media’s own licensed player. According to CTC Media, which is backed by MTG, the campaign will have the tools at its disposal to search for …
The Russian Federal Supervision Agency for Information Technologies and Communications (FSA ITC) together with the Moscow police has conducted a number of pilot special operations to prevent the illegal distribution of databases containing personal data, the agency reported in a news release last week. The campaign held on June 8 targeted sellers of CDs containing …
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Pirated software accounted for 65% of the volume of all software units installed on PCs in Russia for the year — down 2% from 2009 but nevertheless representing a commercial value of approximately $3 billion, reports Business Software Alliance (BSA) in its 2010 report on global piracy.
