The exclusive rights to registered objects of intellectual property (i.e. trademarks, inventions, utility models, industrial designs etc.) may be assigned. The right of use of any and all of these items may be granted under a license or a franchise agreement. These types of contracts are provided and by the Russian Civil Code and regulated in details.

So all property agreements are the subject of obligatory registration in the Russian Patent and Trademark Office. Such agreement should be invalid if it is not registered.

Changes to the general provisions of a license or a franchise agreement, as well as early termination thereof, should also be registered with the accordance of established procedure.

Note: Trademark assignment is deemed as illicit and should not be registered if it deceive consumers with regard to the goods or to the manufacturer thereof;
the period for which a license contract is effected should not exceed the validity period of the exclusive rights in the certain result of intellectual activity or means of ascertainment;
disposal of exclusive rights in protected designations of origin and geographical indications is prohibited.

A license contract should contain the following binding terms:

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We help business to take all the particularities into consideration and to meet all the legal requirements applied to the commercial use of various IP objects (including trade secrets and copyrighted materials) in Russia.

Note: Please get sure that the subject matter of a certain agreement on industrial property is duly registered with the Russian Patent & Trademark Office prior to launching a licensing campaign or other means of use thereof.